SOME DEVELOPMENTS IN SEGMENTAL TUNNEL LININGS DESIGNED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Standard all-purpose concrete and cast-iron tunnel linings are discussed with the modifications necessary to suit them for specific purposes and particular types of ground conditions. As well as being designed for ease of fabrication and erection, tunnel lining ring segments also serve as external support for surrounding ground and internal support for roads, railways and services. Although attempts are made to optimise the use of surrounding ground and tunnel lining for mutual support, stresses incurred in handling and construction also must be considered in lining design. In suitable ground conditions the expanded lining has become accepted practice in which a large number of small segments are used to avoid the need for reinforcement. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Pergammon Press

  Headington Hill Hall
  Oxford OX3 0BW,   England 
• Authors:
  • Lyons, A C
• Publication Date: 1977

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 173-83
• Serial:
  • Underground Space
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Pergamon Press, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0362-0565

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cast iron; Casting; Concrete; Concrete construction; Construction management; Design; Development; Precast concrete; Prefabricated structures; Railroads; Reinforced concrete; Road construction; Segmental construction; Stresses; Structural design; Tunnel lining; Tunnels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Tunnel design
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 4533: Cast iron; 3666: Construction method; 9011: Design (overall design); 9013: Development; 3638: Prefabrication; 4794: Reinforced concrete; 5575: Stress (in material); 3385: Tunnel lining; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Highways; Railroads; I25: Design of Tunnels; I54: Construction of Tunnels;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165697
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1978 12:00AM