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Designing TBMs for subsea tunnels
Ruben Duhme1
,
Thorsten Tatzki2*
,
1Head of Research and Development, Herrenknecht Tunneling Equipment Co. China
2General Manager, Herrenknecht Asia Headquarters Pte. Ltd.
*교신저자. *Corresponding Author. 
30 November 2015. pp. 587-596
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Abstract

Recent years have shown great advances in the feasibility of long subsea tunnels. Projects such as the Channel Tunnel, the Stoerebelt Tunnel or the Bosporus Crossing have pushed the boundaries of TBM tunneling technology and fueled the work on feasibility studies for even more challenging projects such as crossing the Qiongzhou or Gibraltar Straits. There are numerous geotechnical challenges such as wide variations of ground conditions, high operation pressures or long tunnel distances and finally geological uncertainties which must be solved in order to attempt such projects. Several operational challenges such as large muck quantities interventions under difficult conditions and long transport distances also have to be tackled. TBM manufacturer and construction industry have developed a number of approaches to these challenges which point into the right technical direction and have been proven successfully in recent experiences. Their further development will allow attempting several megaprojects which are currently under discussion.

Keywords
TBM
High pressures
Long distance
Subsea
Large diameter

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  • Publisher :Korean Tunneling and Underground Space Association
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국터널지하공간학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
  • Volume : 17
  • No :6
  • Pages :587-596
  • Received Date : 2015-09-30
  • Revised Date : 2015-10-16
  • Accepted Date : 2015-10-21
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.9711/KTAJ.2015.17.6.587
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