Corridor Vc Research Articles

Analysis of foundation solution for the noise protection walls on the reinforced earth

This paper brings the introduction of the analysis of foundation solution for the noise protection walls on the reinforced earth along the Highway Corridor Vc, a road and rail transport corridor that connects Hungary, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, included in the network of Pan-European transport corridors. A solution with pile foundations made of steel IPE profiles is presented in detail. During the design and modelling, as well as the calculation of the structural foundation, the modern software program PLAXIS was used, and the calculation was made in accordance with EN 1997 Eurocode 7, Geotechnical Design. Special attention is devoted to the analysis of the impact of driving IPE steel profiles, as foundation piles, on reinforced earth. The presented solution was then verified by an additional control calculation and a field test of the impact of the horizontal load on the bearing capacity of the IPE steel profile driven into the reinforced slope. Based on the conducted analyses and testing, it has been proven that it is possible to build noise protection walls on the reinforced earth without disturbing the internal stability and functionality of the reinforced earth.

ZAŠTITA TEMELJNE JAME STUPNOG MJESTA S2, PRI IZGRADNJI MOSTA POČITELJ

In the last few years, the construction works on Počitelj Bridge, the largest giant of the Corridor Vc, have been executed. Počitelj Bridge connects two banks of the “divine” (as named by the Illyrians) river Neretva, thus connecting Bosnia and Herzegovina with Croatia and Hungary. The Počitelj bridge is being built north from the town having the same name - Počitelj. Its length of about 980 m and height of about 100 m above the river make it the largest bridge in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It consists of seven spans, i.e. six middle pillars and two abutments. The subject of this paper is a review of the construction of the foundation at the S2 pillar location using analyses and comparisons with the main project, especially the protection of the construction pit during the works execution at the above-mentioned pillar location.

DETERMINING THE OPTIMAL METHOD OF EXCAVATION OF THE ZENICA TUNNEL AS A FUNCTION OF MINIMAL DAMAGE TO ROCK MASS OF POORER QUALITY OUTSIDE THE EXCAVATION PROFILE

Corridor Vc enhances the connection of Bosnia and Herzegovina with neighboring countries and improves the potential for economic development. The Corridor Vc motorway in Bosnia and Herzegovina stretches from the northern border with the Republic of Croatia from Svilaj to Čapljina on the southern border with the Republic of Croatia, in Bijača. The Zenica tunnel is part of the Corridor Vc motorway in the municipality of Zenica and is currently the longest excavated tunnel with a total length of 3,330 meters. Excavation works were performed by a combination of blasting and machine excavation. The excavation of the tunnel was performed in sedimentary formations (flysch-like Upper Vranduk series 2JK). Excavation of tunnels by blasting with adjusted drilling and blasting parameters in rock mass of poorer quality achieves better results in relation to machine excavation. Key words: tunnel, rock mass, machine excavation, drilling, blasting, overbreak

PROBLEM SOLVING AND REHABILITATION OF THE SPELEOLOGICAL OBJECT OF LARGER DIMENSIONS WHICH APPEARED DURING THE EXCAVATION OF THE "POČITELJ" TUNNEL

The "Počitelj" tunnel was built as part of the section of the highway Mostar North - the border with the Republic of Croatia on the corridor Vc, the section Počitelj - Bijača, the subsection Počitelj - Zvirovići with a length of approx. 11.50 km. The Počitelj tunnel is a two-tube, two-lane tunnel with a length of 1163 m on the right tube and 1192 m on the left tube.

Air quality measurement on the location of the highway section on corridor Vc, Johovac - FBIH border

Corridor Vc connects the middle part of the Adriatic coast and the port of Ploče, with Corridor X on the Zagreb-Belgrade stretch and ends at the hub in Budapest. The goal of the construction of the corridor Vc Johovac - Border of FBiH is to improve the traffic capacity of this road, as well as to improve the entire segment of accompanying effects, of which the effects on the environment are one of the most significant. The start of the section is located in the town of Johovac, where a loop is planned to connect the highway Banja Luka - Doboj with corridor Vc, and the end of the section is located in the area of ​​the Makljenovac settlement, i.e. to the border with FBiH. The observed coverage of the site is a combination of flat and hilly terrain that is mainly used as agricultural land. The route of the planned highway mainly follows the course of the Bosna River, which is the most dominant watercourse in the section. The total length of this section is 10.65 km. This paper presents the results of air pollution measurements that will be the basis for further assessment of air quality when the highway is put into operation. Air pollution represents the concentration of harmful substances over the tolerance limit (maximum permissible concentration - MPC), however, this concentration will depend not only on the intensity of the source of pollution, but also on local conditions in terms of air currents, precipitation, terrain configuration, etc. The effect of air pollution on the population can be direct or indirect. Air pollution directly damages and worsens people's health, while its indirect effect manifests itself through a harmful effect on domestic animals, vegetation, material and cultural assets.

