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Previous issue date: 2013-06-17 / The monitoring of Earth dam makes use of visual inspection and instrumentation to identify and characterize the deterioration that compromises the security of earth dams and associated structures. The visual inspection is subjective and can lead to misinterpretation or omission of important information and, some problems are detected too late. The instrumentation are efficient but certain technical or operational issues can cause restrictions. Thereby, visual inspections and instrumentation can lead to a lack of information. Geophysics offers consolidated, low-cost methods that are non-invasive, non-destructive and low cost. They have a strong potential and can be used assisting instrumentation. In the case that a visual inspection and strumentation does not provide all the necessary information, geophysical methods would provide more complete and relevant information. In order to test these theories, geophysical acquisitions were performed using Georadar (GPR), Electric resistivity, Seismic refraction, and Refraction Microtremor (ReMi) on the dike of the dam in Sant Lloren? de Montgai, located in the province of Lleida, 145 km from Barcelona, Catalonia. The results confirmed that the geophysical methods used each responded satisfactorily to the conditions of the earth dike, the anomalies present and the geological features found, such as alluvium and carbonate and evaporite rocks. It has also been confirmed that these methods, when used in an integrated manner, are able to reduce the ambiguities in individual interpretations. They facilitate improved imaging of the interior dikes and of major geological features, thus inspecting the massif and its foundation. Consequently, the results obtained in this study demonstrated that these geophysical methods are sufficiently effective for inspecting earth dams and they are an important tool in the instrumentation and visual inspection of the security of the dams / O monitoramento do comportamento de barragens de terra faz uso da inspe??o visual e da instrumenta??o para identificar e caracterizar danos no barramento ou estruturas auxiliares. A primeira ? subjetiva possibilitando erros de interpreta??o ou omiss?o, mesmo assim, alguns problemas s? podem ser detectados tardiamente. A instrumenta??o tem se mostrado satisfat?ria, mas pode apresentar restri??es por quest?es t?cnicas ou operacionais. Assim, pode existir defici?ncia nas informa??es produzidas pela inspe??o visual e pela instrumenta??o. A Geof?sica disp?e de m?todos consolidados, n?o invasivos, n?o destrutivos, e de baixo custo, com forte potencial para atuar auxiliando a instrumenta??o convencional, podendo, no caso de inexist?ncia ou falha geral desta, fornecer informa??es mais completas e relevantes que a inspe??o visual. Para fundamentar essas afirma??es, foram realizadas aquisi??es geof?sicas de Resistividade El?trica, Georadar (GPR), S?smica de refra??o, e Refraction Microtremor (ReMi) no dique da barragem de Sant Lloren? de Montgai, localizada na prov?ncia de Lleida, a 145 Km de Barcelona Catalunha. Os resultados obtidos confirmaram que os m?todos geof?sicos utilizados respondem individualmente de forma satisfat?ria ?s condi??es construtivas do dique de terra, ?s anomalias presentes, e ? geologia encontrada (aluvi?o, rochas carbon?ticas e evapor?ticas). Pode se afirmar ainda que esses m?todos, quando utilizados de forma integrada, s?o capazes de diminuir as ambiguidades nas interpreta??es individuais e permitem o imageamento satisfat?rio do interior do dique e das principais fei??es geol?gicas e dessa forma inspecionar o maci?o e sua funda??o. Dessa forma, os resultados apresentados por essa pesquisa demonstram que os m?todos geof?sicos constituem uma importante ferramenta que pode ser utilizada na verifica??o das condi??es do maci?o de uma barragem de terra
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:IBICT/oai:repositorio.ufrn.br:123456789/18368 |
| Date | 17 June 2013 |
| Creators | Teixeira, Washington Luiz Evangelista |
| Contributors | CPF:13893700382, http://lattes.cnpq.br/9888320802954176, Lins, Fernando Ant?nio Pessoa Lira, CPF:06898068334, http://lattes.cnpq.br/9090815121890821, Ponsati, Albert Casas, Garcia, Antonio Jorge Vasconcellos, CPF:29249767072, http://lattes.cnpq.br/2444308025450416, Silva Filho, Francisco Chagas da, CPF:22872426353, http://lattes.cnpq.br/9907153015303509, Boski, Tomasz, http://lattes.cnpq.br/0366061039693680, Lima Filho, Francisco Pinheiro |
| Publisher | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Geodin?mica e Geof?sica, UFRN, BR, Geodin?mica; Geof?sica |
| Source Sets | IBICT Brazilian ETDs |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFRN, instname:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, instacron:UFRN |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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