Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Date
02 Jun 1993, 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Abstract
Distress has been observed in the above dam, on its right spillway immediately after its completion in 1957. The distress has been intensified in the eighties with development of thin horizontal cracks in the undersluice barrels, gate gallery and adjoining areas at a level 18m above bed. These have all been chiselled, opened up and epoxy grouted; besides with water proof cement. But parallel cracks opened up soon after. Studies in detail carried out by various government organisations point out that rapid placement of concrete in ’55 - ‘56 leading to thermal stress is the main cause. Though some attribute it to alkali aggregate reaction because of strained quartz in the aggregates. Further studies and remedial measures are under way.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
3rd Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1993 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Ramachandran, B., "Distress in Hirakud Dam, Orissa, India – Possible Causes and Remedial Measures" (1993). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 10.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/3icchge/3icchge-session02/10
Distress in Hirakud Dam, Orissa, India – Possible Causes and Remedial Measures
St. Louis, Missouri
Distress has been observed in the above dam, on its right spillway immediately after its completion in 1957. The distress has been intensified in the eighties with development of thin horizontal cracks in the undersluice barrels, gate gallery and adjoining areas at a level 18m above bed. These have all been chiselled, opened up and epoxy grouted; besides with water proof cement. But parallel cracks opened up soon after. Studies in detail carried out by various government organisations point out that rapid placement of concrete in ’55 - ‘56 leading to thermal stress is the main cause. Though some attribute it to alkali aggregate reaction because of strained quartz in the aggregates. Further studies and remedial measures are under way.
