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Design of Pressure Tunnels and Pressure Shafts for Hydropower Plants

Schleiss, Anton  
May 11, 2026

Pressure tunnels and pressure shafts are essential components of storage hydropower schemes. Their design necessitates expertise in hydraulic, structural and geotechnical engineering. Accurately modeling the lining-rock system involves accounting for hydraulic-mechanical interactions. This book presents a thorough examination of the design of pressure tunnels and pressure shafts for internal and external water pressures. It addresses the configuration of waterway systems, alignment selection, and types of linings, including considerations related to trends in pumped storage hydropower development. The book discusses characteristics of pervious linings and their implications for design, offers an overview of design methodologies and criteria, and includes a chapter on rock hydraulics, a subject not frequently covered in detail elsewhere. Analytical methods are provided for designing linings, such as reinforced, non-reinforced, passively prestressed concrete linings, and steel liners. The determination of stresses, deformations, and water losses, if any, considers also potential orthotropic mechanical and hydraulic properties of the rock mass as well as grouted or loosened rock zones. Special attention is given to the first filling of waterway systems being often the critical load case. This is the first comprehensive book in English which covers state-of-the-art design and calculation methods with case studies. It is essential for hydropower and energy project engineers, and graduate students interested in learning more on this topic.

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book/monograph
ISBN

9781003223924

DOI
10.1201/9781003223924
Author(s)
Schleiss, Anton  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Date Issued

2026-05-11

Publisher

CRC Press

Publisher place

London

Total of pages

460

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

EPFL units
PL-LCH  
Available on Infoscience
March 23, 2026
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/261857
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