Date
02 Jun 1988, 10:30 am - 3:00 pm
Abstract
Tehri Dam Project, a multipurpose river valley project, is being constructed in Garhwal, Himalaya. The project consists of a 260 m high earth and rock fill dam with a clay core, four diversion tunnels each of 11 m finish diameter, four head race tunnels each of 8.5 m finish diameter and two underground powerhouses cavities each measuring 180 m long, 49.5 m high and 21.5 m wide. The project is located near the district headquarters of Tehri in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The rock masses in the project area are fragile, tectonically active and geologically disturbed. The terrain is rugged and inaccessible and therefore precludes thorough geotechnical investigations for the design of the cavern. The diversion and the head race tunnels were therefore used to conduct geotechnical investigations with the purpose of collecting geotechnical data for the design of two caverns. Goodman Jack tests were used to estimate the modulus of deformation of the rock masses. Load cells and tape extensometers were used to monitor the support pressure and the tunnel closures. The modulus of deformation varied from 0.18 to 0.32 kg/cm.sq. X 105. Tunnel closures were about 0.3% of the tunnel size. The support pressure stabilized within three months of excavation and the measured support pressures varied between 0.16 and 1.14 kg/cm.sq. This geotechnical data indicate that the rock masses behaviour was elastic in nature and the cavern could be designed without much difficulties.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
2nd Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1988 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
Prabhakar, B.; Jethwa, J. L.; and Singh, B., "A Case History of Tehri Tunnels" (1988). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 1.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/2icchge/2icchge-session2/1
A Case History of Tehri Tunnels
Tehri Dam Project, a multipurpose river valley project, is being constructed in Garhwal, Himalaya. The project consists of a 260 m high earth and rock fill dam with a clay core, four diversion tunnels each of 11 m finish diameter, four head race tunnels each of 8.5 m finish diameter and two underground powerhouses cavities each measuring 180 m long, 49.5 m high and 21.5 m wide. The project is located near the district headquarters of Tehri in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The rock masses in the project area are fragile, tectonically active and geologically disturbed. The terrain is rugged and inaccessible and therefore precludes thorough geotechnical investigations for the design of the cavern. The diversion and the head race tunnels were therefore used to conduct geotechnical investigations with the purpose of collecting geotechnical data for the design of two caverns. Goodman Jack tests were used to estimate the modulus of deformation of the rock masses. Load cells and tape extensometers were used to monitor the support pressure and the tunnel closures. The modulus of deformation varied from 0.18 to 0.32 kg/cm.sq. X 105. Tunnel closures were about 0.3% of the tunnel size. The support pressure stabilized within three months of excavation and the measured support pressures varied between 0.16 and 1.14 kg/cm.sq. This geotechnical data indicate that the rock masses behaviour was elastic in nature and the cavern could be designed without much difficulties.
