Location
Arlington, Virginia
Date
14 Aug 2008, 2:15pm - 4:00pm
Abstract
The Federal Lands Highway Division (FLH), FHWA, is currently investigating the application of polyurethane resin (PUR) injection as a rapidly deployed, cost-effective ground stabilization measure providing superior stabilization performance, while achieving aesthetics objectives . Most recently, in cooperation with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), FLH completed full-scale PUR demonstration projects at a historic tunnel located along SH 14 in the scenic Poudre Canyon west of Ft. Collins, CO, and at a dry-laid stone masonry wall supporting SH 149 along the Rio Grande River west of South Fork, CO. The Poudre Canyon demonstration involved the “gluing” of a previously bolted section of the western tunnel portal where annual freeze/thaw cycles and rock mass creep toward the adjacent Cache La Poudre River were contributing to rock mass instability. The South Fork demonstration involved PUR injection within a highly-porous, actively failing and culturally-sensitive dry-laid stone masonry wall – a type of retaining structure commonly encountered throughout federal park and forest lands. Based on these investigations, application guidance is being developed for the selection of polyurethane resin products and injection methods when (1) stabilizing failing groundmasses (e.g., rock slopes, unique rock promontories, escarpments), and (2) preserving aging and/or deteriorating man-made structures (e.g., historic retaining walls, archeologic structures).
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
6th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2008 Missouri University of Science and Technology, 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
DeMarco, Matthew J., "Polyurethane Resin (PUR) Injection for Rock Mass and Structure Stabilization" (2008). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 35.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/6icchge/session07/35
Polyurethane Resin (PUR) Injection for Rock Mass and Structure Stabilization
Arlington, Virginia
The Federal Lands Highway Division (FLH), FHWA, is currently investigating the application of polyurethane resin (PUR) injection as a rapidly deployed, cost-effective ground stabilization measure providing superior stabilization performance, while achieving aesthetics objectives . Most recently, in cooperation with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), FLH completed full-scale PUR demonstration projects at a historic tunnel located along SH 14 in the scenic Poudre Canyon west of Ft. Collins, CO, and at a dry-laid stone masonry wall supporting SH 149 along the Rio Grande River west of South Fork, CO. The Poudre Canyon demonstration involved the “gluing” of a previously bolted section of the western tunnel portal where annual freeze/thaw cycles and rock mass creep toward the adjacent Cache La Poudre River were contributing to rock mass instability. The South Fork demonstration involved PUR injection within a highly-porous, actively failing and culturally-sensitive dry-laid stone masonry wall – a type of retaining structure commonly encountered throughout federal park and forest lands. Based on these investigations, application guidance is being developed for the selection of polyurethane resin products and injection methods when (1) stabilizing failing groundmasses (e.g., rock slopes, unique rock promontories, escarpments), and (2) preserving aging and/or deteriorating man-made structures (e.g., historic retaining walls, archeologic structures).
