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The effect of wave passage on immersed tube tunnels Busan Geoje Fixed Link in South Korea

The effect of wave passage on immersed tube tunnels Busan Geoje Fixed Link in South Korea
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Presented at IABSE Symposium: Improving Infrastructure Worldwide, Weimar, Germany, 19-21 September 2007, published in , pp. 112-113
DOI: 10.2749/222137807796119861
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A special feature of the Busan-Geoje Fixed Link in South Korea is the foundation of an immersed tube tunnel in a trench of soft marine clay. The tunnel is subject to wave loads due to 9.2 meter hig...
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Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Symposium: Improving Infrastructure Worldwide, Weimar, Germany, 19-21 September 2007
Published in:
Page(s): 112-113 Total no. of pages: 8
Page(s): 112-113
Total no. of pages: 8
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.2749/222137807796119861
Abstract:

A special feature of the Busan-Geoje Fixed Link in South Korea is the foundation of an immersed tube tunnel in a trench of soft marine clay. The tunnel is subject to wave loads due to 9.2 meter high hurricane waves which jeopardize the stability of the tunnel. Analytical analyses, scale model tests and numerical analyses have been made to investigate this problem. This paper gives an overview of the analyses, performed from schematization of the non-linear waves to pressure variations at seabed, modelling of the wave induced groundwater flow and its effects on the tunnel buried in the seabed. This is followed by a discussion of the results and consequences for the design of the tunnel.

Keywords:
numerical modeling immersed tube tunnel wave effect non-linear wave

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