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The bed of the sayano-shushenskaya hpp: structure, properties, and condition

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The geologic-engineering status of the bed of the Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP is evaluated. Mechanical and filtration characteristics of the bed, and also measures taken for its preparation and “therapy” are cited.

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Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel’stvo, No. 7, July 2010, pp. 8 – 13.

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Voronkov, O.K. The bed of the sayano-shushenskaya hpp: structure, properties, and condition. Power Technol Eng 44, 342–347 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10749-011-0187-7

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