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conerete ica] Bonding Roller-Compacted Concrete Layers Fler compacted conte (ACC) canbe dened a2 novsirp corte compacied by vay ror faa ton convent concete prepay nfs.Cet ‘Sprain ches fut of Samp grt or ‘Stes consicnton, REG must be ay sreugh To ‘Soporte gto lrge sca eanpacton eeu Jorge wet enuf pam ageuate Saovion ot ‘he pate ner ought ha mass during Ne msing ‘nd cenpoctin process Matas that fa no he tee tionon of A tele vlc oan com Sat, and catan corse rane sole Te “he! sovenoal mae ot corre comnicon connate easing coe ‘touche or mons, Concrete placed n conti ‘mie yrs 1810 20m te ona eh hgh 8 (0 101, Ae concae aie, dence of enemy ‘atria caved exces walt 10 sepurate fom ie ‘ttre a ae the srace The gwar awn 12 ""Steing or “nator gon” may ale cry bor ‘ne Gostoius partic the sutaceh sore canes Sun aed lance tome one ute Te tance, sch ong ares the tanang of bee Girt ito te tinea Below, meat be compe inves. 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Waterjet astngsurace of conventional concrete {oundaton teveng pad prior © REC placement at Upper ‘State Dam, ish Typical oler-compactes coner consists of placing and compacting the mat oninuovs norzontal Its one to Two feet tek. Ths method of contruction can create up Io 10 mes more Fonzontal it surfaces tran in conventional mass con rote. With the dir consistency of ROC mixtures, here lett orno surface water gan durng concrete seting. ‘Thu, no weak lata fi at the srlace ie produced For some high paste content mings ts ot ust or {ul consoidaten of the FCC to bring paste to the ‘surece. Ths paste propel cured, does ot have to Be remved peer te cement of he next It Design ‘Concrete gravity dams are designed essen fo sta Billy aganst overturing ard shang, Shosr strength long he nertace between ACC layers isan inuenelng {actor eepecialy on higher dams and tose wth steep downatam slopes, Compressive svengthf general, ‘ota contaling factor excep forts nivence on heat Strength ad fr very high dame where compressive ‘Streeos may be wre arrnkesenpat acceeratons 10 cars, wich may tend to erease harzonal loads whe docressing the ‘octve weght of he atc, aslo fas aleve ‘noe tr warhguaeefects mist herve be made thedesign iis beyonathe scope this publeation how: ‘er oats ho oflocls ofdynamicloadngson ae, ‘Seepage is also a major design consderstion While ‘some seopage may be tolerated without afecting the Salat ofthe Gam, excessive seepage can ceate prob: Tes Methods fo minimize seepage include high paste FCC mixtures, adequate bonding of fonts, and use of ‘watertight upsiveam fecing elements Overtuming For stably against overtuning, graity sectons are (goerally sized fer compression ove he ene basen {he stably analysis, uplift prossue at the base and ‘slong ft joint i usualy taken as. varying from tl fycrestaticprossuo atthe upstroam fa to ome rao ‘olthe diference between headvate and talwatr pres ures atthe foundation drains. tthe vertical srase at the upsteam edge of any horizontal eection, computed ‘wiheut up, excoode the upift pressure at that port, the dam fs considered safe against overuming, Fig. 2 shows the relationship of base width to dam hoght fequrements as afecied by foundation dran locaton. ‘The figze assumes one thao! the Upit pressure oc {ure atthe crans after allowing fra near upit pres ‘S26 crop ftom headwater to tavater= inen etabity against overtumng conls design, the velume fequrements are dependent upon dam ‘shape ae well 8¢ locaton of foundation dns. The ‘plum design consists fa tiangular shape dam with ‘vertical or nearyverteal upstream face and a four- ‘ton cranage2y8tom located approximately one-ourth ‘tthe base length rom the upstream face™ siing Resistance to sicing within a conciete secton elses to the shear stength of conerete and i based on the bond strength (cohesion) of the concrete, the compres: ‘Sve stress on the potential falure pane, and the coe ‘Sent of intemal eton in tho concrete. The abo of testing 'o diving forces along any section of a con ‘rate dam can be expressed by the folowing equation a CAt EW = Uang BH a cmt sc selgetses coated of ea wen serene Seach ne = 1 gen a rege coondin acme set Sircietekis ate Eee or oo rae one seas ater cetaacae Fg 2. Stabity eganst overran tut basen ‘Smpiastion “bp verte Kb Rotor 3. ‘sional flooding; and “extreme!” which combines the ‘sual ead with earthquake loading, The vinmum shear ‘oton factor (Q) or each contin 2 30.20, and 0, respectively “The coeticient of friton for conereta along a joint depends upon the roughness and eoundnese of Me hatconed azo concrete surface and cn the ably of the past nthe covering lave to itrlock into the pore ‘Sructue of the hardened concrete. A peal value for ‘Sonerete slicing ona elatvely smooth cancretesutace 16 07 (9 = 34°). Whore nbmate. cont of the two Scat asized eva of 10(9= 4" gereraly ‘sumed ‘A cohesion value for concrete is determined tom tect shear less under varying config pressures. “able 1 gives shear strength tests resuts om varous. Projects ‘Arelabonship betwoon shea frtion actor and cohe- ‘sion requremeonts fo varying upstear dopes ard cot fcents of eral ficton are given n FS. The gue Gicounts enraly te eeciveness of foundation ran {o reduce upit and incease siding reeslancn there tore, th requred cohesion values can be considered Conservative. Compaing Fig. 3 wth te valves obtained for cohesion and frelon angles In Table 7, it woud “i ra (0442) ee Sheer tion oro sty Fig. 3. Cohesion raqurments stably against sing (Gaironces- appear that adequate ricton factors can be obtained ‘ath mina fo Seepage Dams are not expected tobe totaly impermeable tothe fou of water Moet concrete dams have gales with ® fystem of internal and foundation ans fo cole! and lspase of the seepage. Experience has shown tht ‘seepage wil significantly decrease within the fst cou lo af yoars of operation due pray to autegencus Fealng and station ofthe eracks and ot, Although ‘Seopage fs normaly nota problem, too much seepage ‘may produce exceaetve uplift pressure not accounted forte design: perms the lees of excessive amounts cf water that would atherwse be used for power xo ‘ucon,inigation, or water supply, create a mainte. ‘ema evosion ofthe strctue, create freeze thaw ‘durebity problems along the downstream face The permeabity of a concrete mass Is largely do pendent upon the entrapped ar void system and there {ove amost Lotaly contol by mixture preportonng ‘and dogree of compacton. Whon thre Is sufclent fast to minimize a void space between aggregates End adequate compaction fo fuly consoidte the meso, the RCC should be relatively impervious, The impor tance of cementitious content on permestity¥ shown in Fi. 4. The data include permeabity long fonts a wots through the mass. nthe case of Wilow Creek, whee poor jot bonding has been reported a high Bemeabaty slong an unbonded font an centtute Sgnicanty to total permeability. Bonde ACC nls ‘wil obveuly reduce permeabity. Test results trom @ USER/PCA study" showed parmeabiies of bonded Joints varied fom 1% 10* to 30 pe your Tn addon te bending FCC janis, seepage can be meimized by ater methods icing these of con ‘ontonal concrete upsveam facing wih sealed vertical Jonny of Instalaton ofa watertight membrane tne at the upstream face. I seepage rather than sabi) ithe ‘veraing factor, consideration may Be gion to use of ‘axing mx betwoen each layer along'a narrow stip fcjacent to the upstream face. Ths partal bonding ‘Should not be considered inthe sabity analysis bal ane very elective in redieing seepage. ‘Table 1. Shear Strength Properties Along Untreated Joints eee lgeal ogee res | awa | ee |e | |S [ne | cine ee eT se ae S| # |B] 2 jm | aw |S) Be) B =) i |B) & piel ee el S| 8 1g] wel Te fm [=| 8] oe $) 2 8) @ age ea pep SS aera Le Lat] [Bemewasaeee fae) [Gimmes we ee ae a Fg 4. Reatonstip between plac peemoaby and ‘eaerious content Raerene 8) Methods of Bonding ‘The principal factor that control Boning of one layer ot eanorete to anothe’ are 4 Concten ofthe surtace to be bonded 2. Time delay between placomonts 3. Metdabity of tne covering concrete 4. Degree of compaction (consolation) ‘As provcusly mentored, bonding conventional mass concrete generally carwats of empl Glesning the har ted concrete suri Io remove atanes and any loose ‘atrial rr to pacing the subsequent layer The fresh Concrete ie thoroughiy conclcatod with tera vbr fore to full depth to ascure adequate dsttbuton of paste info vods along the surface of te hardened Sancate below ‘an ROC mix contains less pasto and is ctr than conventional mass conerete ie compacted (consol

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