
l.
Geology
of the dam
site
The foundation
of the
dam is
fairly sound granite,
and is better downward
and
on the
right
bank than
the 1eft. On
the
river
bed,
green
colored granite
which
is
affected by the hydro-thermal
action
distributes
irrlgularly.
2. Design
(1)
Abstraction
The dam
is
designed flat
to transmit
the
thrust to the abutment
most and to
make
the foundation
width
which is
essen-
tial
for
the
stability
of the dam
wide.
Fortunately we
have a calculation
program
of a stress
distribution
of
an arch dam on
computer
in
Ministry
of Construction,
and
could analyze the one
of Yahagi Dam
instantly.
We
made sure
that the
para-
bolic
arch
is the
best from the
analysis
by computer
and the model test.
(2)
Adoption
of
parabolic
arch
So far,
it is said
that the central
angle
of the arch is desirable
to range ftom
110 to
120 degree
in view
of a
good
stress
distribution.
But
this is a case when
we pay
attention to the
stress distribution
of the
dam
body only.
When;e want
to
realize
a balanced
security
on the stress
dist
bution including foundation, it
is more
desirable
to direct
the arch
thrust to
th€
abutments
than
to make
the central
angle wide as mentioned
above. M.
O. C.
has found
out that
it is
Dossible
to
make
the
arch
thrust direct
to the
abutments rock
mass most and consequ€ntly
to
make the
width of foundation
wide
through
making
the central
angle na[ow
around 70 degree after
the design of Kawamata
dam.
A
problem
w€
encounter when
we design
a flat arch dam with narrow
central
angle is that
the tension
on the down-
stream
side
of
the
crown increases
because
the bending moment
increases.
As
for
this problem,
it
was
shown
that the
bending moment
could
be reduced
by
reducing
the curvature
radii of an
arch,
after
the
study
on
the stress
distribution
of Yagisawa dam.
Therefore
making
the
curvature
radii
small around
the
crown
of the
arch,
we
can
angle
free
from
stress problems.
One
of the
continuous smooth curves
which
reduce
ment
to
the
crown
is
a
parabolic
arch
for
Yahagi dam.
3.
Treatment
of foundation
Consolidation
grouting
was
done dividing
the
process
into two steps,
primary
grouting
and the secondary
grouting.
Primary
grouting
was
carried out when
the concrete lift was
within 6m to 10m
on a
given
hole. The
grout
holes were
arranged
in
the 3m
apart along the dam
axis, 5m deep and 1,900m long
in total by
the
packer
grouting
method
under a
pressure
of less than
3kg/cm'.
Secandary
consolidation
grouting
was
extended to the depth of 15m
under foundation
surfac€.
The holes were
drilled
on 3m
apart
and angled
forming a fan
shape in a vertical
plane
and
grouted
17,000m
in total length.
The
grouting
was
done
when
the
lift of concrete
on a
given
hote
attened higher than 12m by successive
stage
method
under
rnanmum press-
ure
of 3Okg/cm,.
Curtain gouting
was
carried out in a
single row
with
2m interval by split
space method
and successive
stage method
unde!
a maximum pressure
of 50kg/cm'.
Each
grout
hole
was
50m deep on the
river bed
and 35m on the top
of the abut-
ments
and
the total
number of the holes was
370 and the total length was 18,000m.
The
grouting
was divided
on 3 stages
by elevation,
lower stage, middle
stage and upper
stage.
The
grouting
of lower stage
was done
through the
gallery
and
grouting
tunnel.
Middle and
upper ones were done
through
the
grouting
tunnel. Grout
holes
of upper and middle stage
were
drilled
5m
below the top
of
the
holes of the next lower stage and connected
by supplemental grouting
holes ftom the
next lower grouting
tunnel respectively.
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a
small
central
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