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Efficacy of Engineered Backfilling in Limiting Settlements During Future Deep Excavations
Abstract Nuclear power plants and their associated facilities are supported by rock formations and require deep excavation to reach an appropriate level, which is often between 15 and 20 m in the context of India. Currently, these facilities are planned with provisions for future expansion and to facilitate future excavation, retaining walls are designed and constructed along with the main plant. Engineering backfilling is carried out with field compaction around the counterfort retaining wall, where few critical structures will be located. The efficacy of this engineering backilling in limiting the settlements during future excavation was studied using finite element software PLAXIS employing constitutive models, namely, the Mohr–Coulomb and Hardening Soil models. Stiffness properties of improved soil were determined using pressuremeter tests and compared with that obtained from back analysis using field instrumentation data. Since the settlements of engineered backfill soil mass were found to be beyond the permissible limits during future excavation, additional measures such as strutting and stiffness improvement of already placed backfill are essential to limit the settlements within the permissible limit. This is required to ensure the safety of critical structures which will be located in this zone of influence. However, a proper instrumentation scheme to monitor settlement of soil mass must be employed during the future excavation for identifying corrective actions required to ensure the safety of adjacent structures.
Efficacy of Engineered Backfilling in Limiting Settlements During Future Deep Excavations
Abstract Nuclear power plants and their associated facilities are supported by rock formations and require deep excavation to reach an appropriate level, which is often between 15 and 20 m in the context of India. Currently, these facilities are planned with provisions for future expansion and to facilitate future excavation, retaining walls are designed and constructed along with the main plant. Engineering backfilling is carried out with field compaction around the counterfort retaining wall, where few critical structures will be located. The efficacy of this engineering backilling in limiting the settlements during future excavation was studied using finite element software PLAXIS employing constitutive models, namely, the Mohr–Coulomb and Hardening Soil models. Stiffness properties of improved soil were determined using pressuremeter tests and compared with that obtained from back analysis using field instrumentation data. Since the settlements of engineered backfill soil mass were found to be beyond the permissible limits during future excavation, additional measures such as strutting and stiffness improvement of already placed backfill are essential to limit the settlements within the permissible limit. This is required to ensure the safety of critical structures which will be located in this zone of influence. However, a proper instrumentation scheme to monitor settlement of soil mass must be employed during the future excavation for identifying corrective actions required to ensure the safety of adjacent structures.
Efficacy of Engineered Backfilling in Limiting Settlements During Future Deep Excavations
Padmanabhan, G. (author) / Sasikala, G. (author) / Ravisankar, A. (author)
2018-10-20
11 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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