Earthquake resistance of the Nurek dam

Journal Article · Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985 · Hydrotech. Constr.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6140148

Lyatkher, V M; Ivashchenko, I N; Li, A T

The 300-m-high Nurek dam was designed and constructed with compressed, economical profile with a steepness of the upstream slope of 1:2.25. Modern earth dams in seismically active regions are often designed with flatter upstream slopes. Longterm investigation into the design and construction of the Nurek dam have made possible considerable progress in solving the problem of increasing the reliability and earthquake resistance of high earth dams being built in regions with high seismicity. The Nurek dam was constructed with a high earthquake resistance in conformity with standards. The technical decision on reinforcing earth dams by means of structural methods of the antiseismic collar type, accomplished at the Nurek dam, is reliable, cost effective and promising. The authors conclude that it is expedient to continue the development and investigation of such measures and to broaden the sphere of their use.

• OSTI ID: 6140148
• Journal Information: Hydrotech. Constr.; (United States), Vol. 18:12; Other Information: Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel'stvo, No. 12, pp. 14-20, December, 1984
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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