This book studies the historical development of the tunnelling industry, with emphasis on the technical innovations on which advances in that industry have depended. The main part of the book comprises a detailed examination of the major technical advances in both hard rock and soft ground tunnelling, discussing established methods such as tunnelling machines, compressed air tunnelling and prefabricated tunnel linings, as well as more recent topics such as pressurised face shields, extruded linings, hydraulic rock drills, and small-diameter tunnelling systems. In addition, the emergence of a highly innovative tunnelling industry in Japan is discussed; a parallel being drawn between this development and that in nineteenth century Britain. From these considerations, the conditions that have allowed technical innovation to flourish in the tunnelling industry are identified, leading to a more general discussion of the nature of technical innovation in this industry and beyond.
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This book studies the historical development of the tunnelling industry, with emphasis on the technical innovations on which advances in that industry have depended. The main part of the book comprises a detailed examination of the major technical advances in both hard rock and soft ground tunnelling.
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tunnelling industry, air rock drilling machine, immersed tube sections, digger shield, tunnelling machine, tunnelling shield, drum digger, dredger ladder, drilling shotholes, roadheader boom, frozen nitroglycerine, immersed tube tunnel, rock drilling machines, precast concrete tunnel lining, precast concrete segmental lining, rolling disc cutters, segmental tunnel lining, hydraulic shield, precast concrete lining, average advance rate, tunnelling history, compressed air rock drills, bolted lining, balanced shield, soft ground tunnels Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Channel Tunnel, United States, Institution of Civil Engineers, Great Britain, London Clay, New York, Tower Subway, Mini Tunnel, Atlas Copco, Central London Railway, Oahe Dam, Detroit River Tunnel, Hong Kong, Kinnear Moodie, United Kingdom, Great Seal Patent Office, Penguin Books, The Illustrated London News, American Society of Civil Engineers, New Civil Engineer, London Underground, Lower Chalk, Smithsonian Institution, Soviet Union, Swedish Method New!
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tunnelling industry, air rock drilling machine, immersed tube sections, digger shield, tunnelling machine, tunnelling shield, drum digger, dredger ladder, drilling shotholes, roadheader boom, frozen nitroglycerine, immersed tube tunnel, rock drilling machines, precast concrete tunnel lining, precast concrete segmental lining, rolling disc cutters, segmental tunnel lining, hydraulic shield, precast concrete lining, average advance rate, tunnelling history, compressed air rock drills, bolted lining, balanced shield, soft ground tunnels Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Channel Tunnel, United States, Institution of Civil Engineers, Great Britain, London Clay, New York, Tower Subway, Mini Tunnel, Atlas Copco, Central London Railway, Oahe Dam, Detroit River Tunnel, Hong Kong, Kinnear Moodie, United Kingdom, Great Seal Patent Office, Penguin Books, The Illustrated London News, American Society of Civil Engineers, New Civil Engineer, London Underground, Lower Chalk, Smithsonian Institution, Soviet Union, Swedish Method New!
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- The Channel Tunnel: Civil Engineering Special Issue Pt. 2 (Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers) by S.K. Fullalove on 6 pages
- History of Technology (2nd Annual Volume) by A. Rupert Hall on page 24, page 27, and page 345
- Great Britain (Modern Industrial World) by David Flint in Back Matter
- Cleveland (OH) (Black America) by Regennia N. Williams Ph. D. on page 81
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel by L T C Rolt on page 152
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- Construction - Craft to Industry by Gyula Sebestyen on page 33
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