Tunnels for Large Crossings: Challenges and Innovations
| Author(s): |
Silvino Pompeu-Santos
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| Medium: | conference paper |
| Language(s): | English |
| Conference: | 35th Annual Symposium of IABSE / 52nd Annual Symposium of IASS / 6th International Conference on Space Structures: Taller, Longer, Lighter - Meeting growing demand with limited resources, London, United Kingdom, September 2011 |
| Published in: | IABSE-IASS 2011 London Symposium Report |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Abstract: |
The paper presents three innovative and cost-effective concepts for the construction of tunnels using the TBM (“Tunnel Boring Machine”) technique: the TISB concept for tunnels built in soft soil, in seismic areas; the TMG concept for railway tunnels, in which a single tube tunnel provides the capabilities usually obtained with two or three tubes; and the TMF concept for roadway tunnels, in which a single tube tunnel provides the capabilities usually obtained with two parallel tunnels. The added-value that can be obtained with the use of these concepts in the construction of tunnels for large crossings is emphasized. |
| Keywords: |
earthquakes railroads soft soil tunnel TMG TMF Roadways TISB Large crossings
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