Lowering the Beneluxtunnel

Lowering the Beneluxtunnel

Weeda, Tomas (Municipality of Amsterdam)
de Gijt, J.G. (TU Delft Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk; Gemeente Rotterdam)
Bakker, K.J. (TU Delft Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk)
Braam, C.R. (TU Delft Concrete Structures)
Broos, Eric (Gemeente Rotterdam)
Jonkman, Sebastiaan N. (TU Delft Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk)

Park, J.W. (editor)
Ay Lie, H. (editor)
Hardjasaputra, H. (editor)
Thayaalan, P. (editor)

2017-12-30

As a result of the persistent increase of container vessel dimensions, future problems regarding navigation draught in the presence of tunnels are becoming more likely to occur. Hence, possible solutions to this problem have been investigated for the Beneluxtunnel. Several design options have been elaborated to determine the technical and economic feasibility of a possible lowering of the tunnel. Important subjects involved are the consequences of increasing the slopes, the cross-sectional concrete capacity, the use of joint rotations, the construction methods and the costs. This initial exploration of the subject shows lowering the Beneluxtunnel seems to be possible and is expected to be economically attractive. However, further research into certain boundary conditions and risky aspects of construction is required to ascertain this statement.

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:55b673ee-36de-4549-91e6-4f3002fd6f3f

https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201713806006

The 6th International Conference of Euro Asia Civil Engineering Forum, 138

The 6th International Conference of Euro Asia Civil Engineering Forum, 2017-08-22 → 2017-08-25, Seoul, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2261-236X, 138

Institutional Repository

conference paper

© 2017 Tomas Weeda, J.G. de Gijt, K.J. Bakker, C.R. Braam, Eric Broos, Sebastiaan N. Jonkman