THE DESIGN OF THE ORESUND TUNNEL ANCHORED RAMPS

The anchored reinforced concrete approach ramps to the Oresund Tunnel provide the transitions from the earthworks cuttings to the tunnel portal. They carry both motorway and railway traffic. The ramps are required to withstand the uplift forces from the hydrostatic pressures associated with the surrounding water table. The ramps, in conjunction with a watertight geomembrane, are also required to exclude water from the approaches. The anchored ramp design was proposed at an early stage of the design and build tender preparation as a substitute for the gravity structures originally envisaged. This paper describes the main features of the design and how they evolved during detailed design. (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD E101472.

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  International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering

  ETH-Honggerberg, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 15
  Zurich 8093,   Switzerland  CH-8093
• Authors:
  • TOMKINS, J
  • VALENTINE, C
  • Nilsson, G
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE IABSE COLLOQUIUM HELD STOCKHOLM 1998 - TUNNEL STRUCTURES. IABSE REPORTS: VOLUME 78
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 111-6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access roads; Bridges; Conferences; Construction; Cutting (Earthwork); Design; Fixed routes; Freeways; Groundwater; Hydraulic fluids; Hydraulics; Railroad tracks; Reinforced concrete; Tunnels; Underwater tunnels; Waterproofing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Membranes
• Geographic Terms: Denmark; Sweden
• Old TRIS Terms: Membranes (Biology)
• ITRD Terms: 435: Access road; 8525: Conference; 3655: Construction; 2812: Cutting (earthworks); 8028: Denmark; 9011: Design (overall design); 3363: Fixed link (transmaritime); 4383: Ground water; 5431: Hydraulics (fluid); 4525: Membrane; 2752: Motorway; 4794: Reinforced concrete; 8109: Sweden; 3374: Tunnel; 3375: Waterproofing
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00766979
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 3-85748-096-3
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Aug 2 1999 12:00AM