A submerged floating tunnel (SFT), also called Archimedes bridge or suspended tunnel, is a tunnel that floats in water supported by its buoyancy (specifically, by employing the hydrostatic thrust, or Archimedes’ principle). Tunnels in water are not new in civil ...
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How to Select the Orientation of Wing Wall in the Design of Bridge Abutment?
A wing wall is a structural member located at the end of a bridge structure. When it is constructed integrally with the abutment, it is termed as cantilever wing wall and when separated from the abutment with expansion or construction ...
Suez Canal: Construction Features of the World’s Biggest Economic Route
The Suez Canal is a man-made waterway in Egypt that provides the shortest route between the east and the west of the globe for cargo transportation. The canal divides Asia and Africa by connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean ...
The Great Pyramid of Giza: Construction Features of the Tallest Pyramid in the World
The Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as the Pyramid of Khufu, was an incredible architectural achievement of the time and is a part of the three-pyramid structures of the Giza Pyramid Complex. The construction of the pyramid started in ...
Royal Gorge Bridge: Structural Elements of the Highest Bridge in the US
The Royal Gorge Bridge is situated in the Rocky Mountains close to Canon City in Colorado, US. It was constructed across the Arkansas River and Royal Gorge in 1929 and was the highest bridge in the world at that time. ...
Rongjiang Bridge: The World’s Longest Bridge of Rigid Girder and Flexible Arch
The Rongjiang Bridge is a part of the Xiamen-Shenzhen high-speed railway route constructed in the Jieyang City of Guangdong Province, China. It is the longest bridge in the world with a main span of 660 m between two flexible steel ...
Qinghai–Tibet Railway: The Longest and Highest Highland Railway in the World
The Qinghai–Tibet Railway is a 1,956 km long railway network located between Golmud and Lhasa in China. It is also known as the “heavenly road” as it is the longest and highest highland rail route in the world. The construction ...
Gotthard Base Tunnel: Construction Features of the World’s Longest Tunnel
The Swiss government was exploring ways to lay a railway line through the Alps for a long time. The idea was materialized in the year 1995 with the plan to construct the New Rail Link through the Alps (NRLA), a ...