General Information
| Name in local language: | سد ﺳﻔﻴﺪ ﺭﻭﺩ (sad-e Sefid Roud) |
|---|---|
| Other name(s): | Shahbanu Farah Dam; Manjil Dam |
| Beginning of works: | 1956 |
| Completion: | 1962 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Gravity dam |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Hydroelectric dam / plant |
| Material: |
Concrete dam |
Location
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 105 m | |
| crest length | 425 m | |
| crest thickness | 8 m |
Materials
| dam structure |
concrete
|
|---|
Chronology
| June 1990 | An earthquake of a magnitude of 7.3 (Richter) hits the area of the dam. The dam suffers extensive cracking in several locations in the area 18 m underneath the dam crest. |
|---|---|
|
4 March 1991
— 4 July 1991 |
Dam is strengthened using rock anchors. |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
Sefidrud Dam (originally named Shahbanu Farah Dam and also known as the Manjil Dam) is a buttress dam on the Sefīd-Rūd in the Alborz mountain range, located near Manjil in Gilan Province, northern Iran.
It was constructed to store water for irrigation and produce hydroelectric power. The power station has an installed capacity of 87 MW. It is 106 m (348 ft) tall and forms a reservoir with a capacity of 1.82 km³ (1,475,498 acre⋅ft). Its structure contains 26 monoliths.
The Tarik Dam is located 35 km (22 mi) downstream and diverts releases from the Sefidrud Dam for irrigation.
The extremely destructive 1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake occurred near the dam and caused portions of its concrete to crack. Repairs and mitigation efforts were undertaken in 1991.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Sefidrud Dam" and modified on 23 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1965): La construction du barrage de Menjil sur le Sefid-Roud (Iran). In: Travaux, n. 361 (January 1965), pp. 1.
- (2008): Experimental seismic investigation of Sefid-rud concrete buttress dam model on shaking table. In: Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, v. 37, n. 5 (25 April 2008), pp. 809-823.
- (1958): Iran - Le barrage de Menjil sur le Sefid Roud. In: Travaux, n. 286 (August 1958), pp. 783.
- (1991): Rehabilitation Works of the Sefid Rud Dam. In: VSL News, v. 2, n. 2 ( 1991), pp. 13.
- (2017): Seismic hazard analysis using simulated ground-motion time histories: The case of the Sefidrud dam, Iran. In: Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, v. 99 (August 2017), pp. 20-34.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20004058 - Published on:
01/07/2002 - Last updated on:
03/01/2018
