Cuchillo Negro
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Cuchillo Negro completed
Particulars
Owner: unknown
Designer: USACE, Albuquerque
Contractor: PCL Civil Constructors, Tempe, AZ
Statistics
Type: Gravity
Purpose(s): Flood Control
Reservoir capacity: unknown
Height: 50 metres
Length: 186 metres
Volume of RCC: 75 m3x103
Total volume: 82 m3x103
Construction Dates
Start of Project: 10/89 (October 1989)
Start of RCC: 03/90 (March 1990)
End of RCC: 05/91 (May 1991)
End of Project: 07/91 (July 1991)
Country: USA
River: Cuchillo Negro
DMS Co-ordinates: 33˚13'7.97"N, 107˚18'59.48"W
DD Co-ordinates: 33.21888, -107.316521
Facings
Upstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| Vertical | RCC against precast concrete panels |
Downstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.90 | Unformed face of RCC |
Spillway
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| separate |
Placement
| Layers (mm) | Lifts (mm) |
|---|---|
| 300 | 300 |
Cementitious material
| Cement (kg/m3) |
|---|
| 77 |
| Pozzolan (kg/m3) | Pozzolan Type |
|---|---|
| 59 | Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F) |
