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Engineering, 2016, 8, 269-275
Published Online May 2036 in ciRes,htto://www.scirp org/lournal/eng
utp /ox. doi org/10.4236 eng, 2016.85023
Application of 3D Electrical Resistivity
Tomography for Diagnosing Leakage in
Earth Rock-Fill Dam
Xin Zhang, Mingjie Zhao, Kui Wang, Pan Liu, Huan Liu
‘School of River & Ocean Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongaing, China
Email: [email protected]
Received 20 April 2016; accepted 14 May 201
ublished 17 May 2016
Copyright © 2016 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc.
‘This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY).
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Abstract
‘The leakage occurs during operation of the dam in Liuhuanggou reservoir. Its a threat to the safe-
ty of the people's lives and property in downstream, In order to eliminate the hidden danger of
reservoir, ensure the safety of the dam, play better the function of flood control and water storage
of the reservoir etc., we apply the 3D electrical resistivity tomography detecting technology and
volume rendering image processing technology, make the measurement in field, process the data
and combine the field survey to find out the leakage channels inside the dam. The results show
that the 3D resistivity images appear the low resistivity zone corresponding with the leakage
channels. There are two main leakage channels that come from different location inside the dam.
Itis feasible to diagnose the leakage in earth rock-fill dam by applying 3D electrical resistivity to-
‘mography.
Keywords
Earth Rock Fill Dam, Leakage, 3D Electrical Resistivity Tomography, Volume Rendering
1. Introduction
Early electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) is 1D and divided into electrical sounding and electrical profile.
‘The vertical electrical and horizontal electrical changes in different underground depth are reflected by the two
methods respectively. They can obtain the geoelectric data too litle to reflect the complicated geological condi-
tions. With the development of CT imaging technology, some scholars have applied the technique of tomogra-
phy to electrical exploration. Loke, M.H. [1] used quasi Newton method to improve the speed of calculation of
the least square method; Feng Rui [2), the electrical resistivity tomography technology is applied to the hydro-
How to cite this paper: Zhang, X, Zho, ML, Wang, K, Liu, P- and Llu, H. (2026) Application of 3D Electrical Resistivity To
‘ography for Diagnosing Leakage in Earth Rack-ilOam. Engineering, 8, 269-275,
https fox doi ong/10,4236/eng,2016.85023 X Zhang etal
‘geological investigation which has achieved good results; JE. Chambers [3] estimated river sand and gravel
‘deposits by using 3D electrical resistivity tomography. It shows that electrical resistivity tomography technology
has developed rapidly and used widely in the field, 3D electrical resistivity tomography can obtain more data
than 2D. 2D electrical resistivity tomography only can obtain information along the survey line direction, but 3
electrical resistivity tomography can obtain information in horizontal and vertical direction, and using the vo-
lume rendering image processing technology the more accurate results can be got. Zhou Xiaoxian [1], by com-
paring 2D and 3D observation experiment, the results show that the resolution of 3D electrical resistivity tomo-
‘eraphy is obviously better than the 2D; Shi Longqing (5), the water rich state of the working floor is analyzed by
using horizontal and vertical slice in 3D eleettical resistivity tomography. This leads to electrical resistivity to-
‘ography which has developed gradually from 2D to 3D.
Flood and drought disasters occur frequently that cause heavy losses in China in recent years, and the iriga-
tion and water conservaney infrastructure are exposed very weak. We must vigorously strengthen the construc-
tion of water conservancy. We must consolidate the reinforcement results of large andl medium-sized dangerous
reservoirs, and speed up the reinforcement pace of small dangerous reservoirs, as Soon as possible t0 eliminate
the hidden danger of reservoirs, recover the control capacity of flood, and enhance the regulation capacity of
‘water resources. China plans to reinforce the water conservancy project that has been the built during the period
of “the [3th Five-year”. Within the next two years, China’s average annual investment is expected to reach 600,
billion, This series of measures for the normal operation of the national economy and the guarantee of national
sustainable development has played an important role, but also makes full use of the comprehensive benefits of
the water conservancy facilities for flood control, irrigation, power generation etc. In a word, the state pays more
attention to water conservancy project reinforcement. The Ieakage is a common dangerous in earth rock-fil dam.
‘Through access to literature, We find that many water conservancy projects are not properly dealt with the lea-
kage problem results ina series of accidents. The problem of the leakage in the dam is more and more serious in
LLiuhuanggou reservoir, and the space distribution of the leakage channel is understood by 3D electrical resistiv-
ity tomography detection technology, which provides a scientific basis forthe next step of the treatment [6] [7]
2, Theory of 3D Electrical Resistivity Tomography
‘The theory of 3D electrical resistivity tomography is consistent with the common electrical method that conduc
tive of underground material differences as the prerequisite, make underground is full of electricity and observe
‘of subsurface electric field distribution, so as to solve different geological problems. Compared with 3D elec-
trical resistivity tomography the 2D high-density electrical resistivity tomography still exist some problems:
‘when the survey line doesn’t layout in the hidden the underground objects eannot be reflected, which brought
difficulty in field test and there is more difficult to detect complex leakage channels especially; Accuracy also
have difference by using several 2D eross sections at the same time in an interface to open for forming a quasi
3D images between obtained true 4D images afer 3D inversion. The 3D inversion divided the subsurface into
‘number of small rectangular to build geoelectric model (], and give the initial value of each small rectangle, the
resistivity value of each small rectangular volume is obtained by forward calculation, then use the least square
‘method to compare the theoretical value and the measured value to adjust the resistivity of each sub block [9]
[10]. Establish objective function F:
inp, -inp, F wo
where: p,_ is the measured resistivity value of the profile; p, is the theoretical resistivity value of the initial
‘model.
