Overview
- Provides a consistent concept for assessing the actual permeability and groutability of rock
- Presents numerous state-of-the-art examples of grouting programs
- Includes new data obtained in practical programs
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Professional Practice in Earth Sciences (PRES)
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About this book
This book focuses on the permeability of the foundation of dams, how to determine their state and how to tighten permeable rock to achieve safe foundations for large dams. It includes theoretical fundamentals as well as lessons learned in their application in practical construction work in eminent projects. It also discusses aspects such as the permeability of the rock mass at the dam site, including the hydraulic characteristics of water conducting openings and their effect on the reliability of water pressure test (WPT) results; the influence of particular geological factors on the hydrogeological regime at the site, as well as the hydrofracturing behavior and individual groutability; and the relationship between quantities of grout takes and the degree of impermeabilization.
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About the authors
Friedrich-Karl Ewert was born 1934 in Usedom (East Germany). From 1954 till 1956 he studied Geography at Humboldt-University, East Berlin, and then Geology at the University in Münster (Westphalia).For his fieldwork in the Pyrenees he obtained in 1964 a Doctorate in Geology. Until 1972 he worked as engineering geologist for hydro projects. In 1972 he became Professor of Geotechnics at the University of Paderborn from where he retired in 1997. From 1976 to 2002 he served as lecturer on dam foundation at the University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands.
While supervising permeability testing and grouting for dam sites he learned that the common rules disregarded essential rock properties. This initiated a lifelong yearning to better understand the permeability of rock and the development of optimal grouting procedures. He has been a strong promoter of investigating the properties of the rock at given sites, determining the geologically ruled individual groutability and designing an appropriate grouting program. In 1985 he published “Rock Grouting, with Emphasis in Dam Sites”, the first comprehensive monograph on this subject. Later on his numerous papers completed our knowledge on testing and grouting.
In 2011 the US Deep Foundation Institute (DFI) and International Conference Organization for Grouting (ICOG) he was honored as "A Grouting Great” during the awards ceremony at the Fourth International Conference on Grouting and Deep Mixing held 2012 in New Orleans.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rock Grouting at Dam Sites
Authors: Friedrich-Karl Ewert, Ulrich Hungsberg
Series Title: Professional Practice in Earth Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64036-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-64035-8Published: 08 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87704-4Published: 11 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-64036-5Published: 21 August 2017
Series ISSN: 2364-0073
Series E-ISSN: 2364-0081
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 234
Number of Illustrations: 155 b/w illustrations
Topics: Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Hydrogeology, Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics, Building Construction and Design