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Civil Engineering for Underground Rail Transport

✍ Scribed by J. T. Edwards (Eds.)


Publisher
Butterworth-Heinemann
Year
1990
Tongue
English
Leaves
520
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


This work contains contributions from experts in the field on such aspects as route and station planning, diaphragm walls, tunnelling, and civil defence requirements

✦ Table of Contents


Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Foreword, Page v, Tony Ridley
Preface, Page vii
Glossary, Pages ix-x
Chapter 1 - Introduction, Pages 1,3-8, Jack Edwards
Chapter 2 - Civil engineering aspects of route planning, Pages 9,11-29, David Mead
Chapter 3 - Civil engineering aspects of station location and design, Pages 31,33-55, G.G. Dobson
Chapter 4 - Ground treatment, Pages 57,59-86, Henry Marchini
Chapter 5 - Track for underground railways, Pages 87,89-104, John C. Lucas
Chapter 6 - Cut and cover design and construction in reinforced concrete, Pages 105,107-148, A.J. Powderham
Chapter 7 - Diaphragm walls, Pages 149,151-184, E.T. Haws
Chapter 8 - Concrete piling walls, Pages 185,187-208, R. Fernie
Chapter 9 - Hand-dug caissons or wells, Pages 209,211-231, R.A. Fraser, E.V. Jenkins
Chapter 10 - Large reinforced concrete caissons, Pages 233,235-251, Ing. F. Brink
Chapter 11 - Immersed-tube tunnels, Pages 253,255-276, Douglas George Morton, Martin W. Morris
Chapter 12 - Precast concrete tunnels, Pages 277,279-303, S.B. de Vries
Chapter 13 - Tunnels in soil and weak rock, Pages 305,307-323, Sir Alan Muir Wood
Chapter 14 - Tunnels in soils – formal linings, Pages 325,327-341, D. Buckley, P. Jenkin
Chapter 15 - Tunnelling machines in soft ground, Pages 343,345-363, Dr-Ing. Siegmund Babendererde
Chapter 16 - Tunnelling machines in hard rock, Pages 365,367-386, Richard J. Robbins
Chapter 17 - Hard-rock tunnels, Pages 387,389-413, Einar Broch, BjΓΈrn Nilsen
Chapter 18 - Tunnels in compressed air, Pages 415,417-432, John V. Bartlett
Chapter 19 - Large-diameter and non-circular tunnnels, Pages 433,435-451, R.N. Craig
Chapter 20 - Multi-bore station tunnels, Pages 453,455-476, Dr techn. LΓ‘szlΓ³ PΓ‘lossy
Chapter 21 - Station facilities, Pages 477,479-490, R.A. Chaning Pearce
Chapter 22 - Influence of air-treatment systems, Pages 491,493-504, J.I. Simper, J.F.L. Lowndes
Chapter 23 - Civil defence requirements, Pages 505,507-529, M.A. Soubry
Index, Pages 531-548


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