Comparing the accuracy between the measured resistivity value and the theoretical value to determine the re-
sults ofthe inversion calculation if it meets the requirements. When the requirements don"t meet, iis required to
recalculate the theoretical value until the difference isin the proper range.
3. Application Example
3.1. Engineering Survey
Reservoir focate in Jinping village the town of Tiaoshi Chongging Banan district, dam locate in YiPing Rive the X.Zhang etal
primary tibutary of Yangtze River in the right bank. Liu Huanggou reservoir is type of a small (2) water con-
servaney project with flood control and irrigation. 0.2 km’ control basin area in Liu Huanggou reservoir, the
rain river channel length 0.8996 km, average down more than 95.92 per thousand. Dam is a homogeneous earth
dam, with the maximum dam height 13.25 m, total capacity 14.06 millions", normal storage capacity 12.46
rillionm’, dead storage 0.51 milliowm’, designed irrigation area 980 acres, the effective irigation area 900
seres. The reservoir for V small (2) water conservancy project, the permanent main building engineering for
level 5, secondary structure for level 5, temporary buildings for level 5.
3.2. The Layout of Surveying Line and Collect Data
In field investigation the five conditions of exit section the leakage gradient less than the allow leakage gradient
J=0.45. It shows thatthe leakage stability of the dam is satisfied with the requirement of the standard and will
not occur leakage failure, But itis still found that there are two leakage areas in the downstream of the dam, La
‘Youting five survey lines that each survey line using 60 electrodes and the electrode spacing is Im in the down-
stream slope. Electrode made of copper that connects the host through a cable with 32 core, the measurement
controlled by program-controlled multichannel conversion switch in the host that also equipped with a RS232,
interface and a LCD sereen 160 x 128 pixels. Putting electrodes into the dam accuracy with tape fo make sure
‘contact with it well. The horizontal spacing of each survey line is 3 m, which is layouted in patallel (11), as
shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2.
‘The test data are collected by duk-2b high-density electrical instrument, and combined with the terrain condi-
tion select Wemer array, each survey line under the condition of Wenner array instrument can collect 552 points,
and each point can get the voltage, current and the resistivity data, five survey lines obtain 2760 points. Each
line near the let bank is set to start electrode 1, the minimum and maximum isolation coefficient are | and 16.
3.3. Inversion Results and Analysis
Putting the data into the computer and calculating the coordinate of each point, then open the software, aftert
inverting the test results are shown in Figure 3, Four representative resistivity horizontal sections are selected.
In the fifth and sixth layer of the shallow depth, two low resistivity zones can be found in the dawnstream slope
‘and in depth of the ninth and tenth layer, we can find that there isa low resistivity area inside the dam, there is a
‘oblique channel speculated that lead tothe downstream slope in the deep interior ofthe dam,
In the direction along the dam axis, the resistivity distribution is shown in Figure 4, After the each survey line
‘with the topography, the actual situation of the resistivity distribution of the dam can be more accurately X Zhang eta
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reflected, We can find low resistivity arca is wide that shows the leakage seriously in deep inside dam in the first
layer resistivity profile. From the inside to the outside, we can find that there ate two low resistivity zones in the
third layer and fourth layer resistivity profile, the two low resistivity zones in the fourth layer resistivity profile
is basically consistent with the leakage area of the downstream slope. It shows that again there is an inclined
‘channel to the downstream slope.
Selecting three resistivity profiles in the direction of the vertical axis as shown in Figure S. Three layers low-
cr left part has a low resistivity zone obviously that indicates a wide range of leakage in the dam, Iti found that
there is a narrow and low resistivity area in the thirty-first layer, but in the thirtieth layer and thirty-second layer
low resistivity area are not continuity, it shows that there is an oblique upward channel Tead to the downstream
slope in the deep interior of the dam.
4, Discussion
‘Two low resistivity zones can be found in the fourth layer of Figure 4, which is consistent with the actual situs
tion, but only one leakage chanel is found in Figure 5. In order to further understand the actual situation of the
internal leakage channel of the dam by processing the images. Putting the inversion of the data into the image
processing software and making into 3D resistivity image as shown in Figure 6, and then using the volume ren-
{dering technology for processing the image, through the data conversion and grid processing establish the rela-
tionship between the data and model, using volume rendering function, by means of adjusting the color until
‘only shows the blue region. the results show that after rotating angle in Figure 7. The blue arca caused by lea-
kkage in Figure 7, the leakage area neat the downstream slope of the let bank is caused by leakage of deep in-
side the dam that there is an oblique upward leakage channel [12], In order to find the cause leakage channel of
leakage areas close to the right bank of the downstream slope, that strengthen the volume rendering by adjusting
the color range and found that near the right bank inside of the dam has a upward leakage channel in Figure 8,
there is @ culvert pipe through the dam combined with dam plan, itis predicted that the culvert pipe took place
leakage phenomenon caused the leakage areas in the downstream slope.
5. Conclusions
1) The 3D electrical resistivity tomography can be used to understand the development of the leakage channel
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‘Figure 7. The processing results of volume rendering.
[Figure 8, Stenghen the procesing results of volume ending.
and the diagnosis effect is good when earth rock-fill dam is leaking.
2) In the analysis of the leakage channel in earth rock-fil dam use of volume rendering image processing, tec-
Ihnology, to further understand the spatial form of the leakage and provide help to find leakage,
3) SD electrical resistivity tomography in the application can provide a wealth of data. The results are inti
tive, easy to explain and the results are valid. 3D electrical resistivity tomography will be more widely used in
the future
Acknowledgements
‘This paper is funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (51279219),
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