Project's Description

For this interesting project we are asked to design a sliding truss steel formwork that will be used for concreting a 30cm thick protective reinforced concrete slab; the latter will cover the upstream side of a 36m embankment dam, with a 1:0.8 (height:width) inclination. The first design task is to obtain the hydrostatic pressure distribution; this pressure is counterbalanced by the selfweight of the precast concrete working level slab. The 10m long truss slides along 2 steel ][ section tracks which are temporarily fixed into the embankment, via 30cm cement spacers. The movement is accomplished via a remote control operated hydraulic system, located in the middle of the structure.

Project's Details

• Client: Omiros S.A.
• Construction: P&C Development S.A.
• Design stages: All design stages
• Budget (Structural): 40,000€
• Design period: 04/2010 – 07/2010
• Project State: Completed