Preface |
Introduction / 1: |
Underground Space and Its Requirement / 1.1: |
History of Underground Space Use / 1.2: |
Underground Space for Sustainable Development / 1.3: |
What Should Be Done? / 1.4: |
Future of Underground Space Facilities / 1.5: |
Scope of the Book / 1.6: |
References |
Classification of Underground Space / 2: |
General / 2.1: |
Major Classification Grouping / 2.2: |
Function / 2.2.1: |
Geometry / 2.2.2: |
Origin / 2.2.3: |
Site Features / 2.2.4: |
Project Features / 2.2.5: |
Benefits and Drawbacks of Underground Facilities / 2.3: |
Important Considerations / 3: |
Geological Considerations / 3.1: |
Engineering Considerations / 3.2: |
Psychological and Physiological Considerations / 3.3: |
Image of the Underground / 3.3.1: |
Actual Experiences in Underground Buildings / 3.3.2: |
Actual Experience in Windowless and Other Analogous Environments / 3.3.3: |
Potential Psychological Problems Associated with Underground Space / 3.3.4: |
Mitigating Factors / 3.3.5: |
Choosing to Go Underground-General Advantages / 3.4: |
Potential Physical Benefits / 3.4.1: |
Protection / 3.4.2: |
Security / 3.4.3: |
Aesthetics / 3.4.4: |
Environmental Advantages / 3.4.5: |
Materials / 3.4.6: |
Initial Cost/Land Cost Savings / 3.4.7: |
Construction Savings / 3.4.8: |
Sale of Excavated Material or Minerals / 3.4.9: |
Savings in Specialized Design Features / 3.4.10: |
Operating Cost/Maintenance / 3.4.11: |
Energy Use / 3.4.12: |
Land Use Efficiency / 3.4.13: |
Disaster Readiness/National Security / 3.4.14: |
Drawbacks of Underground Space Use / 3.5: |
Physical / 3.5.1: |
Climate Isolation / 3.5.2: |
Communication / 3.5.3: |
Human Occupancy / 3.5.4: |
Safety Considerations / 3.6: |
Fire Explosion / 3.6.1: |
Oxygen Shortage/Poisoning / 3.6.2: |
Flood / 3.6.3: |
Electric Power Failure / 3.6.4: |
Ventilation / 3.7: |
Legal and Administrative Considerations / 3.8: |
Limits of Surface Property Ownership / 3.8.1: |
Ownership and the Right to Develop Subsurface Space / 3.8.2: |
Application of Surface Land Use Regulations / 3.8.3: |
Environmental Controls / 3.8.4: |
Restrictions due to Surface and Subsurface Structures / 3.8.5: |
Economic Considerations / 3.9: |
Underground Space Planning / 4: |
Forms of Underground Space Available and Uses / 4.1: |
Level-Wise Planning of Underground Space Use / 4.2: |
Future Forms of Underground Space Use / 4.3: |
Technology for Underground Development / 4.4: |
Conceptual Designs / 4.5: |
Cost Considerations / 4.6: |
Planning of Underground Space / 4.7: |
Underground Storage of Food Items / 5: |
Section 1 / 5.1: |
Problems Associated with Underground Food Storage / 5.2: |
Site Selection / 5.3: |
Construction and Design / 5.4: |
Depth / 5.4.1: |
Unit Size / 5.4.2: |
Lining / 5.4.3: |
Loading and Unloading Equipment / 5.4.4: |
Equipment to Equilibrate Grain Temperature during Loading and Unloading / 5.4.5: |
Considerations while Loading the Storage / 5.4.6: |
Considerations prior to Unloading of Underground Storage / 5.4.7: |
Underground Storage Bins in Argentina / 5.4.8: |
Potato Storage / 5.5: |
Section 2 |
Refrigerated Rock Stores / 5.6: |
Design of Underground Cold Storage / 5.7: |
Shape and Size / 5.7.1: |
Thermal Properties / 5.7.2: |
Cost Comparison / 5.8: |
Case Histories / 5.9: |
