Comprehensive assessment of the Cahora Bassa dam's concrete swelling process

Cahora Bassa dam is a 170 m high arch dam, of the double curvature type, built in the 1970s on the Zambezi River, in Mozambique. The dam’s concrete is affected by a moderate swelling process, due to alkali-aggregate reactions (AAR) of the alkali-silica (ASR) type, identified in the eighties of the l...

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Main Author: Batista, A. L. (author)
Other Authors: Carvalho, E. (author), Tembe I. M. (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://repositorio.lnec.pt:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/1008351
Country:Portugal
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