The Technological Issues of Health Monitoring in Wuhan Yangtze River Tunnel Operations

The first highway tunnel (Wuhan Yangtze River Tunnel) in Yangtze River was built to operate in 2009 through about 5 years of construction. There are large-scale investment, heavy traffic and the complexity of operating conditions of the tunnel. To ensure that the tunnel is in the safety during its operations, the health monitoring of the tunnel will be carried out. It will not only escort the normal operation of the project, but also provide reliable early warning information. Besides, it will also accumulate basis and valuable information for large-scale river shield tunnel health operation of China.