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2003-06-13 East Asia

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Posted by Steve 2003-06-13 01:39 pm|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I wonder if, in a good Stalinesque way, the Reds wouldn't force the design team, contractors, and other senior members of the construction team along with their families to relocate downstream of the dam during--and for some time after--construction. If I were dictator in the classic spirit of Uncle Joe, I'd do it (along with mandating everyone call me "O Illustrious One").

Posted by Dar 2003-06-13 14:15:17|| 2003-06-13 14:15:17|| Front Page Top

#2 For those Engineers out there - 50% replacement with Flyash is extreme. Caltrans specs (90-4 Admixtures) allow up to 15% max replacement of cementitious materials with flyash..... usually such a large substitution is due more to cutting costs (pocketing the difference) than trying to reduce the heat of hydration, since flyash is a cheap byproduct of blast furnace operations ... Can anyone say "massive corruption"?

Posted by Frank G 2003-06-13 14:27:31|| 2003-06-13 14:27:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Frank---It sounds like the basic engineering may be good. It is not everyone that designs huge dams. It is like tramways, only a couple of them around make and design them (and they are Swiss). But messing with the concrete mix design is scary. Hell, I don't even live there and I worry.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-06-13 15:54:28|| 2003-06-13 15:54:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Frank G: That's what I was going to say. It may set cooler, but it's going to be a hell of a lot weaker. I wonder if there is more information available so we could compute a strength: sacks of cement per cu yd, agregates used, water per cu yd. Cracks plus crappy concrete equals...

Posted by 11A5S 2003-06-13 15:56:57|| 2003-06-13 15:56:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Get Kim Jong Il up there pronto! He'll fix it! He can do everything!

Posted by tu3031 2003-06-13 16:28:00|| 2003-06-13 16:28:00|| Front Page Top

#6 You're right! Juche solves everything. If that won't do it, maybe they can stuff some grass in the cracks.

Posted by Mike N. 2003-06-13 16:53:55|| 2003-06-13 16:53:55|| Front Page Top

#7 Expect the People's Republic of China to corner the market on super-glue in the next few days...

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-06-13 18:14:41|| 2003-06-13 18:14:41|| Front Page Top

#8 How long is it supposed to take to fill the thing to capacity?

Posted by Laurence of the Rats 2003-06-13 18:41:11|| 2003-06-13 18:41:11|| Front Page Top

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