Intermodal Line between Ploce and Brcko: Future Perspectives for the Pan-European Transport

The aim of this paper is to propose the intermodal logistics Corridor Vc, relying on the European Union transport policy, which will be in the function of regional development. The main goal is to analyze a potential route of freight intermodal transport between the ports of Ploče and Brčko in order to popularize this intermodal line at the international level. Among the most important activities in achieving this goal is the integration in the Euro corridor system. This integration is of crucial importance for companies to successfully execute their supply chain processes both domestically and internationally. The paper is based on the analysis of the current socio-economic situation and the condition of the intermodal transport system in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), as well as existing strategic studies and development plans. This paper sheds a light on the creation of a strong integrated intermodal freight transport network in BiH, that will be a quality alternative to other international intermodal flows from the aspect of shorter transport time, lower transport costs and more favorable ecological aspects of transportation.

Analysis of the Impact of Transport Corridor Vc on the Port of Ploče

The importance of the Port of Ploče lies in serving the majority of the Bosnian market. However, the Pan-European Corridor Vc provides access to a much wider market in Central and South-Eastern Europe. The purpose of this paper is to express views on the future development of the Corridor and its consequential impact on the Port. This was conducted by means of analysis, comparison, and synthesis of cargo flow data and the dynamics data of the Corridor Vc construction. It covers the relations between Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the Republic of Croatia, and the assessment of importance of the Corridor in those countries. Statistical indicators show the importance of the Corridor completion for the successful execution of port development plans. The analysis of the Corridor status points to the current prevailing circumstances in BiH that make its realization ultimately uncertain, especially its railway component. The findings show that the most significant obstacles for a successful realization of Port of Ploče development plans are not only within the BiH internal geo-political relationships but in the disputes between BiH and the Republic of Croatia (RH) as well. Consequently, it has been shown that the Port of Ploče is not able to define and carry out the necessary measures toward BiH on its own but necessarily with the participation of the RH Government. The analysis offers observations and recommendations for improving relations with BiH, which would significantly advance the completion of the Corridor in BiH. In this way, it would allow for a full establishment of the Port of Ploče on target markets.

Road Connections Affecting the Competitiveness Strengthening of the Port of Ploče

Due to its geographical situation, the port of Ploče has become a junction of land and sea routes within the Transport Corridor Vc, as a part of the Mediterranean Transport Corridor, passing through Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Hungary. The paper deals with the analysis of the connecting roads leading from the port of Ploče as well as with the evaluation of the respective road traffic volume. Although the congestion on certain road sections is related to the tourist transit traffic, the road traffic volume at the Transport Corridor Vc within Bosnia and Herzegovina indicates the need for the construction of a motorway to stretch out the Corridor. The planned modernisation will fundamentally improve the main road infrastructure on the Transport Corridor Vc that will facilitate the transport of goods and enable shorter travel time from the port of Ploče to the hinterland. Considering that the major portion of the freight transport from the port of Ploče uses road transport services, the envisaged modernisation will significantly increase competitiveness of the port, mostly due to the intermodal transport mode.

DETAIL OF PARSING LITHOLOGICAL MEMBERS OF THE TERRAIN AND EMBANKMENT ALONG THE ROUTE OF THE RAILWAY SAMAC - SARAJEVO, CORRIDOR V, SECTION CHAINAGE KM 85 + 000 – 103+500, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Revitalization of the railways is a started project of the European Union, where is necessary for all the tracks of the former Yugoslavia to be revitalized in order to improve their train speed quality up to 120 km / hour. The railway that passes through the middle of Bosnia and Herzegovina, from north to south, is the Corridor Vc and connects Budapest, that is Central Europe with the Adriatic Sea. The largest part of the railway was revitalized, and researched section is one of several remaining that need to be investigated in detail before revitalized. It is expected its full completion by 2010. During the research of mentioned section, in detail were studied the characteristics of the terrain and the buffer layer of railway along its route. The level of detail was such that it had allocated all the characteristics of lithological members and embankments per chainages.

