Gunung Tempurung, Ipoh Ground Anchor Testing and Monitoring

After the slope failure at Hill 10, testing and monitoring were proposed for Hill 8, 9 and 11 at Gunung Tempurung. The aim is to constant monitored the stress performance of the ground anchor at service.

The objectives of the testing and monitoring excercise were:

1. to determine the lift off load of the anchors.
2. to re-stress the anchors to the original lock off load.
3. to determine the long term stress loss.

The various types of test carried out were:

1. Lift off test
2. Modified Acceptance test
3. Extended Modified Acceptance test
4. Long term load monitoring using load cells