Asphalt Concrete Cores for Embankment Dams / Noyaux de Béton Bitumineux Pour les Barrages en Remblai

Auteur

The Commission Internationale des Grands Barrages (CIGB) / International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) is a non-governmental International Organization which provides a forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience in dam engineering.

The Organization leads the profession in ensuring that dams are built safely, efficiently, economically, and without detrimental effects on the environment. Its original aim was to encourage advances in the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of large dams and their associated civil works, by collecting and disseminating relevant information and by studying related technical questions.
Since the late sixties, focus was put on subjects of current concern such as dam safety, monitoring of performance, reanalysis of older dams and spillways, effects of ageing and environmental impact. More recently, new subjects include cost studies at the planning and construction stages, harnessing international rivers, information for the public at large, and financing.

Texte du rabat

Approximately 5000 years ago, a small dam was built in the Indus river valley, using asphalt as a mortar between stones. That was one of the first utilization of asphalt as an impervious material. However, the first "modern" asphalt concrete core dam, mechanically placed and compacted, was built in Germany in 1962.

Contenu

1. FOREWORD
2. INTRODUCTION
3. CHARACTERISTICS OF ASPHALT CONCRETE CORES
4. DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND REQUIREMENTS
5. CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND GUIDELINES

6. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF AC CORES
   APPENDICES
   REFERENCES

7. PRÉFACE
8. INTRODUCTION
9. CARACTÉRISTIQUES DES NOYAUX DE BÉTON BITUMINEUX
10. PRINCIPES ET EXIGENCES DE CONCEPTION
11. MÉTHODES DE CONSTRUCTION ET LIGNES DIRECTRICES
12. DEVIS TECHNIQUE POUR LA CONSTRUCTION DE NOYAU EN BÉTON BITUMINEUX
13. CONTRÔLE DE LA QUALITÉ PENDANT LA CONSTRUCTION
14. CONTRÔLE DES BARRAGES EN OPÉRATION
    ANNEXES
    RÉFÉRENCES