Underground infrastructures : planning, design, and construction /

Underground facilities, such as tunnels, sewer, water and gas networks form the backbone of the economic life of the modern city. In densely populated areas where the demands for transportation and services are rapidly increasing and the construction of new roads and railways are prohibited, the con...

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Main Authors: Goel, R. K., 1960
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Singh, Bhawani; Zhao, Jian, 1960
Published: Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann,
Publisher Address: Waltham, MA :
Publication Dates: 2012.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123971685
Summary: Underground facilities, such as tunnels, sewer, water and gas networks form the backbone of the economic life of the modern city. In densely populated areas where the demands for transportation and services are rapidly increasing and the construction of new roads and railways are prohibited, the construction of a tunnel might be the only alternative. Brief and readable, this reference is based on a combined 75 years of field experience and places emphasis is on simple practical rules for designing and planning, underground infrastructures. The books' begins with a clear and rigorous expositi
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (335 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780123971685
0123971683
Index Number: TA712
CLC: TU9
Contents: 1. INTRODUCTION 2. CLASSIFICATION OF UNDERGROUND SAPCE 3. IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS 4. UNDERGROUND PLANNING 5. UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF FOOD ITEMS 6. UNDERGROUND WATER STORAGE 7. UNDERGROUND CAR PARKS 8. UNDERGROUND METROS & ROAD TUNNELS 9. UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF CRUDE OIL, LPG AND NATURAL GAS 10. UNDERGROUND SPACE FOR CIVIC FACILITIES 11. UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES FOR HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS 12. UNDERGROUND SHELTERS FOR WAR TIME 13. UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF AMMUNITIONS AND EXPLOSIVES 14. UNDERGROPUND NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORIES 15. CONTRACTUAL RISK SHARING.