Jayachandran K.

Point paper of case studies on Rehabilitation

NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING (NDT)

Introduction:
 Non Destructive Testing (NDT) In this paper, two interesting case studies were
discussed. They are: Water storage reservoir rehabilitation in a power plant and
Lighthouse rehabilitation.
Main Body:
 A water storage reservoir is 66.8m long, 43.8m wide and 8m height located in a
power plant. It has two main compartments in which CT basin is at an elevated
level of +1.6m from the base of the tank.
 The reservoir was rested on a raft foundation, which is at a level of –3.4m. Buttress
wall columns (600x1200mm) were provided with grid spacing varying from
4.115m to 7.5m.
 The thickness of exterior wall throughout was 600mm. Columns framed at roof
level by means of roof beams of size 400 × 900 mm
 The Defects like leakage, cracks and sprinkling of water were observed on the
surface of the reservoir all around the circumference.
 Design checks were done manually and it was found that the buoyant pressure
under the CT basin was not taken into account while designing, which leads to
lower design of the structure. This is the major reason for such defects in the
structure.
 Also FEM analysis was done using the software SAP2000. Deflections were
calculated using simplified model of propped cantilever.
 Extra reinforcements were provided for the additional loads and proper packing was
done using high-grade mortar. Grouting operations were done in places were cracks
appeared.
 Another case study was on a damaged Lighthouse in Andaman due to tsunami. It
is a reinforced concrete vertical hollow cylinder with internal diameter of 5m and
external diameter of 6.2 m at plinth level. The height is 45m and thickness varies
between 600mm to 300mm at the top.
 Due to high pressure of tsunami, the tower was tilted by 0.5 degree from south-east
to north-west. Spalling of concrete was observed on north-west side. The steel bars
were buckled both inward and outwards at the bottom of 1.3m height. Corrosion of
the rebars was noticed.
 Less damage was noticed on the north-east and south-west. Since the tension failure
was found on the south-east side due to the tilt, it was corrected by increasing outer
shell thickness on north-west side compared to south-east side by 100mm.
 Concrete jacketing of the wall was done at outside and inside with provision of
additional rebars. Shear connectors (Y12) were used to enhance the bond between
old and new concrete.
 The Damaged entrance porch was dismantled and was reconstructed without
integral connection to the tower.
Conclusion:
 A procedure to rehabilitate and strengthen the damaged water reservoir and lighthouse
was implemented at site successfully.

MRCF Assignment-III January 2011