Title: Sealing Joints in Tunnels

Author(s): Douglas Dunbar

Publication: Symposium Paper

Volume: 70

Issue:

Appears on pages(s): 1121-158

Keywords: grouting; joint fillers; joint sealers; joints (junctions); plastics; polymers and resins; precast concrete; sealing; soil mechanics; tunnel linings; tunnels; vapor barriers; waterproofing

DOI: 10.14359/17453

Date: 1/1/1981

Abstract:
Major advances in the field of tunnelling have been achieved in the post-War period, particularly in relation to machine mining and the development of precast concrete segmented linings. The principal challenge which must now be overcome is the perfecting of waterproofing systems for segmented linings. . .The other waterproofing components: interior linings, patching techniques and the development of superior concretes could form the basis of a subequent paper on the subject.