Abstract:Results of inspections of a concrete dam are presented.The massive-buttress dam retaining the Kirovsk Reservoir on the Talas River (Kyrgyzstan) was built in 1975 in accordance with a design developed by the "Kirgizgiprovodkhoz" Institute [1]. The dam is 84 m high, and has a crest length of 260 m, concrete volume of 310,000 m 3 , and a triangular profile with the thrust and downstream faces sloped at 0.45. The lower portion of the downstream face is at a greater incline (m = 0.70). The dam is divided by expansi… Show more
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