The Gravel bedding for a foundation of the Busan-Geoje Immersed Tunnel
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Jung sang Lee
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | 18th IABSE Congress: Innovative Infrastructures – Towards Human Urbanism, Seoul, Korea, 19-21 September 2012 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Congress Seoul 2012 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 681-685 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 5 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137912805110961 | ||||
| Abstract: |
The GK immersed tunnel as a part of the Busan-Geoje Fixed Link Project, introduced the immersed tunnel method into Korea for the first time. This challenging project completed in 2010 open a new era to link oceans of the world with advanced technology and safety for future use. One of the most challenging construction item was a Screeded gravel bedding for the Immersed tunnel foundation due to very severe site condition. In order to overcome the severe conditon developed new accurate equipment. The gravel bedding was successfully done within the given tolerance have been verified by survey in the tunnel. We hope the techniques learned from the Busan-Geoje Fixed Link Project can be applied to further projects in the near future. |
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| Keywords: |
immersed tunnel challenging project screeded gravel bedding new accurate equipment Introduction
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