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The Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel. Theory, Design and Construction: Theory, Design & Construction : Complimentary Special Issue to the Sixth … Shanghai, China, 10-12 April 2008 1st Edition
Author(s): R. Huang
- Publisher: CRC Press
- Publication Date: 4 April 2008
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 360 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415471613
- ISBN-13: 9780415471619
Book Description
One of the world’s currently largests tunnel projects is under construction at the Yangtze River estuary: the Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel project, with its length of 8950 m and a diameter of 15.43 m. The Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel. Theory, Design and Construction, which was presented as a special issue at the occasion of the 6th International Symposium Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground (IS-Shanghai, China, 10-12 April 2008), contains a comprehensive collection of papers dedicated to one of the most complex underground works recently undertaken, and covers a variety of topics:
– Experiment and design;
– Construction and monitoring;
– Theoretical analysis and numerical simulation;
– Risk assessment, and
– Project management.
This book will be invaluable to scientists and engineers working in the analysis, design, construction and management of tunnels in soft ground.
