Field Measurements in Geomechanics V2

Geraldine Sorum, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo, Norway.

• Volume II: 3. Use of field measurements as an aid in problem solving Wahleach power tunnel monitoring; Stress change and deformation monitoring for mine design - A case study; Features of in-situ stresses in coal layers with hard roofs; Field measurement and back analysis of deformation of 15 m span test tunnel in Xiaolangdi reservoir; To determine weathering rates of sandy mudstones by in situ test; Interactive use of field measurements and FEM for solving an open-pit mine stability problem; Monitoring of openpit mine face approaching a river; Determination of waste material properties by field tests; Deformations observed in driving of a trial gallery for the Bratislava Underground; Field measurements contribution to development study of Ein Furtaga as water resources, southern Sinai, Egypt; Geotechnical measurements during excavation of parallel drifts in a planned repository for low-level radioactive waste; Stress measurement on a steel construction in a freezing shaft during sinking; Field measurements in a multiple heater test to study the thermal and thermomechanical response of rock salt; In-situ determination of air permeability and diffusion properties of helium in sedimentary iron ore; Measurements to assess the stability of the Old Locks in Kiel; Two civil engineering cases of using advanced rock monitoring systems; Field measurements in oil and gas storage caverns at Neste Oy Porvoo Works; Convergence lines for a highway tunnel; Behaviour of a large oil storage tank foundation in the eastern coast of India; Experiences in the measurement of stresses and displacements in the Masua mine (Sardinia, Italy); Geomechanical and geophysical measurements in an underground marble Quarry; Experimental investigation on an instrumented reinforced earth wall; In situ penetration of a large scale instrumented model skirt pile; Full-scale testing for the dynamic characterization of foundation pilesl; Field measurements in the Frido Project; Field measurements applied to the construction of an underground railway station in Milan; Measurement of tension in culverts under high fills; Predicting the strength parameters of the post-flotation sediments using the CPT method; Monitoring performance of pile groups subjected to downdrag: Initial design considerations and installation procedures; Behaviour in service of an anchored diaphragm wall in stiff clay; Instrumentation and field measurements at the Tianjin East Pier project; Instrumentation and monitoring of a layered clay-sand reclamation; The use of field instrumentation as an aid to determine the behaviour of roller compacted concrete in an arch gravity dam; Interaction between soil and bored pile based on field tests; In-situ measurements for the control of the deformation behaviour of a shallow tunnel with a large cross-section excavated in urban areas; In-situ investigation for a large highway tunnel below an urban area in a complex soil mass with high porewater pressures; Assessment of the deformation behaviour of the jet-grouted arch support of Monteolimpino Railway Tunnel using in-situ measurements and back analysis; Site investigation for the construction of a railway tunnel in poorly cemented ‘Glimmersandstein’ under high in-situ pore pressure; The minimum misclassification model for evaluating soil liquefaction probability by SPT-N value; Prediction and monitoring of pile driving vibrations in the ‘St. Laurens’ church, Rotterdam; Geotechnical field techniques used in monitoring slope stability at a landfill; The forecast and control of the condensation of the reservoirs foundation containing silt by temporary embankment; Piles bearing capacity forecast based upon field tests carried out at foundations of buildings in use; Field measurements in soft clays; Field measurements of foundation settlement of multi-storey buildings on friction piles; Resonance frequencies in sands; Use of string dynamometer in complex field investigations of conical shape foundation on undermined territories.