Embankment Dams on Permafrost in the USSR.

Abstract

The report documents a study tour of the USSR to determine the current practices in analyzing the thermal regime of embankment dams on permafrost and in application of these practices in designing dams. The results of visits to earth and rockfill dams on permafrost in Siberia are summarized. Discussions with the designers of the dams, and with a construction manager and an operations manager, are recorded. The leading Soviet engineers and scientists specializing in analysis of thermal regime of embankment dams on permafrost were consulted, and the discussions are summarized. Experimental facilities of institutes concerned with this question also were inspected. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA095141

Entities

People

  • Francis H. Sayles
  • Thaddeus C. Johnson

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold Regions
  • Construction
  • Cooling
  • Groundwater
  • Heat Balance
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Fusion
  • Heat Transfer
  • Isotherms
  • Latent Heat
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Testing
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Thermodynamics
  • Two Dimensional
  • Water Supplies

Readers

  • Hydraulic Engineering.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design