3. Project Organization
• Privately Funded
• Total Investment 1.28 billion USD
• Build, Operate, Transfer Project
• Korean, European and Turkish Bank Loans
• Design Build Construction Contract
• Contractor is JV of Yapi Merkezi (Turkey) and
S&K Construction (Korea)
• Detailed Designer is Parsons Brinckerhoff
(USA)
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16. TBM Cutterhead
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• Cutterhead
weighs 350 tons
• Cutterhead is
hollow
• Cutterhead
allows changing
of cutting tools
under
atmospheric
pressure
• Trimix setup for
divers to repair
cutterhead under
11bar water
pressure
27. 0.E+00
2.E+05
4.E+05
6.E+05
8.E+05
1.E+06
7+700 7+800 7+900 8+000 8+100 8+200 8+300 8+400 8+500 8+600 8+700 8+800
Force(kN)
1st Set 2nd Set 3rd Set 4th Set 5th Set 6th Set 7th Set 8th Set Average
0.E+00
2.E+05
4.E+05
6.E+05
8.E+05
1.E+06
7+700 7+800 7+900 8+000 8+100 8+200 8+300 8+400 8+500 8+600 8+700 8+800
Force(kN)
Average - No Wave Passage Effect Average - Wave Passage European to Asian Average - Wave Passage Asian to European
27
Asian to European
No Wave Pass Effects
European to Asian
No Wave Pass Effects
European to Asian Asian to European
No Seismic Joint (Lower Bound Vs Profile)
Seismic Joints (Lower Bound Vs Profile)
