JAPANESE TUNNEL DESIGN: LESSONS FOR THE U. S

The Japanese construction industry has a great deal to offer regarding designs, methods, and procedures that can efficiently overcome the tough physical and environmental constraints encountered when tunneling in dense urban areas. This is particularly true regarding softground tunneling. The following issues are explored: the use of pre-cast concrete liners, slurry-shield tunneling, earth pressure balance shield tunneling, and non-disruptive cut-and-cover tunneling. All have been used successfully by Japanese design-construction firms. In addition, a diagram illustrates an unusual underwater tube tunnel project undertaken in the Port of Tokyo.

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• Authors:
  • Paulson Jr, B C
• Publication Date: 1981-3

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 51-53
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 51
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Construction industry; Construction management; Contractors; Cut and cover tunneling; Excavations; Precast concrete; Shields (Tunnels); Slurry; Slurry trenches; Soft soils; Structural design; Subways; Technology; Tunnel lining; Tunneling; Tunnels; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Tunnel design
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Old TRIS Terms: Shields (Tunneling); Slurries; Slurry tunneling; Subway construction; Tunnels and tunneling
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Highways; Public Transportation; I25: Design of Tunnels; I54: Construction of Tunnels;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00334435
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 9 1982 12:00AM