TUNNELS - SPECIAL WORKS

In this paper, the special works carried out in and between the service and running tunnels of the Channel Tunnel are considered in three parts: the transverse passages, the pumping station and the railway crossover. The transverse passages are of two types: cross- passages proper and piston relief ducts which allow the exchange of air masses. The paper describes how both were constructed. The pumping station, designed to dewater the tunnels, was of conventional design; the paper deals essentially with the civil engineering of this structure. The railway crossover allows the linking of the north and south lines in a cylindrical structure of constant section. The different phases of its construction are described. For the covering abstract see IRRD 866394.

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  Thomas Telford Limited

  London,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • BARTHES, H
  • BORDAS, A
  • BOUILLOT, D
  • BUZON, M
  • Dumont, P
  • FERMIN, J
  • LANDRY, J-C
  • LARIVE, J-P
  • LEBLOND, L
  • MORLOT, J-J
  • SZYPURA, L
  • VANDEBROUCK, P
  • VIELLIARD, B
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS: CIVIL ENGINEERING SUPPLEMENT, 1994. THE CHANNEL TUNNEL, PART 3: FRENCH SECTION
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 63-75
• Serial:
  • Volume: 102
  • Issue Number: SUP1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Conferences; Construction management; Fixed routes; Intersections; Pumps; Tunnels; Underwater tunnels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transverse
• Geographic Terms: France; United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 3666: Construction method; 3363: Fixed link (transmaritime); 8036: France; 455: Junction; 3833: Pumping; 9081: Transverse; 3374: Tunnel; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00668719
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-7277-2002-3
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 16 1994 12:00AM