Cast bituminous-concrete diaphragms in earthen dams

Abstract

Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel 'stvo, No. 9, September 2011, pp. 47 -54. The B. E. Vedeneev All-Russian Scientific-Research Institute of Hydraulic Engineering (VNIIG im. B. E. Vedeneeva) has developed and carried out scientific-technical accompaniment for the construction of cast bituminous-concrete diaphragms of earthen dams. Experience gained with analysis of their stress-strain state is cited. Prospects for use of cast bituminous-concrete diaphragms are indicated for the rock-fill dam at the Kankunsk HPP and earthen dams of Siberia, the Far East, and the Extreme North.