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Books By Bronstein Vadim Izrailovich, Vainberg Alexander Isaakovich, Gaziev Erast Grigorievich, Landau Yuri Alexandrovich - Author

Bronstein Vadim Izrailovich (19.01.1936–07.12.2011) graduated from the Moscow Institute of Water Management in 1959 as a hydraulic engineer. Doctor of Technical Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Water Economics. He was one of the leading experts in the field of arch dam engineering, earthquake resistance of power structures, and control of their reliability and safety. He is known as the chief engineer of the Inguri arch dam design and the head of design work to stabilize the slope of the Zagorsk SPP. From 1962, he worked at JSC the Hydroproject Institute and from 1996 to 2011 as the Deputy Director for Safety and Monitoring of Structures of the CSGOES. He took an active part in the design of Hudoni arch dam in Georgia, the Toktogul HEP in Kirgizstan, the Rogun HEP in Tajikistan, the Kaseb HEP in Tunisia, Kapanda in Angola, and other HEP, SPP, and NPP in Russia and abroad. As a leader and direct executor, he participated in the development of programs for calculating the earthquake resistance of