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Hydro-Québec operates 63 hydroelectric power plants and owns 668 dams, as well as 98 control structures. In order to ensure their safety and proper operation, Hydro-Québec's Research Institute (IREQ) develops robotic technologies that can perform diagnosis and intervention tasks underwater. Over the last 20 years, several generations of underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) have been developed...
Hydroelectric power dams are composed of intake and outtake structures made of concrete in which steel components are embedded. These components, for reasons briefly presented in this paper, tend to exhibit considerable wear and deformation with time. Rehabilitation of these embedded components, by rectification using machining techniques, can in some cases be the best approach. This work is traditionally...
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