Two trends have become discernible in the development of mechanised tunnel driving technology in recent years: firstly demands on the engineering technology have risen significantly. Secondly ever...
1 Statistics on Tunnels under Construction 2008/2009
As in previous years, the STUVA also undertook a survey of current tunnelling projects in Germany at the turn-of-the-year 2008/2009. The outcome is...
Tunnelling as a very special and sophisticated branch of the engineering sciences is characterised by high risks during project execution. In particular tunnelling in residential areas involves...
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...
1 Arteries for Europe
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...