GROUND MOVEMENT AS A RESULT OF THRUST BORING THROUGH A RAILWAY EMBANKMENT

The authors present the results of an investigation into the nature and extent of ground movement caused by tunnelling through a railway embankment near Sevenoaks, UK, using a thrust bore method. The 34 M long rectangular box culvert was constructed by jacking precast concrete sections, 3.15 M square, through the embankment at a depth of cover of about 2.5 to 3.5 m.(a)

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  Morgan-Grampian Limited

  30 Calderwood Street
  London SE18 6QH,   England 
• Authors:
  • TOOMBS, A F
  • WEST, G
• Publication Date: 1980-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: p. 11-16
• Serial:
  • Tunnels & Tunnelling International
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Progressive Media Markets, Ltd
  • ISSN: 0041-414X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Box culverts; Construction; Culverts; Embankments; Ground settlement; Jacks (Mechanical equipment); Pipe laying; Precast concrete; Soils; Studies; Tunnels
• Identifier Terms: British Rail
• Uncontrolled Terms: Jacking
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 3655: Construction; 3360: Culvert; 3371: Pipe pushing; 4792: Precast concrete; 5792: Settlement; 4156: Soil; 3374: Tunnel; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Geotechnology; I51: Earthworks and Soil Drainage; I54: Construction of Tunnels;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00323356
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 19 1981 12:00AM