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Austrian Tunnelling Seminar Ankara, March 31st & April 1st, 2015
Investigation strategies on the example of the Semmering Base Tunnel Alfred Fasching
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Investigation strategies on the example of the Semmering Base Tunnel
Austrian Tunnelling Seminar Ankara, March 31st & April 1st, 2015
Project overview Semmering Base Tunnel
■ 27.3 km railway tunnel
■ part of „Südbahn“ railway line
■ Baltic-Adriatic Axis (BAA)
0 5 km 0 5 km 0 5 km
Semmering Base
Tunnel 27,3 km
Koralm Tunnel 32,9 km
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Investigation strategies on the example of the Semmering Base Tunnel
Austrian Tunnelling Seminar Ankara, March 31st & April 1st, 2015
Project overview Semmering Base Tunnel
■ curved alignment
■ double tube tunnel system
■ cross passages (500 m distance)
■ emergency stop
■ 3 temporary access structures for construction purposes (shafts and access tunnels)
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Investigation strategies on the example of the Semmering Base Tunnel
Austrian Tunnelling Seminar Ankara, March 31st & April 1st, 2015
Project overview – geological setting
simplified geological map of the projekt area (tectonostratigraphic units)
0 5 km
■ eastern margin of alpine orogen
■ intense thrusting and folding
■ 4 major tectonic nappes (crystalline basement and sedimentary cover
■ large-scale fault systems
■ complexe and
heterogeneous
ground conditions!!
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Investigation strategies on the example of the Semmering Base Tunnel
Austrian Tunnelling Seminar Ankara, March 31st & April 1st, 2015
Geological and geotechnical investigation
Feasibility, route
selection
Approval procedure,
design phase
Construction
Preparatory works
Remote sensing
data
Desk study
Surface investigation program
Geological
mapping
Hydro-
geological
measurements
Laboratory
tests
Preliminary ground model
Subsurface investigation program
Core drilling Insitu- and
laboratory tests
Geophysical
investigation
Final ground model
YES
NO consistent
and plausible
?
Type of project
Size of project
Complexity
Who is the Client?
Where is the project?
Availability of investigation methods
Acceptance of the project
Contract model (BOT, DBOT, etc.)
Field inspection
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Investigation strategies on the example of the Semmering Base Tunnel
Austrian Tunnelling Seminar Ankara, March 31st & April 1st, 2015
Geological and geotechnical investigation
■ investigation campaigns:
□ phase I: investigation for route selection design (2005-2007), area of 300 km²
□ phase II: investigation for preliminary design (2008 - 2009), corridor along selected alignment
□ phase III: investigation for detailed and tender design (2010 – 2014), selected alignment, 3 construction lots
■ methods applied:
□ field mapping
□ core drillings
□ borehole measurements and in-situ testing
□ surface geophysical investigations
□ laboratory testing
□ evaluation of data from tunnel projects in the project area
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Investigation strategies on the example of the Semmering Base Tunnel
Austrian Tunnelling Seminar Ankara, March 31st & April 1st, 2015
Geological and geotechnical investigation
■ methods applied:
□ external experts for satellite image analysis, seismicity and stratigraphy
map of tectonic lineaments from satellite image analysis location of earthquaces causing damages
in a distance of 50 km to the Semmering area
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Investigation strategies on the example of the Semmering Base Tunnel
Austrian Tunnelling Seminar Ankara, March 31st & April 1st, 2015
Geological and geotechnical investigation
■ Field mapping
□ scale 1:10000, approx. 300 km2 for route selection
□ scale 1:5000, along selected alignment corridor
□ detailed-scale mapping of portal areas
geological map field mapping - outcrop
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Investigation strategies on the example of the Semmering Base Tunnel
Austrian Tunnelling Seminar Ankara, March 31st & April 1st, 2015
Geological and geotechnical investigation
■ Core drillings
□ phase I: 82 drillings (< 450 m) total 11354 m
□ phase II: 60 drillings (< 720 m) total 18034 m
□ phase III: 55 drillings (< 850 m) total 9219 m grand total: 38607 m
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Investigation strategies on the example of the Semmering Base Tunnel
Austrian Tunnelling Seminar Ankara, March 31st & April 1st, 2015
Geological and geotechnical investigation
■ Borehole testing and measurements
□ geophysical/geotechnical methods
□ deviation log
□ calliper log
□ acoustic and optical borehole imaging
□ density log
□ natural gamma log
□ vertical seismic profiling
□ dilatometer test
□ in-situ stress measurements
borehole logging: ABI, CAL, DENS,
incl. interpretation of discontinuities
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Investigation strategies on the example of the Semmering Base Tunnel
Austrian Tunnelling Seminar Ankara, March 31st & April 1st, 2015
Geological and geotechnical investigation
■ Borehole testing and measurements
□ hydrogeological methods
□ fluid conductivity and temperature log
□ flowmeter measurements
□ tracer fluid logging
□ hydraulic packer tests
borehole logging: ABI, CAL, DENS,
incl. interpretation of discontinuities
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Investigation strategies on the example of the Semmering Base Tunnel
