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Document ID (ISN)23759
CIS number 75-1594
ISSN - Serial title 0010-244X - Cahiers des Comités de prévention du bâtiment et des travaux publics
Year 1974
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Poirel J.
Title Ventilation of underground excavations
Original title Ventilation des ouvrages souterrains. [in French]
Bibliographic information Jan.-Feb. 1974, No.1, p.4-14. Illus.
Abstract This article enumerates some of the principles applying to the ventilation of large undergound excavations, and gives an example of the application of these principles during the preparatory work for the construction of an underground hydroelectric power station; general features of the site; how the work progressed; installation of a ventilation system and subsequent modifications as the project progressed.
Descriptors (primary) hydroelectric power stations; civil engineering; ventilation; underground work
Descriptors (secondary) ventilation design; tunnelling
Document type -
Subject(s) Heating, ventilation and climate
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Power generation and distribution
Ventilation
Construction industry and civil engineering