The 2 single-track tubes for the 57 km long Gotthard Base Tunnel are linked by means of 178 cross-passages. They serve as technical rooms for the rail engineering technology and as escapeways in...
With more than 35 lecturers and in excess of 1,500 expected participants the 2009 STUVA Conference from December 1st to 3rd, 2009 in the Congress Center CCH in Hamburg/D is once more a real must for...
The overall Citytunnel Malmö project consists of 17 km of electrified railway lines and
3 new stations (Fig. 1). The individual projects are:
■ 6 km of tunnel below Malmö Central...
High durability concretes have become a prerequisite to increase the design life of structures. In order to achieve these high durability requirements, concrete is designed to have low permeability...
At present the 2 power plant stages Jinping I and Jinping II are being constructed on the Yalong River, one of the main tributaries on the upper reaches of the Yangtze, in the Chinese province of...
On account of the intensive use of the Port of Antwerp/B, especially on the left bank of the River Schelde where 7.5 mill. containers are handled each year, a considerable increase in goods...
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The European high-speed railway network (Trans-European Network) is being continuously expanded. The major project Stuttgart 21 – Wendlingen–Ulm is located centrally on the...
Owing to increased requirements posed on operating technology and safety in traffic tunnels (RABT 2006 and Direc-tive 2004/54/EC) an ever greater number of installation systems must be taken into...
The liner segments for installation in the second tube of the Pfänder Tunnel near Bregenz/A are precast elements produced from high-quality concrete by a Compactmix 1.0 mixing plant. They are cast at...
The city of Brisbane on the East Coast of Australia is Queensland’s industrial, economic and financial center. Many service companies are located in the city center. Brisbane Central Business...