Creating Workshop Documentation of Drava Bridge Using 3D Model

The Drava Bridge is located in Croatia on the International Pan-European road corridor Vc, section Beli Manastir – Osijek. The overall Drava Bridge length is 2507m. The main bridge has 3 spans of 100m, 220m and 100m respectively, cable stayed on two “A” shaped concrete pylons with 20 double cables on each pylon. Main bridge superstructure is a composite deck which comprises steel box girder, 12m wide and 2.7m high with 8m long cantilevers on both sides and 300mm thick and 28.6m wide concrete deck slab on top. Total weight of the steel girder is around 4500 tons. 35 bridge segments are produced in workshop and assembled on approach bridge. Connected segments are incrementally launched over river. The creation of workshop documentation of the Drava Bridge steel structure using the Tekla Structures software is presented. Modelling process with advantages and challenges faced during detailing and drawings creation are keyed out. Steel assembly drawings were created from the 3D model and sent to the workshop.

GEOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF THE STATE OF THE ROUTE M18, SECTION FOCA – HUM, REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA

<p>Improvement of the quality of the route is necessary because of its importance in connecting countries of the Western Balkans to central and western Europe. This is the worst section of the road from Albania via Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the corridor Vc, which passes through the central part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The route of the road is very narrow with sharp bends, which requires its extension, correction, and in some parts relocation. It was therefore necessary first to give geological evaluation of the state of route in terms of exploration and characteristics of the rocks involved in the structure of the ground along the route.</p><p>We analyzed the available documentation of previous studies and conducted field data. Summarizing the results available, it was given the evaluation of the degree of exploration of the terrain and the need for new research for detailed consideration of the characteristics of the terrain, especially in the construction of facilities on the route.</p>

Assess Accuracy of Terrestrial and Aerial Photo Recorded Field in Design Corridor Vc

In the last years various geodetic surveying being used as basis for designing by colleagues in different professional fields. Significance of surveying, and photogrammetry in particular, became evident in large scale projects of national interest and importance, such as Motorway on Corridor Vc, regional roads etc. Article portrays a practical example of preparations for aerial surveying for one section of the Motorway, basic data referring to aerial surveying and analysis of collected data.

Corridor Vc as a factor of integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina into the European Union

Corridor Vc enables inclusion of Bosnia and Herzegovina into transportation system of South-Eastern Europe and Eurocorridor system, and development of cross-border cooperation and establishment of Euro-region, which is one of the important segments on its approaching to the European Union. Integration processes and positive impacts on stabilization of development effects cannot be realized without clearly defined strategic aims of transport system development. Transport development policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina has two directions on one hand, it refers to strengthening of internal territorial cohesion, and on the other, it refers to establishment of efficient connections and relations with the European Union.

HIDROGEOLOŠKE KARAKTERISTIKE TERENA DUŽ TRASE AUTOPUTA KORIDOR Vc, DIONICA SVILAJ – VUKOSAVLJE

Highway Corridor Vc comes from the Croatian and passing through Bosnia and Herzegovina. The route starts in the north of the Sava River and passes through the valley of the river up to Sarajevo, Bosnia, then in addition to Konjic and Mostar to the Adriatic Sea. TEM is part of a network of transport infrastructure in Southeastern Europe. During research for the project documentation from preliminary to the main project, are considered the hydrogeological characteristics of sediments, where rocks are separated according to their permeability. The complexity of geological structure, and frequent removal of fine layers in a smaller space, requiring a more detailed investigation. Nevertheless, the level of the research were determined by filtering characteristics of the individual layers and isolated reservoir rocks.

Influence of Railway on the Development of the Port of Ploce

The role of the railway in the development of every cargoport is huge, since the railway enables mass transport of goods.Therefore the influence of the railway on the development ofthe Port of Place is significant, especially in the context of connectingthe port with the Pan-European Corridor Vc. The paperstudies the possibilities of improving the transport of goodsfrom the Port of Ploce by rail and the influence of this type ofcarriage on the development of the p01t.