Countermeasures of water and mud inrush disaster in completely weathered granite tunnels: a case study

2019 ◽  
Vol 78 (18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingqiang Yuan ◽  
Weizhong Chen ◽  
Xianjun Tan ◽  
Diansen Yang ◽  
Shanyong Wang
2020 ◽  
Vol 279 ◽  
pp. 105896 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin-Quan Liu ◽  
Ka-Veng Yuen ◽  
Wei-Zhong Chen ◽  
Xiao-Sheng Zhou ◽  
Wei-Wang

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinxi Dou ◽  
Guijin Zhang ◽  
Anzhong Chen ◽  
Boshi Yang ◽  
Ruiliang Xin ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 1059-1069
Author(s):  
Mohd Firdaus Md Dan ◽  
Edy Tonnizam Mohamad ◽  
Ibrahim Komoo ◽  
Aziman Madun ◽  
Siti Norsalkini Mohd Akip Tan

Engineering properties of tropical weathered granite mass have been widely investigated and classified for engineering purposes. However, the engineering properties of tropical boulder in weathered granite profile is poorly understood and not well classified. This study aims to examine and classify the physico-mechanical properties of granite boulder in completely weathered zone. A total of 34 in-situ boulders were examined from two granite quarries located in Southern Johor, Malaysia. Microstructure-mineralogical alterations were analyzed based on petrographic analysis and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The mechanical properties were including dry density, porosity, point load strength, uniaxial compressive strength and permeability. Three properties were identified as significant indicators to differentiate between tropical boulder and completely weathered granite when it is evaluated from the soil investigation drilling work namely; texture characteristics, discolourations and degree of weathering. Analysis revealed that the alteration of microstructures and minerals such as feldspar, biotite, and plagioclase from corestone (Grade I/II) to saprolite (Grade IV/V) zone were significantly reduced the dry density, point load strength, uniaxial compressive strength and permeability with 32%, 99.5%, 98.6% and 84.8%, respectively. It has also significantly increased the porosity up to 11.6 times or 1065% from corestone to saprolite. The significant different of physico-mechanical properties of material surrounding boulder due to weathering can be classified and useful in evaluation of geotechnical design and geological engineering applications.


2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinquan Liu ◽  
Weizhong Chen ◽  
Zhiping Deng ◽  
Taogen Liu ◽  
Jingliang Dong

Geofluids ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Jiandong Niu ◽  
Yong Sun ◽  
Bin Wang ◽  
Keneng Zhang ◽  
Youhan Huang ◽  
...  

When mountain tunnel passes through completely weathered granite strata, water and mud inrush is easy to occur, causing casualties and economic losses. Grouting is a common and effective treatment method for water and mud inrush disaster. The current existing researches focus on theoretical analysis, numerical simulation, and laboratory test, and the researches based on the field of engineering application are few. Based on the fully weathered granite tunnel of Junchang tunnel in Guangxi, this paper studies the grouting treatment of water and mud disaster in the fully weathered granite tunnel. This paper first introduces the geological and hydrological conditions of Junchang tunnel in order to understand the causes of water inrush and mud inrush. Then, the treatment method of full-section curtain grouting is introduced. During the grouting, the combination of exploration and injection is adopted. According to different hydrological conditions, different kinds of grouting materials are adopted. After grouting is completed, Transient Electromagnetic Methods, water inflow analysis, borehole investigation, and P-Q-T method are used to evaluate the grouting effect. According to the reaction of the detection results, the weak part of grouting can be supplemented to improve the grouting quality. The results show that the curtain grouting is effective for the treatment of water-mud inrush disaster in the fully weathered granite tunnel. This study provides a reference for the treatment of water and mud inrush in other similar tunnels.


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