Dam of the Kolyma Hydroelectric Power Plant (Plotina Kolymskoi Ges)

• Main Authors: Petrov,V G, Losev,E D
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1976
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Civil Engineering; *DAMS; USSR; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COLD REGIONS; ROCK; CONSTRUCTION; ICE; TRANSLATIONS; FOUNDATIONS(STRUCTURES); ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; SEALED SYSTEMS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; INTERNAL FRICTION; FILLERS; SIBERIA; HYDROELECTRICITY; PERMAFROST; *Rockfill dams; *Cold weather construction; Design; Kolyma; Plotina; Ice; permafrost; Siberia
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA034211; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA034211

This report discusses the variety of problems and conditions which complicated the planning and construction of the Kolyma Hydroelectric power plant. This report was written before actual construction began. (Author) Trans. of Vsesoinznyi Proektno-izyskatel'skii Nauchno-issledovatel'skii Institut 'Gidroproekt'. Trudy Gidroproekta (USSR) n34 p78-87 1973.