Engineering the Channel Tunnel. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Colin J. Kirkland.
• Other Names: Kirkland, Colin J
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (344 pages)
• Subjects: 624.1; 624.194/16336; Railroad tunnels -- English Channel; Underwater tunnels -- English Channel; Tunneling -- English Channel; Tunnels -- English Channel; Railroad tunnels; Tunneling; Tunnels; Underwater tunnels; Channel Tunnel (Coquelles, France, and Folkestone, England); Atlantic Ocean -- English Channel; Europe -- Channel Tunnel (Coquelles, France, and Folkestone, England); Channel Tunnel (Coquelles, France, and Folkestone, England)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482271157
• Related ISBNs: 148227115X
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.