New type flexible joint for the Yumeshima Immersed Tunnel

This paper describes a new flexible joint structure called Crown Seal joint for immersed tunnel at Osaka bay. Crown Seal joint can absorb larger deformation between tunnel elements than other types of flexible joints. Crown Seal joint mainly consists of a rubber block and flanges reinforced by plastic fibers. Basic performance of the joint becomes clear by an experiment. From the experiment results, it is confirmed that Crown Seal joint shows that its behavior follows design deformation and keeps neutral position at joint part. This joint can reduce section force and be handled as a pin structure in the seismic design and un-uniform settlement calculation in soft ground. (A) This paper was presented at Safety in the underground space - Proceedings of the ITA-AITES 2006 World Tunnel Congress and the 32nd ITA General Assembly, Seoul, Korea, 22-27 April 2006. For the covering abstract see ITRD E129148. "Reprinted with permission from Elsevier".

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• Authors:
  • KIYOMIYA, O
  • HIGASHIYAMA, Y
  • OHGOSHI, Y
  • YOKOTA, H
• Publication Date: 2006-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p331
• Monograph Title: Rock chain 1: A set of codes for the studies of blocks instability inside a tunnel
• Serial:
  • Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 3-4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0886-7798
  • Serial URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/tunnelling-and-underground-space-technology

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Design; Material reinforcement; Mathematical analysis; Tunnels
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 3655: Construction; 9011: Design (overall design); 8053: Japan; 9111: Reinforcement (gen); 3374: Tunnel
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; I25: Design of Tunnels;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01032492
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Sep 6 2006 1:53PM