Design and Construction for Rehabilitation of Earthquake Damaged Water protection Levees - Methodology and Solutions
Authors
Ivan Mihaljević, Berislav Rupčić, Marko Kaić, Goran Grget, Leo Matešić
DOI
Abstract
After completing emergency measures for flood protection on the levees of the rivers Kupa, Sava and Petrinjčica, damaged by the earthquake, Croatian Waters Authorities (Hrvatske vode) assigned preparation of design documentation for remediation. At each location, data on damage and from geotechnical investigations were collected. The damage included deep vertical cracks in the soil and embankments, in some cases with the expulsion of sandy material as a result of liquefaction, subsidence and loss of embankment integrity, and, in a smaller number of cases, landslides towards the riverbed. For each type of damage, its impact on the stability and safety of the levee was considered, and remedial measures were proposed. The measures to rehabilitate the foundation soil, culverts and embankments were then formed into complete solutions for the repair of damaged levees, taking into account the specifics of individual sections (state of construction and infrastructure, implemented intervention remediation measures, etc.). The foundation soil under the embankment has increased its resistance to liquefaction, the embankments have been rehabilitated and strengthened against seismic load, while the damaged culverts have been replaced.