Warehouse Caverns in Singapore / 5.9.1: |
Cold Storage Plant in Bergen, Norway / 5.9.2: |
Underground Storage of Water / 6: |
Water Storage by Recharge Methods / 6.1: |
Controlling Factors / 6.2.1: |
Recharge Methods / 6.2.2: |
Underground Rock Cavern Tank Storage / 6.3: |
Function and Location of Water Tanks / 6.3.1: |
Comparison between Aboveground and Underground Water Tanks / 6.3.2: |
Planning and Design / 6.3.3: |
Cost for Underground Cavern Storage / 6.3.4: |
Construction and Maintenance Experience / 6.3.5: |
The Kvernberget Rock Cavern Tank / 6.4: |
The Steinan Rock Cavern Tank, Norway / 6.4.2: |
The Groheia Rock Cavern Tank in Kristiansand, Norway / 6.4.3: |
Underground Parking / 7: |
Types of Parking Facilities / 7.1: |
Various Modern Mechanical Underground Parking Options / 7.3: |
Trevipark System / 7.3.1: |
Douskos Car Parks-Mechanical Underground Parking Station Systems / 7.3.2: |
Evaluation Criteria of a Site for Underground Parking / 7.4: |
Design of Underground Parking Facilities / 7.5: |
Parking Guidance System / 7.6: |
Parking Lot Security / 7.7: |
Ventilation in Underground Car Parks / 7.8: |
Economics of Underground Parking Facilities / 7.9: |
Sydney Opera House Underground Car Park / 7.10: |
Munich Automated Underground Parking System, Germany / 7.10.2: |
Underground Metro and Road Tunnels / 8: |
Findings of International Tunnelling Association / 8.1: |
Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) / 8.2: |
Tunnel Boring Machines for Hard Rocks / 8.2.1: |
Shielded Tunnel Boring Machines / 8.2.2: |
Precast Lining / 8.3: |
Building Condition Survey and Vibration Limit / 8.4: |
Impact on Structures / 8.5: |
Subsidence / 8.6: |
Half-Tunnels for Roads / 8.7: |
Road Tunnels / 8.8: |
Traffic Safety / 8.8.1: |
Construction Details / 8.8.3: |
Precautions to Protect Road Tunnels from Deterioration / 8.8.4: |
Cost of Construction / 8.8.5: |
Subsea Tunnels / 8.9: |
Maintenance / 8.9.1: |
Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) / 8.10: |
Lötschberg Base Tunnel (LBT) / 8.10.2: |
Underground Storage of Crude Oil, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, and Natural Gas / 9: |
Investigations and Design / 9.1: |
Underground Storage Technology / 9.3: |
Underground Unlined Storage / 9.3.1: |
Underground Lined Storage / 9.3.2: |
Storage of Natural Gas / 9.4: |
Tunnel-Shaped Storage Facility / 9.5: |
Disadvantages / 9.5.1: |
Separation Distance between Caverns / 9.5.2: |
Multitank Storage (Polytank) Concept / 9.6: |
Construction Principles / 9.6.1: |
Rock Mechanics of Polytank Storage / 9.6.2: |
Field of Applications / 9.6.3: |
Advantages / 9.6.4: |
General Advantages and Disadvantages of Underground Storages / 9.7: |
Inground Tanks / 9.7.1: |
Cost Aspects / 9.8.1: |
Effect of Earthquake / 9.10: |
Carbon Dioxide Sequestration / 9.11: |
Civic Facilities Underground / 10: |
Sewage and Waste Water Treatment Plant / 10.1: |
Case Example of Cost Comparison / 10.2.1: |
Sports Center / 10.3: |
Underground Ice Rink / 10.3.1: |
Swimming Center / 10.3.2: |
Underground Pedestrian Path / 10.4: |
Operation of the System / 10.4.1: |
Shopping Mall / 10.5: |
Underground Recreational Facilities / 10.6: |
Underground Structures for Hydroelectric Projects / 11: |
