FEASIBILITY OF FLAME-JET TUNNELING. VOLUME II. SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS

The feasibility of flame-jet tunneling is considered analytically from three points of view, namely technical (or operational), environmental, and economic. An experimental program was performed to provide cutting capabilities of flame-jets in rock types expected on the Northeast Corridor. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 3, PB-178 200.
• Corporate Authors:

  United Aircraft Corporation

  Research Laboratories
  East Hartford, CT  United States 
• Publication Date: 1968-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 380 p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue Number: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Excavating equipment; Intelligent transportation systems; Mining; Tunnels
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00039074
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UACRL-G910560-10-V2 Tech Rpt
• Contract Numbers: C-7-35126
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 24 1973 12:00AM