W artykule przedstawiono wyniki badań laboratoryjnych drobnoziarnistych odpadów wydobywczych wzmocnionych cementem. Badania wykonano w celu sprawdzenia ich przydatności do modernizacji istniejących obwałowań przeciwpowodziowych rzeki Wisły na km 87+600 – 103+000. Zaproponowano modernizację wału przez podwyższenie, za pomocą mieszanki odpadów wydobywczych i cementu portlandzkiego. Dla zaproponowanej konstrukcji przedstawiono wyniki obliczeń numerycznych współczynnika stateczności w programie MIDAS GTS N X dla podstawowego układu obciążeń oraz wyjątkowego układu obciążeń. Modelowano również sposób przepływu wody w korpusie wału podczas fali wezbraniowej o prawdopodobieństwie wystąpienia 0,1%. Do badań wykorzystano odpad wydobywczy o uziarnieniu od 0 do 2,0 mm z Zakładu Górniczego Sobieski we wschodniej części Górnośląskiego Zagłębia Węglowego. O dpad ten powstaje w wyniku przeróbki węgla. W pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań laboratoryjnych przeprowadzonych w L aboratorium Katedry Współdziałania Budowli z Podłożem Politechniki Krakowskiej. Wyznaczono właściwości fizyczne i mechaniczne odpadów pobranych z hałdy oraz tych samych odpadów wzmocnionych spoiwem cementowym. Wzmocnienie odpadów wydobywczych zastosowanych w modernizacji wału przeciwpowodziowego miało na celu zmniejszenie degradacji materiału pod wpływem warunków atmosferycznych oraz czynników mechanicznych.

Investments in made ground are a big problem. The present investigation concerns ground derived from limestone treatment waste from SOLVAY soda plants. This waste is deposited in the southern area of Krakow in a reservoir called ‘White Seas’ in an area of approximately 15 ha. Currently, part of the route and tram investment, ‘The Łagiewniki Route’ Currently through the ‘White Seas’ area. The article presents an analysis of a section of this route by a high and steep slope made from made ground. The first stage of the in-situ measurements was to scan the shape of the high slope with the RIEGL VZ-400 terrestrial laser scanner. It was necessary to obtain the shape of the slope for numerical modelling using the FEM method. The point cloud perfectly reflected the shape of the slope with an accuracy of 5 mm. Soil samples (limestone waste) were also collected in the area of the slope for laboratory tests. In order to determine the effective strength parameters of the made ground of the embankment, a series of tests was carried out using triaxial compression apparatus. All triaxial tests were performed in accordance with British Standard 1337 Part 8. Modelling was performed using an FEM finite element method in MIDAS. The analyses also included the variant of irrigation of made ground. The conducted research shows that the high and steep slope made from calcareous waste indicates stability. The irrigated land did not make the high escarpment unstable.

The road tunnel in Laliki was excavated in highly heterogeneous, severely tectonically damaged and mainly very weak rocks of the Western Carpathians flysch. In particular, the conditions were characterized by a high percentage of very weak laminated shale and weathered rock mass, an unfavorable and very steep slope of the rock layers and unstable hydrological conditions with outflows of water in loosened tectonic zones. That structure and properties of the rock mass highly uncertain. This paper describes the influence of geological engineering and geotechnical conditions on the primary lining of a main road tunnel. The deformation of the primary lining was analyzed in terms of the percentage share of sandstones and shale, geomechanical classifications RMR (Bieniawski 1989) and QTS (Tesar 1979), types of the primary lining and the use of rock bolts and micropiles. The analysis was preceded by characterization of geological engineering conditions and technological characterization of applied primary linings. Displacements of the primary lining, greater than acceptable, occurred several times in a top heading during tunneling. The primary lining was reinforced by additional rock bolts and wire mesh, a thicker layer of shotcrete and micropiles if deformation reached the emergency state for some types of linings and they didn't indicate any tendency for stabilization. The reinforcement was used until the deformation stabilization was achieved. In the most difficult conditions, the lining was reinforced by a longer micropile umbrella. Parameters for the primary lining were selected on the basis of ongoing geological engineering and geotechnical measurements, in accordance with NATM's principles. The rock mass around the tunnel in Laliki is an example of weak carrying capacity. The observed displacements in the rock mass indicate that the disturbed zone around the tunnel was heavily developed. The primary lining used in such conditions must bear a relatively high load capacity from overlying loosened material and therefore the lack of interaction with the surrounding rock mass should be assumed. The data obtained indicate that the use of the primary lining in the highly variable conditions in the Carpathian flysch requires accurate geological engineering and geotechnical analysis during the day-to-day process of tunneling in order to verify the projected assumptions. The primary linings should be reinforced as needed based on the results of geotechnical measurements, monitoring the interaction between the rock mass and the system of lining.