IMPROVEMENTS IN TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION

SOVERSENSTVOVANIE STROITEL'STVA TRANSPORTNYH TONNELEJ

The article gives statistical data on the length of various tunnels put into operation in the USSR over recent years. It also discusses ways of improving construction and speeding up drilling of tunnels, with special reference to gantries, drilling and concrete-injecting equipment, workshop wagons, rapid-assembly metal arches and other high-performance equipment.

• Corporate Authors:

  Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga

  Smolenskaya Sennaya Pl 32/34
  Moscow G-200,   USSR 
• Authors:
  • Koselev, J A
  • VLASOV, S N
• Publication Date: 1977-11

Language

• Russian

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 17-21
• Serial:
  • Transportnoye Stroitel'stvo
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Civil engineering; Excavation; Structural design; Technology; Tunneling; Tunnels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Tunnel design
• Geographic Terms: Russia (Federation)
• Old TRIS Terms: Excavation technology
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00173425
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 26 1978 12:00AM