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.