Front Cover	1
	Rock Grouting and Diaphragm Wall Construction	4
	Copyright Page	5
	Table of Contents	10
	Preface	8
	List of used designations	16
	Chapter 1. The history of grouting	20
	Chapter 2. Drilling operations	31
	2.1 Excavation of boreholes in hard rock	31
	2.2 Rotary drilling equipment	76
	2.3 Equipment for rotary percussive drilling	87
	2.4 Drilling in loose soils	90
	2.5 Borehole deviation	98
	2.6 Drilling boreholes for grouting at the back of tunnel lining. Pneumatic hammer drills	101
	2.7 Drilling boreholes for grouting concrete and masonry	103
	Chapter 3. Grouting in hard rock	105
	3.1 Criteria of admissible permeability	109
	3.2 Equipment for hydraulic tests and for grouting	119
	3.3 Depth of trial grouting boreholes	142
	3.4 Hydraulic tests	144
	3.5 Grouting tests	164
	3.6 Design of a grout curtain	188
	3.7 Operational grouting	198
	3.8 Evaluation of grouting operations	204
	3.9 Checking of grouting operations	208
	3.10 Effect of blasting on grouting operations	216
	Chapter 4. Grouting loose soils	217
	4.1 Grouting methods in loose soils	217
	4.2 Grouted medium	221
	4.3 Grouting mixes	238
	4.4 Equipment for grouting boreholes	292
	4.5 Grouting operations	295
	4.6 Grouting operation checks	318
	Chapter 5. Grouting in tunnel construction	328
	5.1 Consolidation of loose soils to facilitate the excavation of tunnels	328
	5.2 Improving the geotechnical characteristics of rocks by prestressing	330
	5.3 Reinforcing the rock in a tunnel vault	336
	5.4 Grouting at the back of lining	337
	5.5 Repairing old tunnels	342
	5.6 Sealing the joints in the lining of Underground tunnels	343
	5.7 Filling the space between armouring and concrete	344
	Chapter 6. Grouting and improving the condition of structures or rocks	346
	6.1 Repairing masonry	346
	6.2 Repairing fissures or construction joints in concrete	348
	6.3 Repairing damaged insulation	349
	6.4 Improving the geotechnical characteristics of soil	352
	6.5 Improving the stability of landslides by grouting	357
	6.6 Repairing damaged clay sealing of earth dams	359
	6.7 Increasing load-bearing capacity of piles by grouting	361
	Chapter 7. Grouting the expansion joints in arch dams	364
	Chapter 8. Grouting of anchors and micropiles	370
	Chapter 9. Diaphragm walls	379
	9.1 Clay mud	381
	9.2 Purpose of diaphragm walls	393
	9.3 Earth pressure	404
	9.4 Excavating machines	423
	9.5 Excavation of unsheeted trenches	440
	9.6 Concreting diaphragm walls	442
	9.7 Filling for diaphragm walls	451
	9.8 Precast diaphragm walls	454
	9.10 Slender bracing walls	472
	9.11 Drainage walls	473
	Chapter 10. Practical examples	477
	10.1 Grouting of hard rocks	477
	10.2 Grouting of loose soils	485
	10.3 Filling cavities and caverns	501
	10.4 Diaphragm walls	508
	10.5 Precast diaphragm walls	513
	10.6 Sealing diaphragm wall at Pferov (Czechoslovakia)	516
	10.7 Sealing and consolidation of soil at the Presenzano-Caserta hydroelectric power station (Italy)	521
	References	522
	Index	529