A consolidation grout application in a water conduit tunnel in Istanbul

H. Tunçdemir, E. Güçlü, O. Bayram, E. Bahçivan

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

Abstract

Population increments in big cities have resulted by problems of people such as transportation, health, service and drinkable water necessities etc... In order to meet utility water requirements, underground tunnels are sometimes burrowed for transmitting water from far away resources. One of them was the Ayazaga conduit tunnel in Istanbul excavated by conventional tunnelling in a rock media from poor to extremely poor formation. After excavating and properly supporting media, a compact grout application is performed before a "consolidation grout phase (CGP)", that is subject of this paper. In CGP, A set of holes for every 3 m approximately, which filled out by cement injection, were drilled from pipe inside in to the compaction grout shell first and support shell in second till going through 0.5m in formation third. An undergraduate thesis examining this application and process, focused on a portion of current tunnel from the CGP point of view. Nevertheless, rock parameters on the tunnel face were recorded by side geologists. When these data and amount of the injected CGP are analyzed, some remarkable relationship can be seen between formation and amount of CGP injections that may help practitioners to predict injection levels and cost evaluation in the similar formations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUnderground - The Way to the Future
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the World Tunnel Congress, WTC 2013
PublisherTaylor and Francis - Balkema
Pages1903-1909
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9781138000940
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
EventWorld Tunnel Congress: Underground - The Way to the Future, WTC 2013 - Geneva, Switzerland
Duration: 31 May 20137 Jun 2013

Publication series

NameUnderground - The Way to the Future: Proceedings of the World Tunnel Congress, WTC 2013

Conference

ConferenceWorld Tunnel Congress: Underground - The Way to the Future, WTC 2013
Country/TerritorySwitzerland
CityGeneva
Period31/05/137/06/13

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'A consolidation grout application in a water conduit tunnel in Istanbul'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this