Water and Energy Abstracts
  • Year: 2007
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue: 3

Double-O-Tube shield tunnelling technology in the shanghai rail transit project

  • Author:
  • Bob Chow
  • Total Page Count: 1
  • Page Number: 22 to 22

(Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, Vol. 21, 2006, pp. 594–601).

Abstract

Double-O-tube (DOT) shield tunnelling technology characteristics and research are described. Taking the construction of the DOT shield tunnel in the shanghai Rail Transit Project as a case study, the sophisticated techniques and knowledge applied to soft soil DOT shield tunnelling are summarized, creating a firm foundation for the broad application of DOT shield tunnelling technology in the future.

Keywords

DOT, Shield, Tunnel construction