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The concrete plug at the base of the Nurek Dam core is a complex structure which will operate under conditions of high pressures and seismicity, and in the presence of corrosive waters.
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The sealing of construction and deformation joints, employing a stainless steel strip, and without using bituminous materials, is unique.
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Under the conditions imposed by the narrow canyon, it is expedient to use the combined concrete-placement system, employing cranes mounted on Type SÉ-3 excavators, and Type MAZ-503 dump trucks tipping directly into the block from the bridging.
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The control/measuring apparatus installed permits comprehensive observations to be made of the behavior of the structure.
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For a description of the Nurek Hydroelectric Station works, see Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel'stvo, Nos. 1 and 5, 1970.
Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel'stvo, No. 1, pp. 20–23, January, 1971.
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Odintsov, A.K., Gladkov, B.F. Construction of the concrete plug at the base of the Nurek dam. Hydrotechnical Construction 5, 31–35 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02379332
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02379332