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Please note: only dams ≥ 15m which have been completed, are under construction, or due to begin RCC placement in the current year are included in the table below.

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NameCountryOwnerPurposeRiverReservoir capacity (m3x106)Construction datesDimensionsVolumeFacingsPlacementCementitious material
StartFinishHeightLengthRCCTotalUpstreamDownstreamSpillwayLayersLiftsCementPozzolan
ProjectRCCRCCProject(m)(m)(m3x103)(m3x103)SlopeTypeSlopeTypeSlopeType(m)(m)(kg/m3)(kg/m3)
Shapai
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ChinaHCaopohe1806/9703/0005/0204/03132230380392V
0.10
(3')0.21(3)crest
0.21
(1)300300108
89
72
89
(F)
Rompepicos en Corral des PalmasMexicoFSanta Catarina100- /0203/03- /03- /04109250380400V(8)V
0.85
(5)
(17)
0.85(12)3003006535(F)

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Please note: only dams ≥ 15m which have been completed, are under construction, or due to begin RCC placement in the current year are included in the list below.

Results are sorted in the following order: Finish of RCC, Start of RCC, Finish of Project, Start of Project, Height and alphabetical by Dam Name.

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Country: China

Owner: -

Type: Thin Arch

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Caopohe

Reservoir capacity: 18 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 06/97

Start of RCC: 06/97

End of RCC: 05/02

End of Project: 04/03

Specifications

Height: 132 metres

Length: 230 metres

Volume of RCC: 380 m3x103

Total volume: 392 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
VerticalRCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)
0.10 
Downstream
SlopeType
0.21RCC against formwork
Spillway
SlopeType
crestTraditional concrete against formwork
0.21 

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
108
89
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
72Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)
89 
Shapai completed
Shapai completed

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Details

Country: Mexico

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Flood Control

River: Santa Catarina

Reservoir capacity: 100 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/02

Start of RCC: -/02

End of RCC: -/03

End of Project: -/04

Specifications

Height: 109 metres

Length: 250 metres

Volume of RCC: 380 m3x103

Total volume: 400 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
VerticalRCC against precast concrete panels with geomembrane
Downstream
SlopeType
VerticalTraditional concrete against precast concrete panels
0.85Unformed face of RCC
Spillway
SlopeType
0.85Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
65
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
35Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)
  
Rompepicos en Corral des Palmas completed
Rompepicos en Corral des Palmas completed

 

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