METHOD TO ERECT UNDERWATER TUNNELS Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC E02D29/09 

FIELD: construction.

SUBSTANCE: method to erect underwater tunnels, including tunnelling of slopes and drifts, creation of a mine of arched shape, fixation of its walls and fixation of its walls and vault by monolithic reinforced concrete, backlining external hydraulic insulation from bitumen putty, a ramp and a water impermeable lock, water drainage by means of drainage trays, differing by the fact that in order to ensure efficiency of tunnelling works and higher reliability of tunnel hydraulic insulation, its length is divided into sections with open and underground methods of tunnelling. An inclined entry trench is built on an open area with minimum water level in a river by means of open works, in the end of the trench a protective horseshoe-shaped border is erected from reinforced concrete, walls are erected, the arched vault of the tunnel with rigging, on top of which they lay a hydraulic insulation jacket from Typar material and filled with removed soil, the tunnelling of the underwater section of the tunnel is carried out in a regimen of moderation by tunnelling combines in counter headways until they are joined at the design elevation, and water breakthrough in the tunnel is collected in a sump with subsequent pumping by pumps via wells to a surface interception ditch, connected with a water reservoir.

EFFECT: higher reliability of tunnel hydraulic insulation, reduced labour intensiveness and material intensity in construction.

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