
2. RCD
Method
The design
of
SNmajigawa
is comparatively simple
since it is a
gateless
orifice-equipped dam. In view of the topog-
raphical
and
geological
conditions of the damsite,
it was difficult to
install
a
mobile cable crane,
and because of the condi-
tion that this was
to be of medium size for a
gmvity
dam, the RCD
(Roller
Compacted Dam-concrete) Method was
adopted for
the first time for dam-body construction in Japan.
This RCD Method consists of altering the conventional
method of
consolidating concrete using intemal vibmto$ to use
general-purpose
construction equipment
for transporting
and
placing
concrete to spread it out in a layer over a
wide area. The method aims for rationalization of construction
through
compaction
of lean-mix, zero-slump conffete
with vibratory rollers.
3. C-onstruction
by RCD method
(1)
Concrete manufactured at
the
batching
plant
using a
forced-mixing type mixer was discharged
into bucket. This
RCD was
of exta-dry consistensy of z€ro slump and
lean mix design and maximum
size of the coarse aggregate is
80mm.
(2)
Concrete discharged into a bucket
(4.5m1)
was hauled underneath a stationary cable crane
(13.51)
installed near the
dam
axis by bunker line and was conveyed to the
dam body by the cableway.
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CROSS
SECTION
(Overflow
Section)
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