... Water reservoirs A. C .J. BAKER, BSc(Eng), FICE* A. N. JAMES, BSc, PhD* The tunnel described in this Paper is 6.1 km long, with a 2.54 m internal dia., and has been driven over most of its length in London Clay, using the wedge block expanded precast concrete lining system. It provides an alternative...

... ROCKS GEOLOGY EXCAVATIONS REINFORCEMENT PILING CONCRETE REINFORCED METHODS UNDERWATER CONNECTIONS INTEGRITY WEDGES JOINTS MIX PLANT TENDERS SUMPS AREAS CIRCULAR PILES TUNNELS SUBSTRUCTURES ANCHORS SHUTTERS COFFERDAMS DIVERS INSPECTION LININGS FRICTION SAFETY FAILURES...

...-silica reaction arising from two sources: a reaction from an opal contaminant of the coarse aggregate and a less expansive reaction with the strained quartz of the gneiss bedrock, used as coarseaggregate. Other potential factors examined included rock wedges in the abutment rock, swellingclay...

... EXTERNAL COMPRESSED AIR DEWATERING KIMMERIDGE CLAY MACHINES MACHINERY CLAYS WEDGE BLOCK WEDGES BLOCKS ENDS MUDSTONE OUTCROPS SEABED OUTCROPPING LINES DEVIATION THIN SEMIPERMEABLE DRILLED JACK UP BARGES DIFFUSERS RISKS REDUCTION SALINE INTRUSION AUTOMATION SEA SEWERAGE...

...PJ MASON; MJ KENN; SM WOOLLARD HYDRAULIC ENERGY DISSIPATORS DAMS OUTLETS WORKS SURVEYS PROTOTYPES USAGE VELOCITY WATER HEADS DROP FLOW FLUIDS SHEAR CAVITATION DAMAGE LEVELS VORTICES VORTEX BLOCKS SHAPE BAFFLES WEDGES Proc. Znstn Civ. Engrs, Part 1, 1983,74, Feb., 123...

...JK BUNGEY; MW BRAESTRUP; AJ CHABOWSKI; DW BRYDEN SMITH; BRE; COULOMB © Thomas Telford and ICE 1982 DENMARK TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY BRE BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT CONCRETE STRENGTH PULL OUT TESTS WEDGES ANCHORS BOLTS COMPRESSIVE FAILURES ANGLES FRICTION SLIDING...

...JH BUNGEY © Thomas Telford and ICE 1981 LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY CONCRETE PULL OUT EXPERIMENTS DATA LOADS TORQUEMETERS FLEXURAL BEAMS MEMBERS SPECIMENS PROPERTIES STRENGTH WEDGES LABORATORIES BOLTS TECHNIQUES PREDICTION STRESS UNLOADED FULL SCALE METHODS TESTS...

... iron, and twelve in the Victoria Line expanded lining, the jump to 20 segments and two wedges seemed too great. I would have expected 16 segments and two wedges to have reduced the stresses adequately, and would be glad if the Authors would comment. We recently had a preview of the lining for Stage I1...

...IS ROBINSON; P MATSOUKIS; JM TOWNSON; TL SHAW Proc. Instn Civ. Engrs, Part 2, 1979.61, Sept., 855-860 8161 DISCUSSION Tidal response of a wedge-shaped estuary to theinstallation of a tidal power barrage : a simplified analyticalapproach 1. S. ROBINSON M r P. Matsoukis and Dr J. M. Townson...

...SM SKOROBOGATOV; AD EDWARDS © Thomas Telford and ICE 1979 URALS POLYTECHNICAL INSITUTE IMPERIAL COLLEGE INFLUENCE STEEL STRENGTH SLOPES STATISTICS WEDGES SURFACE FAILURES GEOMETRY BARS CONCRETE LUGS ANALYSIS STRESS SPECIMENS HOT ROLLED SPLITTING DEFORMATION BONDS...

... CHARACTERISTICS VELOCITY TECHNIQUES DYNAMICS OPTIMISATION EBB GOVERNING SEAWARD IMPERMEABLE EXTRACTION HARMONIC WEDGES INSTALLATION SIMPLIFIED LINEAR SINGLE SOLID BARRIERS OPTIMUM CALCULATIONS CLOSURES MATHEMATICS TURBINES FLOODS EQUATIONS BOUNDARIES PERMEABLE LOCATION BRISTOL...

... STATIONS WESTPHALIA DIVERSION GROUND PICCADILLY LINE CUT AND COVER EXCAVATIONS SECANT EXCAVATORS AIRPORTS ROOFS TUNNELLING LININGS WEDGES MOVEMENT RAILWAYS WORKS CONCRETE PILING SEGMENTS SUBWAYS LIFTS SERVICES RATIOS TOLERANCES LONDON HOUNSLOW WEST HEATHROW CENTRA...

...BP HUGHES; CI MIDDLETON © Thomas Telford and ICE 1974 BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY SIMPLIFICATION ANCHORAGES EXPANSION GROUTS TECHNIQUES STRENGTH BONDS HELICAL WIRE SPECIMENS PRESTRESSING LENGTH WEDGES POST TENSIONED PRETENSIONING TENDONS RESTRAINT POLYMERS HIGH STEEL...

... THRUST CLAYS LONDON CLAY TUNNELLING WEDGES BLOCKS SHAFTS DONSEGS PRECAST DRIVING DIGGERS MACHINERY CEMENT MORTAR MIX NOISE HAND SHIELDS DRUMS FLOW SEGMENTS COEFFICIENTS PREVENTION THAMES LEE LONDON UK 690 DISCUSSION ON T H E THAMES-LEHTUNNEL WATER MAIN Paper...

... and 3b. To facilitatehandling,the2-ftwiderings are divided into 12 identicalsegmentsweighing4cwteach. The specification provides for the use ofsulphate-resistingPortlandcement and for coatingthelongitudinal joints with bituminous paint before erection. 27. In Fig. 3c are illustrated wedge block...