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During the injection of grouting materials into rock, open paths are dilated or closed discontinuities are pressed open once the grouting pressure exceeds the resistance of the rock surrounding the borehole.
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GRT2002 is a still unpublished software established by Ewert to (a) evaluate the data obtained in WPT’s and grouting and (b) to plot their results.
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Ewert, FK., Hungsberg, U. (2018). Hydrofracturing of Latent Discontinuities in Rock and Implications for Successful and Economical Execution of Grouting. In: Rock Grouting at Dam Sites. Professional Practice in Earth Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64036-5_5
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