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rock reinforcement

Energy; Hydro dam

The placement of rock bolts, untensioned rock dowels, prestressed rock anchors, or wire tendons in a rock mass to reinforce and mobilize the rock's natural competency to support itself.

risk analysis

Energy; Hydro dam

A procedure to identify and quantify risks by establishing potential failure modes, providing numerical estimates of the likelihood of an event in a specified time period, and estimating the ...

bedrock motion parameters

Energy; Hydro dam

Numerical values representing vibratory ground motion, such as particle acceleration, velocity, and displacement, frequency content, predominant period, spectral intensity, and a duration that define ...

probable

Energy; Hydro dam

Likely to occur; reasonably expected; realistic.

flood hydrograph

Energy; Hydro dam

A graph showing, for a given point on a stream, the discharge, height, or other characteristic of a flood with respect to time.

active fault

Energy; Hydro dam

A fault which, because of its present tectonic setting, can undergo movement from time to time in the immediate geologic future.

outlet

Energy; Hydro dam

An opening through which water can be freely discharged from a reservoir to the river for a particular purpose.

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