THE DESIGN OF LONG ROAD TUNNELS: AN OVERVIEW

The design of long road tunnels relies on a number of factors such as: an assessment of the surrounding ground conditions; safety under prevailing or emergency conditions; and, nature and volume of traffic. The choice of ventilation system, and its operating costs, relies on an assessment of complex factors such as traffic volume, speed of flow and level of pollutants. An analysis discusses the problems associated with designing such systems and examples presented from worldwide tunnel layouts suggest appropriate solutions. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Morgan-Grampian (Construction Press) Limited

  Morgan-Grampian House, 30 Calderwood Street
  London SE18 6QH,   England 
• Authors:
  • Pera, J
• Publication Date: 1989-1

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 17-19
• Serial:
  • Tunnels & Tunnelling International
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Progressive Media Markets, Ltd
  • ISSN: 0041-414X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Construction management; Design; Evaluation; Highways; Layout; Traffic control; Traffic flow; Tunnels; Ventilation systems
• ITRD Terms: 1394: Catalytic converter; 3666: Construction method; 9011: Design (overall design); 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 2755: Highway; 2885: Layout; 654: Traffic control; 671: Traffic flow; 3374: Tunnel; 3392: Ventilation
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00493264
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1990 12:00AM