DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF SEEPAGE CUT （设计和施工的渗流削减）.pdfVIP

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF SEEPAGE CUT-OFF WALLS UNDER A CONCRETE DAM IN NEW ZEALAND WITH A FULL RESERVOIR 1 2 3 Peter D Amos , Donald A. Bruce , Marco Lucchi , 4 5 Tom Newson , Nick Wharmby Abstract Arapuni Dam is a 64m high curved concrete gravity structure across the Waikato River in New Zealand. It was completed in 1927 to form a reservoir for the 186MW hydroelectric power station. A series of foundation leakage events have occurred since water was first impounded. These were related to piping within, and erosion of, the weak clay infilling the defects within the volcanic ignimbrite rock foundation. The owner of the dam required the formation of a high quality and verifiable cut-off solution to be completed with the reservoir still in service. An international Alliance was formed to identify cut-off options, develop them and implement the selected methodology. The paper includes the following: • Commentary on different solutions evaluated. • Development of the adopted solution which required the installation of 400 mm diameter overlapping piles to depths of up to 90 m. • Manufacture and development of specialized plant and equipment. • Monitoring of the dam and foundation. • Construction of the cut-off wall and quality control. The outcome of this successfully implemented solution was the formation of a robust and verifiable cut-off wall. With few precedents for this type of work and none constructed in weak rock and to 90 m depth, the Arapuni Dam seepage cutoff project significantly extends