The Qinling tunnel with length of 18. 488km is located on the railway line from Xi’ an (Shanxi Province) to Ankan (Sichuan Province) in the middle of Qinling moun- tain. It is the longest double track railway tunnel ...The Qinling tunnel with length of 18. 488km is located on the railway line from Xi’ an (Shanxi Province) to Ankan (Sichuan Province) in the middle of Qinling moun- tain. It is the longest double track railway tunnel in China and takes the third place in the world. According to the design, the break-through error in vertical direction caused by the al- timetric control surveying is limited to 18mm for the case of one piercing face. Because the leveling route reaches over 120km in length and must go over two mountains in 2 800m height, the first-order precise leveling and precise gravity measurement should be carried out in the construction stage. In this paper the field leveling approach, the application of new technology,some experience as well as the office calculation with final results analysis are in- troduced. By meticulous planning, organization and observation, the final accuracy of vertical difference between two tunnel end points is only 8mm, and it provides reliable surveying guarantee for this great tunnel engineering. Finally it is pointed out that this vertical differ- ence distinguishes obviously from the primary measurement result as high as 114mm. It means that the primary result is not accurate enough.展开更多
文摘The Qinling tunnel with length of 18. 488km is located on the railway line from Xi’ an (Shanxi Province) to Ankan (Sichuan Province) in the middle of Qinling moun- tain. It is the longest double track railway tunnel in China and takes the third place in the world. According to the design, the break-through error in vertical direction caused by the al- timetric control surveying is limited to 18mm for the case of one piercing face. Because the leveling route reaches over 120km in length and must go over two mountains in 2 800m height, the first-order precise leveling and precise gravity measurement should be carried out in the construction stage. In this paper the field leveling approach, the application of new technology,some experience as well as the office calculation with final results analysis are in- troduced. By meticulous planning, organization and observation, the final accuracy of vertical difference between two tunnel end points is only 8mm, and it provides reliable surveying guarantee for this great tunnel engineering. Finally it is pointed out that this vertical differ- ence distinguishes obviously from the primary measurement result as high as 114mm. It means that the primary result is not accurate enough.
