
old
concrete
and
new
concrete
[on
either
face
of the
1.2
m
(4
ft)
gapl
at
3.0
m
(10
f0
vertical
intervals
but
staggered
as in
Figure 9.2.
9.12
The
strengthening
work
was
taken
in
hand
in
September
1969
and
completed before
monsoon
1972.
10.1
Density
of
Tremors
and
Amount
of
Energy
Release
The
density
of tremors,
amount
of
energy
released
are illustrated
in
Figure 10.1.
The
tremors
have been
classified
according
to
magnitude
below
2,2 to
3 and
3 to 4
and above 4.
The
annual record
of shocks
above
magnitude
3
and
above
are as
under
(from
C.W.P.R.S.)
volume
of
concrete
involved
was
about
2,50,000
mB
(about
8.7
M
cuft).
Photos
9.r
and9.2
"t"'or
the
strengthening
work.
9-
13
The
lake
was
thereafter
allowed
to be filled
up
to
FRL
(top
of
spillway
gates).
153
58
34
55
46
Similarly
these
above
4 magnitude
were
1968
1969
1970
r97l
t972
1968
t969
1970
1973
r974
1975
t976
r977
t97l
r972
30
45
44
30
2
t0
5
n
8
t2
1973
5
as
earlier reported
by C.W.P.R.S.
The
statistical
laws
governing
the fortnightly num-
ber
of foreshocks and
aftershocks
are
8.81
(0.0053)-t
and
1342t-o'?7
respectively
where
't'
is
in
fortnights
starting
from
the
first
fortnight
of
December
1967 for
both
foreshocks
and aftershocks
sequences.
"Similarly
the fortnightly
energy release, of fore-
shocks
and aftershocks
are
respectively
given
by
3.188
(0.OOS)-'
and 1656
1-1'05 in units
of
101?
ergs-
The
formula Log
N:a-bM
(where
N is the
num-
ber
of earthquake
of magnitude
M
and
where
a
and
b
arc determined using
the
least
square
method)
was
used
to study the
b values
and
whether
the
b
values
'
could
lead
to
a
better
understanding
and anticipation
of
the
probability
of occurrence of large
earthquake.
172
Koyna
Dam
(Top
of monolith
12)
263
Koyna
Dam
(I-B
Gallery)
104
Koyna
Dam
(Downstream)
on
rocky
95
ground
Pophali
(Underground
Power
House)
48
EW
330 130
205
100
147 68
Alore
52
NS 18
r84
13
The
magnificati-on
from
the
ground
to
top
of
dam
is
graphically
presented
in
Figure
10.2.
By 1973 the buttressing
work was
completed
and
was
one
year
old.
The
lake
was at Et.2158.50.
No new
cracks
were
noticed
even
after
a detailed inspection.
35
percent of
transverse acceleration
is
quite
heavy
(much
more than the
September
1967 recorded acceleration).
55
Seetion x- Post-Strengthening
Experienees
A-bove
magnitude
5
_only
two
shocks
were
experi-
enced-one
on
29
October
-1968
and
the
second on
tZ
October
1973.
The
maximum
accelerations
recorded
on
l7
october
1973
are
as under (Table
X.l).
TABLE
X.l
shows
the
maximum
accelerations
at
different
locations
in
Kovna
Dam
and
"i;"ffJ,r"f#"r.r-rl:'Koyna
earthquake of
Seismological
Observatory
Maximum
accelerations
cm/secz
Longitudinal
Transverse
Vertical