Earthquake Forces on the Stability of the Meninting Diversion Tunnel Design Based on Current Seismic Conditions of Lombok Island

Authors

  • Didi Supriadi Agustawijaya Geo-Engineering Research Group, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Mataram, Indonesia
  • Rian Mahendra Taruna Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG), Mataram,, Indonesia
  • Ausa Ramadhan Agustawijaya Department of Geomatics Engineering, ITS, Surabaya,, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17014/ijog.9.1.105-117

Keywords:

Lombok earthquake, Meninting tunnel, seismic parameter, stability, support system

Abstract

DOI:10.17014/ijog.9.1.105-117

A series of earthquakes in 2018 have ruined thousands of buildings, and affected the stability of many infrastructures in Lombok Island. The Meninting dam, located at just a 20 km distance from the epicentre of the 5th August earthquake, is one of the many infrastructures being constructed in the island. Unfortunately, stability problems might arise to the dam, in particular to its diversion-spillway tunnel, since the tunnel was designed by using the Indonesian Standards SNI 1726:2012 for the estimation of earthquake forces into the design. After the earthquake events in 2018, seismic conditions of Lombok Island changed, resulted in changing seismic parameters. Seismic forces might shear off the friable weak volcanic rocks around the tunnel, and then consequently, the residual strength of the rocks had to stand the tunnel construction, so its factor of safety reduced. Thus, the tunnel required some stability improvements by adding more support instalments, including grouting and rock bolting. This is important for the tunnel to face probable similar severe earthquakes in the future.

Author Biographies

Didi Supriadi Agustawijaya, Geo-Engineering Research Group, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Mataram

Professor of Engineering Geology (Civil Egineering)

Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Mataram

Rian Mahendra Taruna, Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG), Mataram,

Researcher

Ausa Ramadhan Agustawijaya, Department of Geomatics Engineering, ITS, Surabaya,

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Published

28-01-2022

How to Cite

Agustawijaya, D. S., Taruna, R. M., & Agustawijaya, A. R. (2022). Earthquake Forces on the Stability of the Meninting Diversion Tunnel Design Based on Current Seismic Conditions of Lombok Island. Indonesian Journal on Geoscience, 9(1), 105–117. https://doi.org/10.17014/ijog.9.1.105-117

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2022)

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