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NameCountryOwnerPurposeRiverReservoir capacity (m3x106)Construction datesDimensionsVolumeFacingsPlacementCementitious material
StartFinishHeightLengthRCCTotalUpstreamDownstreamSpillwayLayersLiftsCementPozzolan
ProjectRCCRCCProject(m)(m)(m3x103)(m3x103)SlopeTypeSlopeTypeSlopeType(m)(m)(kg/m3)(kg/m3)
BraamhoekSouth AfricaHBraamhoekspruit2704/0806/0906/1002/11373309098V(3')0.67(3')*0.67(3')*30012007095(F)

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Details

Country: South Africa

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Braamhoekspruit

Reservoir capacity: 27 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 04/08

Start of RCC: 04/08

End of RCC: 06/10

End of Project: 02/11

Specifications

Height: 37 metres

Length: 330 metres

Volume of RCC: 90 m3x103

Total volume: 98 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
VerticalRCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)
Downstream
SlopeType
0.67RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)  [stepped face]
Spillway
SlopeType
0.67RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)  [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
3001200

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
70
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
95Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)
  
Braamhoek completed
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