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GROUTING AS POSSIBLE PROPOSAL FOR IMPERMEATING BURIED MONUMENTS IN VERY PERMEABLE SOILS. THE CASE OF KRISIS MACEDONIAN TOMBS IN N. GREECE

B. Christaras, I. Mariolakos, J. Foundoulis, M. Chatziangelou, A. Dimitriou, EL. Lemoni

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Abstract

In the present paper a grouting technique was studied in order to protect the buried monuments against the presence of the ground water. Krisis Macedonian Tombs in N. Greece was used as a pilot example for study, given that it is buried in loose sediments where the aquifer overflows their floors. Although the proposed method is expensive, it establishes permanent drainage conditions regarding to pumping. The purpose of this method is to create an impervious shell, which isolates the floor and the walls of the tomb, so as the monument to be impervious. In this paper the type of the chemical grout as well as the length and the number of necessary boreholes were calculated taking into account the penetration of the grout and the orientation of the boreholes. The number of the boreholes that is needed to impermeate the building that includes the tomb is 46 and for the tomb it self is 24. The total length of boreholes for the first case is 750,54m and for the other one is 297,62m. The grout mixes are colloidal solutions or polymers such as silica or ligno chrome gels, tannins, organic colloids on polyurethane, or pure chemical solutions such as acrylamides, aminoplast or phenoplast, depending the grain-size changes of the soil.

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Title
GROUTING AS POSSIBLE PROPOSAL FOR IMPERMEATING BURIED MONUMENTS IN VERY PERMEABLE SOILS. THE CASE OF KRISIS MACEDONIAN TOMBS IN N. GREECE
Authors
B. Christaras, I. Mariolakos, J. Foundoulis, M. Chatziangelou, A. Dimitriou, EL. Lemoni
Proceedings
3rd International Scientific Conference - SGEM2003
Publisher
SGEM Scientific GeoConference
Year
2003
Pages
121-128
ISSN
1314-2704
ISBN
954-918181-2
Language
en
Publication type
Conference Paper
Proceedings contents
Open official contents
Keywords
Monumentsgroutingimpermeation and drainage
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