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General Presentation

LOCATION : Sikkim
RIVER : Teesta
TECHNICAL FEATURES :
- Concrete Gravity Dam, 9.5 m dia, 17.78
km long Head Race Tunnel.
- Height of dam from deepest = 96m
- Length of crest dam = 183m
HYDRO POWER GENERATION
Underground power house
- Capacity 510 MW (3 x 170 MW)

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Cutoff

GENERAL SCOPE OF WORKS

- 2 Cofferdams Upstream / Downstream to protect
the Dam pit from the monsoon floods
- Construction of a cut-off below each cofferdam

GROUND CONDITIONS
Permeable bouldary material encountered down to 50m deep
Bedrock mainly composed of quartzo - phyllite ( 70 - 120
Mpa )

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TEESTA DAM PROJECT
UPSTREAM COFFER DAM(NHPC)
CUT-OFF ELEVATION
RIGHT BANK

LEFT BANK

A1

WORKING PLATFORM
EL:540.00

TOP OF JET GROUT CUT-OFF EL:539.00

A

A2

DDH06

A3

A4

TEESTA RIVER

A6 A7
DDH07

A5

base of the clay core

subject to NHPC
dierctive

LEGEND:

NOTE

25/10/2002

Rock fissure grouting below the jet grout cut-off wall:

To be decided by the Engineer after the Lugeon tests to be
carried out below the cut-off wall

ROCK PROFILE
(EXPLORATORY HOLES)

NOTE
A1 - A7 : EXPLORATORY HOLES
DDH06 - DDH07 : PREVIOUS GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION HOLES

802503 -

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TEESTA DAM PROJECT
DOWNSTREAM COFFER DAM
CUT-OFF ELEVATION
(solution 2) angular cut-off
TYPICAL PIEZOMETRICAL LINE
LEFT BANK

RIGHT BANK

WORKING PLATFORM
EL: 543.00

B
A

WORKING PLATFORM
EL: 535.00
D4

TEESTA RIVER

D3

TOP OF JET GROUT CUT-OFF

EL:534
D1
D2

WORKING PLATFORM
EL: 544.00

FALL = 1.5 %

TOP OF JET GROUT CUT-OFF EL:539

D1A

DDH09

LEGEND:

ROCK PROFILE
(EXPLORATORY HOLES)

NOTE
D1A- D4 : EXPLORATORY HOLES
DDH09 : PREVIOUS GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION HOLE
AREA OF JET GROUT CUT-OFF WALL: 2797 m

ROAD SAVED WITH THIS "ANGULAR" SOLUTION

DIMENSION A to B = 58.77m
DIMENSION B to C = 39.23m
DIMENSION C to D = 33.75m
DIMENSION D to E = 9.89m
TOTAL LENGTH = 141.64 m

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(Works Site)

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JET - GROUTING WORKS

= PRE - DRILLING + JETTING

- 7000 m2
- Maximum depth = 70m
- Diameter of columns = 120cm to 260cm
- Average deviation = 1,5 %

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PERMEATION GROUTING
Systematic complementary treatment
- 1 line at 1.2m spacing
- Systematic first phase of grouting BC + Gel
- Final phase based on the following factors :
- results of the first phase
- deviation and diameter of the jet
columns
- deviation of the grout holes
- mapping of the boulders

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ROCK GROUTING
- Rock permeability to be investigated
- Grouting with stable mix Bentonite / Cement to be
performed according to the investigation

SPECIFIED SEEPAGE CRITERIA

Global specified permeability of the cut - off wall
K = 1 x 10-6 m/s

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US Plan view

TEESTA DAM PROJECT

UPSTREAM COFFER DAM
PLAN VIEW
KE
IN T A

AUL
IN G H
E XIST
EL:555
M IN .
D
A
O
R

WP

PZ
A1
D DH06

PZ

A2

WP

PZ
A3
A4

PZ

PZ

WP

A5

PZ

N
TE

IVE
AR
T
S

A6
D DH07

PZ

WP

A7

PZ
WP
PZ

PZ
PZ

PZ

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TEESTA DAM PROJECT
UPSTREAM COFFER DAM
CROSS SECTION 1-1

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DOWNTREAM COFFER DAM

PLAN VIEW
(solution 2) Angular cut-off
TYPICAL PIEZOMETRICAL LINE

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DOWNTREAM COFFER DAM
(solution 2)

TEESTA DAM

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CROSS SECTION 1-1

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Upstream Cofferdam

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Plot Test Site

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Shaft in plot test

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Double Jet air+grout used

Double jet (HP grout

air

ENCAPSULATED by air )

HP
HPGROUT
GROUT

HP
HPGROUT
GROUT

Triple jet (HP water ENCAPSULATED by

Double jet ( HP
water + LP grout )

air + LP grout )

air

HP
HPWATER
WATER
HP
HPWATER
WATER
LP
LPGROUT
GROUT
LP
LPGROUT
GROUT
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(Diversion Tunnels)

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Works Site

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DAM

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Secondary Column Diameter

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Upstream Cofferdam

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Upstream Cofferdam

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Downstream Cofferdam

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Average Final Pressures and Volumes

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Image from PICODI

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Pumping test
Upstream

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Leakage discharge calculation with PLAXIS

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(Dam Pit Excavation)

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QUANTITIES

Cutoff walls

8500m2

Jet grouted columns n

420u

Grouted holes n

360u

Drilling

18 000lm

Jet grouted columns

9 300lm

Jet grout volume

14 500m3

Bentonite cement grout

1 100m3

Silicate Gel grout

900m3

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