1 09/2002 ISO 9001 certified JOANNEUM RESEARCH Applied Geophysics Institute of Applied Geophysics – new Dam Project 2nd IMPACT Project Workshop Mo-i-Rana, Norway 12-13th September 2002 presented by: Rainer Morawetz INSTITUTE of

2 09/2002 ISO 9001 certified Overview  Introduction to JOANNEUM RESEARCH and its Institute of Applied Geophysics  New Key-Project – „Dam Investigation Methods and Geotechnical Applications“  Project Description  Geophysical Methods  Goals  Further Work

3 09/2002 ISO 9001 certified Location of Joanneum Research Vienna Budapest Ljubljana Zagreb 300 km 140 km 200 km Styria Area:16,388 km 2 Inhabitants:1,204,244 Graz Trento 480 km

4 09/2002 ISO 9001 certified Background - Company  JOANNEUM RESEARCH is Austria’s largest research organisation owned by a provincial government  Bridge between Research and Application  Applied R&D  Technology transfer  Promotion of future experts and executives

5 09/2002 ISO 9001 certified Institute of Applied Geophysics Background – Institute of Applied Geophysics  Founded 1981 in co-operation with Montan University  Located in Leoben  Highly competent centre for development and application of geophysical methods  Institute offers full spectrum of geophysical methods  Staff:  Scientific staff: 11  Technical and administrative staff: 4  Students:

6 09/2002 ISO 9001 certified Institute of Applied Geophysics Main Research Fields 1.Seismic reflection for rock structure studies and reservoir characterisation 2.Borehole geophysics and petrophysics for complex rock characterisation 3.Geophysical methods for use in geotechnics, risk assessment and archaeology

7 09/2002 ISO 9001 certified Institute of Applied Geophysics Main Research Field 3 – Key Project:  „Development of Dam Investigation Methods and Geotechnical Applications“ Extend the use of geophysical methods in geotechnical fields Focus on development of a method for non-destructive, fast and effective investigation of dams and embankments  Milestones: Literature Review Test Measurements Systematic Analysis of Methods

8 09/2002 ISO 9001 certified Institute of Applied Geophysics Geophysical Methods  Non-destructive  Repeatable  Ground characterisation using physical values

9 09/2002 ISO 9001 certified Institute of Applied Geophysics Geophysical Methods - Dams In general, better results gained by using a combination of methods

10 09/2002 ISO 9001 certified Institute of Applied Geophysics Goals  Identification and relevant geotechnical assessment of inhomogeneities using non- destructive techniques  Method for the economic investigation of long lengths of dam (eg. flood defence embankment)  Development of techniques for long-term monitoring

11 09/2002 ISO 9001 certified Institute of Applied Geophysics Further Work  Implementation, trial, and refinement within scope of EU project and with industrial partners (particularly of mobile but economic investigation techniques suitable for long lengths of dam)  Development of techniques to derive absolute geotechnical values (eg. degree of saturation, shear strength…)

12 09/2002 ISO 9001 certified JOANNEUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE of Applied Geophysics Please talk to me in the breaks! your opinion? which geotechnical parameters are particularly relevant to dams? have you any data/ideas which may help us?