Experimental Construction of a Frozen-Type Dam in Yakutiya

• Main Author: Lyskanov,G. A.
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1975
• Subjects: Civil Engineering; *CONSTRUCTION; *DAMS; USSR; SOILS; FREEZING; ICE; COOLING AND VENTILATING EQUIPMENT; TRANSLATIONS; PERMAFROST; Frozen soils; Design; *Earth dams; Opyt; Yakutiya; Yakutsk; Ice; ice core; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA009732; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA009732

Dams presently constructed of permafrost are divided into two basic types: thawed and frozen. Frozen dams exclude filtration. Frozen dams are created by means of a special artificial cooling system or are made in the course of constructing the cores by laminar freezing. The formation of an ice core...