RE: Save the 600m!17 Sep 2018 20:54
I’d like to exonerate myself firstly by stating I am certainly not a hairy arsed engineer (nor recently epilated for that matter!), however, (and perhaps some of those of an engineering bent might be able to dismiss or confirm),whilst I can appreciate that in a closed environment such as a tunnel, floor space will be at a premium (with all the inherent constraints that entails), is it entirely beyond the realm of possibility that there might be some sort of banding system in place that in effect binds the tunnel infrastructure when it is running at at weight? Or is that entirely addressed by overhead pressure? Space limits aside, it does seem peculiar that a roof mounted system would be desirable, so I was wondering just what other considerations might have a bearing? If anyone can elucidate a coherent reason it’d be much appreciated. Certainly by me.
Regards,
per ardua ad astra