2007 – Midland Canal – Stability of Embankments
Project
Midland canal
Midland canal-km 90,450 to 97,470 and midland canal-km 101,510 to 106,600
Geotechnical report and stability analysis of embankments within the dam section and in the area of transverse structures
Construction period: -
Client
Water and Shipping Authority Minden
Am hohen Ufer 1 – 3
32425 Minden
Activities
- Exploration programme
- Consulting services during exploration works and construction of groundwater monitoring wells
- Laboratory tests
- Geotechnical assessment of ground and embankment structure
- Documentation of the plant cover on embankments
- Stability and serviceability analyses of existing embankments
- Numerical calculations of the dam's flow through and underflow
- Slope failure calculations
- Proof of suffosion and erosion resistance, proof of safety against hydrostatic uplift and hydraulic heave
- Report on stability
- Solutions for rehabilitation in case of insufficient stability
Period of activities: 2005 – 2007
