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Braced Excavations

The design of projects such as these is based largely on past experience, and a monitoring program may not be necessary, provided that the design is very conservative, there is sufficient previous experience in similar situations and that the consequences of poor performance will not be severe.

Outside of these conditions, a monitoring program will normally be required, to check that the excavation is stable and that nearby structures and utilities are not adversely affected. The monitoring may apply to the wall and bracing, the ground beneath and adjacent to the excavation or nearby structures and utilities.

Instruments possibly applicable:
For measurement of Instruments
Settlement of ground surface and structures
Rod Extensometers (in conjunction with surveying techniques)
Horizontal deformation of ground surface and structures
Tape Extensometers, Jointmeters
Change in width of cracks in structures Crackmeters
Subsurface horizontal ground deformation Vertical and In-place Inclinometers,
Magnetic Probe and Vibrating Wire Extensometers
Subsurface settlement of ground and utilities Magnetic Probe and Vibrating Wire Extensometers
Load in internal bracing Weldable Strain Gauges
Load in external bracing Load Cells, Weldable Strain Gauges
Groundwater pressure Piezometers
Heave of ground under excavation Horizontal/Inclined Extensometers,
Magnetic Probe and Vibrating Wire Extensometers


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Drilled Shafts and Bored Piles

Drilled shafts (or drilled piers, caissons, drilled piles, bored piles, drilled caissons or cast-in-place piles) are made by drilling a hole, reinforcing it, and filling it with concrete. Design and performance considerations are, as with driven piles, largely to do with the load-movement relationships.

Instruments possibly applicable:
For measurement of Instruments
Load-movement relationships
Pressure Cells, Load Cells, Embedment Strain Gauges
Changes in pore-water pressure
Piezometers


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Driven Piles

Piles can be deformed during driving, especially if driven to bedrock, or certain types of pile can cause large displacements, affecting pore-water pressure in surrounding soil and therefore neighbouring piles or general site stability. Instrumentation can be used to measure the effects of pile driving and thus help with planning this aspect of the project.

Static load tests are usually carried out, either during the design phase or at the beginning of construction.

Instruments possibly applicable:
For measurement of Instruments
Load-movement relationships
Pressure Cells, Load Cells, Strain Gauges
Changes in pore-water pressure
Piezometers


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Embankments on soft ground (other than water-retaining)

In the design and construction of embankments on soft ground, however "conservative" the soil parameters are, there is always an element of uncertainty. Instrumentation therefore has a significant role in the verification and, if needed, modification of the design and construction technique.

Instrumentation is primarily used to monitor the process of consolidation and to determine whether or not the embankment is stable. It may occasionally be considered necessary to build a test embankment; in this case, instrumentation will play a vital role in evaluating the performance of the test model.

Instruments possibly applicable:
For measurement of Instruments
Vertical deformation of original ground surface below embankment
Settlement gauges, Horizontal Inclinometers
Vertical deformation and compression of subsurface
Settlement gauges, Magnetic Probe and Vibrating Wire Extensometers
Groundwater pressure Standpipe, Pneumatic and Vibrating Wire Piezometers


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Embankment Dams

Including earthfill dams of various types, rockfill dams with impervious earth cores and rockfill dams with upstream concrete or asphaltic concrete facings.

The primary function of instrumentation in embankment dam construction and operation is to study whether or not the dam is behaving according to design predictions. These can either involve special conditions or uncommon design features, or simply be related to general behaviour.

It should be noted that the instruments themselves can be the cause of problems occurring. This is generally where compaction has been imperfect, due to the presence of vertical pipes, tubes or cables as filling was in progress.

(The general role of instrumentation in embankment dams is described by the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD).

Instruments possibly applicable:
For measurement of (in order of priority) Instruments
Leakage downstream
V-Notch Weir Monitors
Performance of relief wells
V-Notch Weir Monitors, Standpipe Piezometers
Pore-water pressure within the embankment Standpipe, Pneumatic and Vibrating Wire Piezometers
Vertical deformation within the embankment

Double Fluid Settlement Gauges, Horizontal Inclinometers, Magnetic Probe Extensometers

Lateral deformation within the embankment Magnetic Probe Extensometers, Vibrating Wire Soil Extensometers , Inclinometers
Total stress at contact points between embankment and any structures Vibrating Wire Pressure Cells

Further monitoring techniques may also be advisable which are outside the scope of Geotechnical Instrumentation, e.g. Precipitation Gauges, Satellite-based distance measuring systems, Strong Motion Accelerographs, Microseismographs and so on.

See also the examples of instrumentation in Embankment Dams.


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Excavated and Natural Slopes

With excavated or natural slopes, the main concern is always the stability of the slope. The causes of instability are different for soil and rock. In soil, stability is a factor of the ratio between the available shearing resistance along a potential failure surface and the shear stress on the surface. In rock, failures usually occur as a result of sliding or separation along discontinuities in the rock, which contain water under pressure.

Use of instrumentation can be divided into two phases - analysis of the ground prior to excavation and stability monitoring during excavation. The analysis prior to excavation will consists of, for example, geological surveying or installation of piezometers to monitor ground water pressure. For monitoring during excavation, attention should be paid to monitoring surface and sub-surface deformation and groundwater pressure

Instruments possibly applicable:
For measurement of Instruments
Surface deformation
Crackmeters, Tiltmeters
Subsurface deformation
Inclinometers, Magnetic Probe and Vibrating Wire Slope Extensometers, Piezometers
Groundwater pressure Standpipe, Pneumatic and Vibrating Wire Piezometers


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Underground Excavations

These may include tunnels in soil or rock, subway stations, underground nuclear waste repositories and mines. As with excavated slopes, the factors affecting stability vary depending on whether the excavation is in soil, clay or rock. For soil and clay, stability is related to shear strength ratios; for rock, it depends on discontinuities containing water under pressure.

Full-scale instrumented test sections can be of great benefit in helping to determine design adequacy and economy, especially where the following four conditions obtain:

  • little precedent for excavations under similar circumstances
  • new methods are to be used
  • likelihood of cost or safety benefits arising from an increased understanding of the factors affecting excavation and support
  • the effects of scale make exploratory excavations unhelpful
Instruments possibly applicable:
For measurement of Instruments
Deformation of ground surface, utilities and structures
Settlement gauges, Tiltmeters
Change in cracks in structures
Crackmeters and jointmeters
Deformation within excavation Tiltmeters, Bassett Convergence System
Deformation of ground around tunnels Extensometers, Inclinometers
Stress in or loading on tunnel liners in soft ground or on supports in rock Strain Gauges, Load and Pressue Cells
Groundwater pressure Piezometers


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