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HN isn't exlusively for "tech news" but for anything that is of interest to nerds/intelligent people. You can of course submit any tunneling articles/media you
by s_dev 7y ago
HN isn't exlusively for "tech news" but for anything that is of interest to nerds/intelligent people.
You can of course submit any tunneling articles/media you think are interesting.
Just look at the abundance of Atlas Obscura articles -- few are tech based.
- m4rtink 7y agoWhile we are at it, I really recommend checking out all the base tunnel projects currently in progress or recently completed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_tunnel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_tunnel Massively cool cutting edge technology, even before Elon involvement. ;-) There is also a huge amount of interesting videos on Youtube about these projects, all the way from the initial tunnel boring/blasting all the way to final outfitting (imagine installing rails & electric equipment in a 57 km long tunnel - no wonder it took 6 years of multi shift daily work, etc.).
- LargoLasskhyfv 7y agoAll very impressive. But most impressive to me is this: [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seikan_Tunnel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seikan_Tunnel >>A 2002 report by Michitsugu Ikuma described, for the undersea section, that "the tunnel structure appears to remain in a good condition." The amount of inflow has been decreasing with time, although it "increases right after a large earthquake".