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Study on Optimal Grouting Timing for Controlling Uplift Deformation of a Super High Arch Dam

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A grouting model is developed for use during the grouting of the complex foundation of a super high arch dam. The purpose as to determine the optimal grouting timing and appropriate grouting pressure involved in controlling the uplift deformation of the dam. The model determines the optimal grouting time as the height of the arch dam increases with the concrete pouring, by checking the tensile stresses in the dam against standard specifications. The appropriate grouting pressures are given on the basis of the actual grouting pressures monitored during the upstream riverbed foundation grouting. An engineering procedure, applying the model, was then proposed and used during foundation grouting under the toe block of the Xiluodu super high-arch dam in south-western China. The quality of the foundation grouting was evaluated against the results from pressurized water permeability tests, acoustic wave velocity tests, elastic modulus tests and panoramic photographing of the rockmass on completion of the foundation grouting. The results indicated that the proposed grouting model can be applied to effectively reduce the uplift deformation and associated cracking risk for super high arch dams, and it can be concluded that the proposed engineering grouting procedure is a valuable tool for improving foundation grouting under the toe blocks of a super high arch dam.

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This research work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos: 11272178, 51339003), the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (Grant Nos. 2011CB013503, 2013CB035902), and the Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program. The authors are very grateful to the China Three Gorges Corporation and HydroChina Chengdu Engineering Corporation for supporting this study. The authors are also very grateful to Prof. Giovanni Barla, Elaine Anson and various anonymous reviewers for their critical recommendations, which have greatly helped the author to improve the paper.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Peng Lin, Xiaoxu Zhu & Qingbin Li

  2. School of Engineering and ICT, The University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS7005, Australia

    Hongyuan Liu

  3. SinoHydro bureau 8 Co. Ltd, Changsha, China

    Yongjun Yu

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Lin, P., Zhu, X., Li, Q. et al. Study on Optimal Grouting Timing for Controlling Uplift Deformation of a Super High Arch Dam. Rock Mech Rock Eng 49, 115–142 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-015-0732-z

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