BIBLIOGRAPHY

A . V . B e l o v , P . I. V a s e l ' e v , A. I. Gromov,

Y u . S. V a s e i l ' e v ,

D. O. Gindus, G. A. Pretro,

E. D. Kadomskii,

B. N. Mikhalev,

D . M. T a r t o v s k i i ,

I. S. S h e i n i n g , a n d D . S. S h e h a v e l e v POWER PLANTS. DESIGN AND CALCULATION* a n d V . S. E r i s t o v

BUILDINGS OF WATER Reviewed

by F. F. Gubkin, A, A. Belyakov,

The monograph being reviewed is a continuation of the earlier published book of the team of authors "Utilization of Water Power" and is intended for water-power and hydraulic engineers, as well as for students of these specialties. Chapter I examines the basic types of powerhouses, the areas of their use with respect to heads and the types of turbines characteristic of them. The shapes of the draft tubes being used and a hydraulic calculation of the spiral casings were presented in the monograph "Utilization of Water Power," and therefore in this are only problerns of the effect of the draft tube and spiral casing on the layout of the power plant. The recommendations on the best dimensions of individual elements of the underwater part and superstructure of the powerhouse are based 9 primarily on the experience of Soviet hydroelectric developments. Chapter II is devoted to the layout of the powerhouse. An analysis is given of the main factors influencing design and layout of run-of-river, storage, and diversion-canal plants with reference to specific examples. Chapter III brieflyexamines special types of plants (pier-head, unit, spillway, built-in, and underground). Chapter IV is devoted to pumped-storage and tidal power plants. The main types of pumped--storage plants, characteristics of their equipment and trends in its improvement and the basic parameters of foreign high-capacity storage plants are examined. Tidal power plants are covered relatively briefly, mainly for the example of the Rance River tidal station. The term "pumped-storage power plants" used in the book is not as good as the usually employed term "water-storage power stations. ~ The first part of the book is completed with Chapter V devoted to a brief examination of the electrical part of hydroelectric plants, and gives the characteristics of transmission lines, the size and weight of transformers, electrical circuitry, personnel needs, and secondary devices. Chapter VI examines more thoroughly the basic problems of designing powerhouses. The horizontal and vertical layouts of the plants are examined, approximate data on the dimensions of the powerhouse block are given, the problem of selecting the elevation of the turbines is looked into, and a diagram of the height of individual elements of the underwater part of the powerhouse is presented. A separate section is devoted to foundations and the underground contour of the powerhouse. Chapter VII is devoted to calculations of the shear resistance of the powerhouse, determination of stresses along the foundations, and the determination of settlements of the powerhouse. General data are given on the first two problems; the problem of vertical stabilized and unstabilized settlements is presented in greater detail Comparatively little is said about horizontal displacements of the powerhouse. Calculations of the strength of the powerhouse are given in Chapter VIII, and in Chapter IX are basic recommendations on the calculation of reinforced-concrete structures used as the intake of run-of-river plants, spiral casing, support cone of the turbine, and draft tube. A calculation is given for thin-walled reinforced-concrete spiral casings of T-section for low-head plants and a calculation of reinforced-concrete spiral casings of circular section by Prof. A. V. Belov's method for large high-head hydroplants. Problems related to a calculation of the plant superstructure are presented in a separate section. 9 Edited by D. S. Shchelev, "Energiya," 1967.

Translated from GidrotekhnicheskoeStroitel'stv9, No. 12, p. 45, December, 1967.

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