GB2016065A - A method and an installation for launching a submerged tunnel - Google Patents

A method and an installation for launching a submerged tunnel

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GB2016065A
GB2016065A GB7906780A GB7906780A GB2016065A GB 2016065 A GB2016065 A GB 2016065A GB 7906780 A GB7906780 A GB 7906780A GB 7906780 A GB7906780 A GB 7906780A GB 2016065 A GB2016065 A GB 2016065A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D29/00—Independent underground or underwater structures; Retaining walls
    • E02D29/063—Tunnels submerged into, or built in, open water
    • E02D29/067—Floating tunnels; Submerged bridge-like tunnels, i.e. tunnels supported by piers or the like above the water-bed

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Abstract

A tunnel extending through a body of water is constructed from a dry dock (4) disposed on at least one bank of the water. Successive unit lengths (101, 102,...) of tunnel are constructed in the dry and are connected end-to-end with the existing tunnel assembly in the dry dock. The dock is then flooded and the tunnel assembly is moved out of the dock by a unit length. The dock is then emptied and the procedure is repeated until the tunnel reaches the other side or another half tunnel projecting from the other side. The water-side wall of the dry dock includes an opening which is initially closed by a sluice gate (11). Once construction has started the opening is sealed around a stationary tunnel unit by an inflatable ring seal. During movement of the tunnel assembly the seal is deflated and the tunnel moves with slight positive buoyancy and is held in position by stayed- down gantries 14. Once the tunnel is in place floats 17 which initially hold up the gantries can be removed. <IMAGE>
GB7906780A 1978-03-09 1979-02-26 Method and an installation for launching a submerged tunnel Expired GB2016065B (en)

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FR7806748A FR2424364A1 (en) 1978-03-09 1978-03-09 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LAUNCHING A SUBMERSIBLE TUNNEL

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EP0034907A1 (en) * 1980-02-22 1981-09-02 Anthony David Blee A submerged tunnel and a method of, and means for, constructing a submerged tunnel
GB2180578A (en) * 1985-09-21 1987-04-01 Harold Frank Townshend Submerged transportation tube
GR880100296A (en) * 1987-05-15 1989-02-23 Saipem Spa Method for the realization of a practical subigarine synthesis made from standardized pieces (parts)
US7942607B2 (en) * 2007-09-25 2011-05-17 Edward Marshall Bauder Underwater tunnel
JP2016148176A (en) * 2015-02-12 2016-08-18 鹿島建設株式会社 Undersea tunnel construction method and land tunnel construction method
EP3626889A1 (en) * 2018-09-20 2020-03-25 Du, Di Sea tunnel
CN113187552A (en) * 2021-06-09 2021-07-30 中铁七局集团郑州工程有限公司 Construction method for plugging ultra-large diameter tunnel under water-rich stratum
EP3865627A1 (en) * 2020-01-20 2021-08-18 CCCC Third Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. Submerged cable-stayed floating tunnel structure
EP3882399A1 (en) * 2020-01-20 2021-09-22 CCCC Third Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. Incremental launching process for a submerged cable-stayed floating tunnel
GB2602705A (en) * 2021-10-21 2022-07-13 Butterworth Colin Floating underwater pipeline "Process of Tyn"
IT202200008171A1 (en) 2022-04-26 2023-10-26 Mario Burigo INNOVATIVE METHOD FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUBMERGED TUNNELS

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WO2003044284A1 (en) * 2001-11-20 2003-05-30 Peter Heinze Method for floating steel tunnel tubes lined with concrete into position
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Cited By (16)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0034907A1 (en) * 1980-02-22 1981-09-02 Anthony David Blee A submerged tunnel and a method of, and means for, constructing a submerged tunnel
GB2180578A (en) * 1985-09-21 1987-04-01 Harold Frank Townshend Submerged transportation tube
GB2180578B (en) * 1985-09-21 1991-04-03 Harold Frank Townshend Submersible transportion tube
GR880100296A (en) * 1987-05-15 1989-02-23 Saipem Spa Method for the realization of a practical subigarine synthesis made from standardized pieces (parts)
US4883386A (en) * 1987-05-15 1989-11-28 Saipem S.P.A. Method and device for underwater modular crossing construction
US7942607B2 (en) * 2007-09-25 2011-05-17 Edward Marshall Bauder Underwater tunnel
JP2016148176A (en) * 2015-02-12 2016-08-18 鹿島建設株式会社 Undersea tunnel construction method and land tunnel construction method
EP3626889A1 (en) * 2018-09-20 2020-03-25 Du, Di Sea tunnel
EP3882399A1 (en) * 2020-01-20 2021-09-22 CCCC Third Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. Incremental launching process for a submerged cable-stayed floating tunnel
EP3865627A1 (en) * 2020-01-20 2021-08-18 CCCC Third Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. Submerged cable-stayed floating tunnel structure
CN113187552A (en) * 2021-06-09 2021-07-30 中铁七局集团郑州工程有限公司 Construction method for plugging ultra-large diameter tunnel under water-rich stratum
CN113187552B (en) * 2021-06-09 2024-04-02 中铁七局集团郑州工程有限公司 Blocking construction method for oversized-diameter tunnel under water-rich stratum
GB2602705A (en) * 2021-10-21 2022-07-13 Butterworth Colin Floating underwater pipeline "Process of Tyn"
GB2602705B (en) * 2021-10-21 2024-03-13 Butterworth Colin Floating underwater pipelines - "Process of Tyn"
IT202200008171A1 (en) 2022-04-26 2023-10-26 Mario Burigo INNOVATIVE METHOD FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUBMERGED TUNNELS
WO2023209744A1 (en) 2022-04-26 2023-11-02 Mario Burigo Submerged tunnels

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IT1165161B (en) 1987-04-22
JPS54121527A (en) 1979-09-20
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FR2424364A1 (en) 1979-11-23
IT7967412A0 (en) 1979-02-23
FR2424364B1 (en) 1981-01-02

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