A quarry
near
the dam
site
was
the
source
of most of the rock
material which
was quarried
by
bench cut
and the
rest
was
by small
undermining
blast. The
embanked
materials were compacted
with
l3t
and
llt
vibraiing
rollers.
The
smal-
ler was
used
for compaction
close to the
slope
surface because of that
trafficability.
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The
asphalt
facing has
two cou$es
and four
layerp. Their thickness
and
proportioning
was
designed
to meet
each
fanction
as follows.
1) Binder
course;
filling voids in
the rocks
to bind the facing wall
to the dam
body
2)
Levelling
course;making
the smooth
surface in
preparation
for next layer.
3)
Lower
layer;
the
second impervious
layer which
sandwiches the middle
layer with
the
upper
to make
a drainage
4)
Middle
layer
;
draining
the water
infiltrated
through
the upper
layer
to the
inspection
gallery.
If
the
ceeds
a certain valve,
it would
indicate damage
of the impervious
layer.
5)
Upper
layer;
the impervious
layer,
the most
important
part
in
the
facing,
which was
constructed
divided
good
composition.
6)
Protection
layer
;
preventing
the impervious
layer from aging.
Construction
equipments
of the
asphalt wall
such as finished and vibrating
rolle$ were
hanged
by the
cables to be able
to work
on
the slope.
And the cables were
drived
by the winches travelling
on the top
of the dam.
A dumper
was used
to
feed
the matedal
to the finishers
also drived by
the
winch.
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The
end
of
asphalt facing
is connected with
the inspection
gallery
which
is based
directly
on the bedrock.
The con-
solidation
grouting
nas carried
out to improve
bearing capacity of the
foundation, and
the curtain grouting
was
done from
the galtery.
The gatlery
is sewing to
collect the seepage water through
the asphalt
facing and
also
to iheck the water
pressure
behind
the
curtain
grouting.
As
the right bank is relatively
thin, the rim
grouting
was
executed
to ensure rmper-
meability
of it.
Length
of the rim
grouting
amounts to 12,000m.
The diversion
tunnel was utilized
for intake
work. At the
position
of the inlet
an intake
tower
of 66m tall was
instal-
led
with
the
function
of selective intake.
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The Numappara
dam is the upper
regulatiog
reservoir of Numappara
pumped
storage
power
station
(installed
capacity
675MW)
and
a circular
asphalt facing
type dam. The effective storage
capacity is almost
secured
by the excavation
of
foundation
ground.
In relation to
the Miyama
dam, the Numappara dam is introduced
below.
NUMAPPARA
DAM
1.
Topography
and
Geology
The
upper
pond
located
on
a
volcanic
tableland
of the
western
with
about
1,250m
in
elevation is
called
"Numappara"
which means
a
cept
eastern
side,
form
very steep
cliffs in
general.
The
geology
of the surounding
of the
pond
consist of
volcanic products
ftom
Nasu Volcano
in
euaternary
activity.
The foundation
of
the dam and
pond
comprise mainly lapilli tuff and andesite
lava,
patially
agglomerate,
coa6e volcanic
ash
and volcanic
lake deposits
(caused
by local dammed lake) and
present
stratigraphically
complex
structure.
Most
of these
are
geological
groups
of high
permeability.
2.
Design
2-1.
General
Vadous
investigations
were conducted
from 1968 through early 1970 in order
to obtain
information
on the
properties
of the
foundation
and the embankment
materials. As a result of investigations,
the following
facts were
clarified.
1)
Andesite
lava
and lapilli tuff have
adequate bearing capacity and shearing
strength
for the foundation
of dams of
this
class.
2)
Since
both
of the foundations and
the embankment materials have
high
permeability,
it'was
necessary to
provide
an
impervious
facing over the
entire surface including bottom of
the
pond.
3)
Excavated
muck
ftom the
pond
area composed of lapilli tuff have high water
content
oI30Vc-50% and
low dry
density
of 1.1-1.4Vm3.
But
since other matedals were not available in
the
vicinity
of the
pond
area, excavated
muck
was
used as embankment
materials after test banking and various
studies taking
into consideration
securing
of trafficability
of heavy equipment
and accel€ration of settlement.
2-2
Asphaltic
impervious
facing
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Asphaltic
imPervious
facing was
designed to have an open-graded
asphaltic mncrete
layer as
middle drainage zone
sandwiched
between
two impervious dense-grade
asphaltic conoete layer. Middle drain
layer is
highly
pervious
in
order
to drain
immediately
leakage
water to an inspection gallery. The facing
is 30cm thick
and is executed
in 6layers on the
slope
and
25cm
thickness of 5 layers at
the bottom.
And
also transition
zone, which is
@cm thickness at the
pond
slope and 50cm thickness
at the bortom,
is arranged in
order
to
secure
the reinforcement
of dcformation
property
of facing, the drainage
function and
the
preventation
of frost
heaving.
2-3
Structure
of embankment
The
structure
was
designed based on various
investigations
abovc-mentioned
and insitu
expe
mental banking.
1)
Since
the
upstream side of the embankment with
asphaltic impervious facing need
to obtain especially
quick
con-
solidation
effects, altemate Iayers
of lapilli tuff and sand-gravel
were
ernbanked each 30cm in
thickness.
2)
As for
the downstream side, a sand-gavel
layer
of approximately 50cm in thickness is
provided
between every 3m
of
lapilli tuff
laver.
leakage
ex-
into
two for
fringe
of the Nasu
Volcanic
Belt.
The tableland
highland
marsh.
The
fringes
of
the tableland,
ex-