Bronstein Vadim Izrailovich - Concrete Gravity and Arch Dams on Rock Foundation

Bronstein Vadim Izrailovich,
Vainberg Alexander Isaakovich,
Gaziev Erast Grigorievich,
Landau Yuri Alexandrovich, and
Mgalobelov Yuri Borisovich

Edited by
Landau Yuri Alexandrovich and
Mgalobelov Yuri Borisovich

Translated by Mgalobelov Ju.B.

Cover image: The Inguri Dam, Georgia (Shutterstock)

First published in Russian as:

, published in Russian: M.: 2019. 628 p

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Names: Bronstein, Vadim Izrailovich, 1936-2011, editor.

Title: Concrete, gravity and arch dams on rock foundation / edited by Vadim Izrailovich Bronstein, Alexander Isaakovich Vainberg, Erast Grigorievich Gaziev, Yuri Alexandrovich Landau, Yuri Borisovich Mgalobelov.

Other titles: 880-01 Betonnye gravitatsionnye i arochnye plotiny na skalnom osnovanii. English

Description: Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: LCSH: Concrete dams.

Classification: LCC TC547 .B44813 2021 (print) | LCC TC547 (ebook) | DDC 627/.82dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020045159

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020045160

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ISBN: 978-0-367-60831-6 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-0-367-74237-9 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-1-003-15671-0 (ebk)

DOI: 10.1201/b22629

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/b22629

This book was published following the results of the contest The Best Edition on Hydropower, conducted by the Hydropower of Russia Association in 2019.

Bronstein Vadim Izrailovich(19.01.193607.12.2011) graduated from the Moscow Institute of Water Management in 1959 as a hydraulic engineer. He was Doctor of Technical Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Water Economics. He was one of the leading experts in the field of arch dam engineering, earthquake resistance of power structures, and control of their reliability and safety. He is known as the chief engineer of the Inguri arch dam design and the head of design work to stabilize the slope of the Zagorsk SPP . From 1962, he worked at JSC Hydroproject Institute and from 1996 to 2011 as the Deputy Director for Safety and Monitoring of Structures of the CSGOES . He took an active part in the design of Hudoni arch dam in Georgia, the Toktogul HEP in Kyrgyzstan, the Rogun HEP in Tajikistan, the Kaseb HEP in Tunisia, Kapanda in Angola, and other HEP , SPP , and NPP in Russia and abroad.