Recent Developments in Planning of Hydroelectric Projects / 11.1: |
Types of Underground Structures / 11.3: |
Principles of Planning / 11.4: |
Fundamental Requirements / 11.5: |
Planning a Cavern / 11.6: |
Design of a Cavern / 11.7: |
Space and Geometries / 11.7.1: |
Geotechniques / 11.7.2: |
Orientation / 11.7.3: |
Excavation Sequence and Techniques / 11.7.4: |
In Situ Stresses / 11.7.5: |
Earthquake Forces / 11.7.6: |
Supports / 11.7.7: |
Advantages and Disadvantages / 11.8: |
Churchill Falls Hydroelectric Project / 11.9: |
Chhibro Underground Powerhouse / 11.9.2: |
Tala Hydroelectric Project, Bhutan / 11.9.3: |
Summary / 11.10: |
Underground Shelters for Wartime / 12: |
State-of-the-Art Defense Shelters / 12.1: |
Shelter Options / 12.3: |
Design of Shelters / 12.4: |
Basement Shelters / 12.4.1: |
Expedient Shelter Designs / 12.4.2: |
Civil Defense Shelter in Singapore / 12.5: |
Beijing's Underground City / 12.5.2: |
Underground Storage of Ammunitions and Explosives / 13: |
Explosion Effects in Underground Ammunition Storage Sites / 13.1: |
Advantages and Disadvantages of Underground Storage / 13.3: |
Storage Limitations / 13.4: |
Ammunition Containing Flammable Liquids or Gels / 13.4.1: |
Ammunition Containing Toxic Agents / 13.4.2: |
Suspect Ammunition and Explosives / 13.4.3: |
Ammunition Containing Pyrotechnics / 13.4.4: |
Ammunition Containing Depleted Uranium / 13.4.5: |
Design Requirements of Underground Ammunition Storage Facility / 13.5: |
Safety Requirements / 13.5.1: |
Military Requirements / 13.5.2: |
Financial Aspects / 13.5.3: |
Humidity Control and Ventilation / 13.5.4: |
Electric Installations and Equipment / 13.5.5: |
Lightning Protection / 13.5.6: |
Transport and Handling Equipment / 13.5.7: |
Fire-Fighting Equipment / 13.5.8: |
Facility Layout / 13.6: |
Design Guidelines / 13.6.1: |
Underground Chambers / 13.6.2: |
Exits / 13.6.3: |
Branch Passageways / 13.6.4: |
Blast Closures / 13.6.5: |
Expansion Chambers / 13.6.6: |
Constrictions / 13.6.7: |
Debris Traps within Underground Facility / 13.6.8: |
Blast Traps / 13.6.9: |
Portal Barricade / 13.6.10: |
Interior Wall Roughness / 13.6.11: |
Depth of Cover above Storage Chambers / 13.6.12: |
Chamber Separation Requirement / 13.6.13: |
Sympathetic Detonation by Rock Spall / 13.7: |
Case History / 13.8: |
Underground Ammunition Storage Facility, Singapore |
Underground Nuclear Waste Repositories / 14: |
Types of Radioactive Nuclear Waste / 14.1: |
Underground Research Laboratory / 14.3: |
Stripa Underground Research Facility / 14.3.1: |
Concept of Barriers / 14.4: |
Design Aspects of Underground Repository / 14.5: |
Vertical Emplacement in a Pit / 14.5.1: |
Alternative System Layout for Very Long Hole (VLH) / 14.5.2: |
Instrumentation / 14.6: |
Retrievability of Canister / 14.7: |
Public Acceptance of Radioactive Waste Repository / 14.8: |
Contractual Risk Sharing / 15: |
The Risk / 15.1: |
Management of Risk / 15.2: |
Risk Management Tools-Fault Tree Analysis / 15.2.1: |
Recommendations of International Tunnelling Association / 15.2.2: |
Recommendations of International Standard Organisation / 15.2.3: |
Role of Engineering Leaders / 15.2.4: |
Construction Planning and Risk / 15.3: |
Time and Cost Estimates / 15.4: |
Annexure |
Index |