,;"^lIeellClay,Stone
:
The
heel-clay
stone
is
30
tb
45
m
(I00.to
'150_ft)
wide
and
dips
at an
angle
of
70"
down_
stream-.
with -
the
nearest_point
22.5
m
(zs
ft) upstream
of
thb
heel
of
the
dam.
Ii
recedes
away
fro'rnthe
dam
at
higher-elevation's.
It
was
considered
ihat
on
accounr
of
continued
submergence
under great
d-pths
of
water,,
this
band
pig-ht
become plistic
and
livJwat
under
the load
of
the
dam.
It
wai,
therefoie,-decidei
to
bxca'vate
the
clay
band
in
the
river
r""iion
to
a
suitable
depth
and
backfill with
concrete.
Further-
more'
a'concrete
sffut
of
adequate
thickness,
spannin!
Jh!.
clay-band,r,
lvas -prop
osed-for
transferring
tde
roadi
to
the upstieam'sandstone,.called
footwall.
-
Photoelastic
studies
were
carried
out
to determine
the stresses
expected
to
exist
in
the
vicinity
of
the
clay
'stonii/silf
stonel
under
various
conditioniof
load
and
with various
depths
of
,proposed
treatment.
These
tests indicated
that
stresses'iin
the
bed rock
adjacent
Jo
the
ploposed
treatment
in the
clay
stone/silt-stone
stratum
decreased
rather
rapidly
for
depthi
down
to
30
rn
(100
ft)
andvarygradualiy
thereafter.
Itwas
'apparent
that
the depth
of
plug
beyond
30
m
(100
ft)
did not
materially
bontribute
to
-reduction
in
i
the
stresses
at the
base
of rhe
plug.
A
22.5 m
(75
ft)
plug
red,ug-qd
'stresses
to
"within
p-ermissibf"
fiiits
uod
*ur,
therefgre,adopted.',
-,
:
!
rj
Photoelastic
experiments
further
indicated
that if
the
bottom
of
the
plug
was
sloped
parallel
to the
strut,
tensile
stresses
in
it were
eliminated.
This
fact
caused
4e
gpgtqeam
end
of
footwall
contact
to be
depressed
to
El.
292,6
m
(960
fr).
_
T*o
longitudinal
galleries
(which
were
connected
1q
thg-dam
!y 1oeans
of three
transverse
galleries)
were
provided
within
the
plug
following
the
upstream
and
downstream
clay
sandstone
junctiois
for
^grouting
the
contacts.
and
consolidating
disturbed
sandstone
beds
to.?
denth of
about
-15.2
m-(50
ft),
This
grouring
was
a laborious
task and
completed
in
1960.
Water
tisting
in
these
zones
in
1963-and 1964
showed
good
water
tightness.
For
side
slopes
above
the rivEr
bed
an
adequate
toncrete
ccver
was
provided
to,confine,:the
clay
stone
members.
i,
"
,_.
!t[id{e Qtoy
Stone:
'
The
midOle
clay stone
band
varies
in
width_
from
6 m
(20
ft) to
I m
(30
ft)
and is
comp.letely
confined
by
the
dam
except
where
it
passes
out
from
under
the
dam
in
the
left
abutment.
.It.;is
treated
by
excavating
the
same
and
backfilling
with
sp^ecially
-p_re_c^o_oled
cbncrete
with
placing
temperature
of
10o
to
l2.8oC
(50:
to
s5"r;.
The
treichin!
depth
was
based
on
formula
derermined
by the
Unitet
stites
Bureau
of
Reclamation
for
Shasta
Da*
:
.,
d=0.002
H'W
*,,I0
ft.
Where
,
d
is
the
normal
depth
of
trench
in
feet.
H
is
the
height
of
the dam
above
sound
rock
infeet.
r;
:---:-.
,
.
W
is
the
width
of"the
zong
in
feet.
22
The
sandstone
contact
special
feature
for
the
r
supplementary
longitudin
runs
;ust
upstream
of
th
provided
with
a
view
to
yhic-h
might
pile
up
agains
.Dand.
"
Downstream
-clay
pand:
This
band
iJbes
not
affect
the
stability
otthe
dam.in
any
*uv.--rr"*".*r,
the rert
Foygr
pl?nt
is
founded
on'it
uii.,
urrvioiir;
suirable
raft
foundation.
.,.
'S'hear
Zones
s
mostly
in
the
body
of
the
I
the
axis
from
station
3.7
m
17
ft).
On
right.
abutment
nerge
into
the
thrust zone
at
i
m
(1,550
ft). In width
the
rm
3,m
to
6
m
(10
to
20
ft).
this
zone
to
prevent
further
rock
in
proximity
or
under
The
treatment
consisted'of
:
(t)
Cold
concrete
c?p
to
formula
depth,
i.e.,
l!
to
2
tlmes
^the
width,
subject
i.?_i"i_um
of
l
m
(r0.ft)
lp
to
erevatioii
oi
jis.il^tizoo
rt)
(top
of
dam).
(ii)
consolidation
grouting
of
afljoining
rock
on
both
sides
of
ihe
"on".,
uoa
p".ooiri6n-of
ade-
quate
sub-surface
drains
whire
;ti,
thin
to
prevent
uplift
pressure
as
a
consequence
of
rapid
drawdown.
Toe
Shear
Z9n9:
This
zone
runs
along
the
toe
of
the,dam
on
the
reft
abutment
and
varies
l" *ioin
from
6 tg
]8
m(20
to_
60fr).
The
trearmentof
this
bed
TocF
feature
in
_the,
area
where
substantial
toe
thrust
i.:,.1-ry:.^1^ty
the
toade{
Oam
consisted
of
piugging
wltn
concrete
as
per
standard
formulae,
,uppGmenteO
by
a
fillet.!9
r99k
on
the
downstream
side
of
the zone
wnere
practrcable.
it
zone
consisting
of
gouge
arying
from
0.6
to 4.3
m
(2
butment
obliquely
from
El.
rwnstream
side'to E,l.
457.2
area,
this
thrus
t
zone
joins
t,li?,i1T;.,:'rll:r"rH:";i
alogt
Et..472.4
m
(r,550
ft).
c;
rh;
;;;;;;;.;m
side
or rhe
abutment
area
but
rvithin
the
section
of dam,
the thrust
zone
joins
into
a
claJ;
stone
band.
The
strike
of
the
thrust
zole
in
question
is
nearry
at
right
angles
to
the
gorge-
fne,,Aiir
along
ihe
rigti