Austrian Tunnelling Seminar Ankara, March 31st & April 1st, 2015
Geological and geotechnical investigation
■ surface geophysical investigations
□ seismic reflection
□ seismic refraction tomography
□ electrical resistivity tomography in total 21 profiles
geophysical investigation of the Kaltenbach anticline
dolomite
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Investigation strategies on the example of the Semmering Base Tunnel
Austrian Tunnelling Seminar Ankara, March 31st & April 1st, 2015
Geological and geotechnical investigation
■ laboratory analyses and testing
□ geology/mineralogy (>700 samples)
□ mineralogical composition (x-ray, point-counting)
□ clay mineral content
□ microscopic analyses (thin sections)
□ abrasivity tests (Cerchar Abrasivity Index)
thin section, nicols crossed;
chlorite-muscovite-quartz-feldspar-gneiss
Cerchar abrasivity index test,
sericitic phyllite
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Investigation strategies on the example of the Semmering Base Tunnel
Austrian Tunnelling Seminar Ankara, March 31st & April 1st, 2015
Geological and geotechnical investigation
■ laboratory analyses and testing
□ rock mechanics testing (>1100 samples)
□ uniaxial compression tests
□ triaxial compression tests
□ Brazilian tests
□ shear tests (discontinuities, intact samples)
uniaxial compression test
limestone
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Investigation strategies on the example of the Semmering Base Tunnel
Austrian Tunnelling Seminar Ankara, March 31st & April 1st, 2015
Geological and geotechnical investigation
■ laboratory analyses and testing
□ swelling tests (48 samples)
□ free swelling strain
□ axial swelling stress
□ swelling strain/stress (Huder/Amberg)
□ chemical analysis for classification of muck for recycling and waste disposal planning
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Austrian Tunnelling Seminar Ankara, March 31st & April 1st, 2015
Evaluation and results
■ highly complex and heterogeneous ground conditions
■ 18 large-scale geological units
■ > 60 rock types
■ poor ground conditions: 12 - 15 % fault zone material, overburden up to 870 m
■ water inflow ≤300 l/s: in sections with limestone, dolomite (~2000 m) , hydraulic pressure ≤28 bar
■ swelling rocks: anhydrite fault gouge material rich in clay minerals
geological longitudinal section
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Investigation strategies on the example of the Semmering Base Tunnel
Austrian Tunnelling Seminar Ankara, March 31st & April 1st, 2015
Evaluation and results
■ Flexibility during execution of investigation program
□ investigation phase I – geol. Model: Semmering Crystalline Complex with gneiss, micaschist, and amphibolite
□ investigation phase II: unexpected: dolomite at tunnel alignment – highly water permeable additional investigation: 5 core drillings (500 to 700 m each) surface geophysical seismic survey (3 lines)
□ consequence: realignment of tunnel axis
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Investigation strategies on the example of the Semmering Base Tunnel
Austrian Tunnelling Seminar Ankara, March 31st & April 1st, 2015
Evaluation and results
■ 3D Geological Model
□ to check and ensure the plausibility and consistency of the geological and structural model
□ easy information transfer of the geological architecture
□ presentation purposes
□ whole tunnel length of 27.3 km
□ model width of up to 10 km
□ simplifications required!
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Austrian Tunnelling Seminar Ankara, March 31st & April 1st, 2015
Conclusion
■ The investigation methods applied represent a state of the art ground investigation program for large infrastructure tunnel projects
■ Each ground investigation program has to be individually designed for each project and for each design phase
■ The design of an investigation program requires a sound knowledge about the investigation aims, the requirements as well as the capabilities and limitations of each investigation method
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Conclusion
■ The designer and geological consultant of an investigation program needs to have a ground model in the sense of a forecast model
■ This model has constantly to be compared with the actual investigation results and updated during the investigation process
■ As soon as substantial divergences between expected and factual conditions are detected adjustments of the investigation program are required
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Austrian Tunnelling Seminar Ankara, March 31st & April 1st, 2015
Conclusion
■ In case of the Semmering Base Tunnel project the originally designed investigation program had to be modified during the execution
■ The adjustment of the investigation program allowed for an identification, assessment and characterisation of geotechnical key structures
■ Therefore short term decision processes are essential as well as a profound technical understanding by the client for the reasons of the adjustments required and consequences in case of omitting them
■ A 3D geological model is an effective tool for checking the consistency and plausibility of a geological and structural model and it provides an understandable access to complex information for all parties involved
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Investigation strategies on the example of the Semmering Base Tunnel
Austrian Tunnelling Seminar Ankara, March 31st & April 1st, 2015
Semmering Base Tunnel, construction lot SBT2.1 Tunnel Fröschnitzgraben
site installation area (ÖBB Webcam, 2015-03-22)