The timeframe and continuity of measurement data acquisition - intention and reality / Zeitrahmen und Kontinuität von Messbeobachtungen - Wunsch und Wirklichkeit
Author(s): |
Herbert Walter
Christian Kitzler |
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Medium: | journal article |
Language(s): | English, German |
Published in: | Geomechanics and Tunnelling, 2011, n. 5, v. 4 |
Page(s): | 381-392 |
DOI: | 10.1002/geot.201100032 |
Abstract: |
The value of geotechnical measurements for the evaluation and prediction of the effects of construction and repair measures as well as for the production of geotechnical and structural models in geotechnical and underground construction is indisputable. In practice, however, it sometimes turns out that the required statements cannot be derived from the available data with sufficient reliability. This article presents three examples of measurement programmes and discusses their strengths and weaknesses. One of the examples concerns a classic mined excavation in soft soil, another the measurement programme in a pivot tunnel for the estimation of swelling potential and the third the improvement of slope support measures while maintaining traffic. The importance of a timely start to measurement and a sufficiently high measurement frequency adapted to the results of the measurements and the progress of construction are demonstrated. A sufficiently long run of measurements after the completion of construction is also desirable. Various types of measurements and observations should be matched to each other and integrated. The results of laboratory tests, large-scale experiments and structural calculations - if available - should also be included in this integration. Continuity of measurements should be ensured, for example, by sufficient redundancy even if individual data are lost. Documentation should permit rapid interpretation of the overall situation. |
Keywords: |
documentation measurement programmes measurement results measurement timeframe measurement intervals
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