Luzzone Dam Raising

The Luzzone dam was recently raised by 18 m to increase the capacity of the reservoir.

Aim of monitoring:

The new concrete was instrumented with long-gage SOFO sensors from Smartec to monitor its shrinkage deformations and to evaluate the interaction between the newly added concrete and the old one.

Main results:

The sensors survived unharmed the installation in the coarse concrete. The sensors monitored the deformations over years of operation and showed results compatible with the finite-element simulations.

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