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Eurotunnel: History & Construction Facts

The Eurotunnel is a 50-kilometer tunnel connecting France and the UK, allowing a 35-minute train journey. Construction began in December 1986 and was completed in March 1994, utilizing advanced tunneling technology and a workforce of 8,000. The project involved significant materials, including 1,000,000 tons of concrete and twelve tunnel boring machines.

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Eurotunnel: History & Construction Facts

The Eurotunnel is a 50-kilometer tunnel connecting France and the UK, allowing a 35-minute train journey. Construction began in December 1986 and was completed in March 1994, utilizing advanced tunneling technology and a workforce of 8,000. The project involved significant materials, including 1,000,000 tons of concrete and twelve tunnel boring machines.

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BY SOFIA LOPEZ

EUROTUNNEL
History and
location It is a tunnel through which a train goes under the sea
linking France with the United Kingdom. A journey of
this train lasts
35 minutes. It is the third longest tunnel in the world.

Construction began in Dcember ,1986 and was


inaugurated on March 6, 1994 today it continues to
operate

techonology
Dimensions and quantities
characteristics

diameter: 50 kilometers
made of extremely hard metal andas they turn, they penetrate the
depth: 110 meters
ground, creatingthe space for the machine to continuegoing
weight:1100 tons forward. The drill used in theEurotunnel was 8.78 m in diameter and

budgets:13000 millions 200 meter lenght

budgets thought:4500 millons


crete:blue cape:27meter of thickness
sea level depth:107 meters , has got a Two7.6 m tunnels, one outbound and the otherThese
three galleries are linked each375 m by other transversal
galleriesauxiliary and maintenance

techonology
Materials and properties
There was an army of a total of 8000 French and English
men. Twelve tunnel boring machines, 200 m long and
weighing 11,000 tons.1,000,000 tons of concrete to cover the
tunnel walls.

Once the excavation was finished, it was necessary to create


a transport network for this, it was necessary to build two
terminals on both sides, railways, and a very large
refrigeration system and for that they use a new army with
all the required materials

video

[Link]
Introducción a la arquitectura sostenible
Forces and efforts
false tunnel method Tube push or pipe swell

there are two method


Bottomup method and Topdown method

Tunneler
Trenchless technology
There is a wide variety of tunnellers depending on the
conditions

New Austrian method

The excavation is carried out in two phases Security systems[edit]

alams,segurity persons....

Introducción a la arquitectura sostenible


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