The UAE’s Nationwide Advisor Bureau, a consultancy agency based mostly in Masdar metropolis in Abu Dhabi, has introduced its newest futuristic mission – The Fujairah-Mumbai Subsea Tunnel Venture.
It goals to attach the UAE and different GCC nations for the primary time with Mumbai, India, through a sub-sea tunnel and an extremely velocity 1,000 km/hour sub-sea railway line.
The idea of the tunnel relies on well-known expertise utilized to floating bridges, offshore constructions and immersed tunnels, mentioned a high official of the Bureau.
“The mission, which is at the moment on the idea stage, is supposed to attach the UAE and the opposite GCC nations for the primary time with India through a sub-sea tunnel and an extremely velocity sub-sea railway line, with the intention of enhancing the bilateral commerce between the 2 nations,” remarked Abdulla Alshehhi, managing director of the Nationwide Advisor Bureau.
The floating underwater tunnel could encompass two curved concrete tubes, submerged under the floor of the Arabian Sea. The submerged tubes can be stabilized by being hooked up to pontoons on the floor of the ocean or by vertical tethers to the ocean flooring, he defined.
“Provision will be made for sufficient gaps between the pontoons to permit ships to move by. The tubes can be positioned underwater, deep sufficient to keep away from water visitors and climate,” acknowledged Alshehhi.
The tunnel can be a watertight, resisting the salty sea water, and may have the ability to face up to the hydro-static forces upon it, he identified.
Making a vacuum contained in the tunnel will lead to super velocity for trains as a result of minimal air resistance, he added.
The primary anticipated advantages from the mission are: