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China: World's first extra long, ultra wide Shenzhen-Zhongshan immersed Tunnel Project use satellites for precision construction

    Caihong Wen
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    Shenzhen-Zhongshan Tunnel Project  is 6.8 kilometers long immersed tunnel construction. It has 32 pipe sections. Each immersed pipe section weighs 80,000 tons. 160 meters long, 46 meters wide and 10 meters high.

    In installation of each section, even 5 cm deviation is not acceptable. Engineers use 56 Beidou navigation system satellites for precision installation.

    http://big5.news.cn/gate/big5/www.news.cn/fortune/2023-10/31/c_1129949453.htm

     

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