Engineering the Channel Tunnel

Engineering the Channel Tunnel

by Kirkland, Colin J.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Engineering the Channel Tunnel / edited by Colin J. Kirkland.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):CRC Press
  • Place of Publication:Place of publication not identified
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (344 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:148227115X, 9781482271157
  • oclc:on1051332275
  • LC Classification:TF238.E5
  • Dewey Decimal:624.1/24/0916336

Table of Contents

1. Introduction / Colin J. Kirkland -- 2. Geology / Colin Warren and Paul Varley -- 3. Control and construction surveys / Eric Radcliffe -- 4. Tunnel lining design / Guy Lance -- 5. Initial access developments / David Wallis -- 6. Tunnel boring machines / Bob Marshall -- 7. Construction logistics / Tim Green -- 8. Radio links / Karel de Jaeger-Ponnet -- 9. Power system / John Finn -- 10. Signalling and train control / Paul Robins -- 11. Terminal and tunnel trackwork / Michael Baxter and Peter Davies -- 12. Locomotives / Roger Ford -- 13. Passenger-vehicle shuttle fleet / Peter Semmens and Yves Machefert-Tassin -- 14. Freight shuttle fleet / Peter Semmens and Yves Machefert-Tassin -- 15. Aerodynamics, ventilation and cooling / David Henson -- 16. Fire detection and suppression / Eric H. Whitaker -- 17. Lighting / Michael Cowan -- 18. Service tunnel and vehicles / Peter Semmens and Yves Machefert-Tassin -- 19. Terminal design and construction / Martin Stearman.

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