Hydraulic and earth engineering – Underground passageway – e.g. – tunnel – Boring
Patent
1991-08-13
1993-01-19
Taylor, Dennis L.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Underground passageway, e.g., tunnel
Boring
52226, 4051501, E21D 1100
Patent
active
051802538
ABSTRACT:
Each of the prestressing tendons (3, 4, 18) in a pressure tunnel is made up of a bundle of monostrands (21) held together. Each of the monostrands (21) of one of the prestressing tendons is distanced from adjacent monostrands by the introduction of spacing means (22, 22', 22", 22"') at more or less regular intervals along the length of the prestressing tendon. Distributed along the length of and over the circumference of the pressure tunnel are disposed prestressing tendon supports (9) directed essentially towards the center of the pressure tunnel. Several prestressing tendons (3, 4, 18) are attachable to each of the prestressing tendon supports (9) adjacent to or stacked on top of each other. In doing so, each prestressing tendon (3, 4, 18) is kept spaced from adjacent tendons. The prestressing tendon arrangement ensures that after concreting the pressure tunnel, each of the monostrands is completely embedded in concrete. Each monostrand may be individually prestressed with a relatively small jack without there being any risk of damaging the monostrand in question or adjacent monostrands as result of stressing. The arrangement allows a relatively large number of monostrands to be disposed in any one cross-section and complete corrossion protection is guaranteed for each of the monostrands.
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Marti Peter
Siegfried Erwin
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