Dam safety

Dam safety

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peak flow

Energy; Hydro dam

The maximum instantaneous discharge that occurs during a flood. It is coincident with the peak of a flood hydrograph.

spillway chute

Energy; Hydro dam

A steeply sloping spillway channel that conveys discharges at super-critical velocities.

A plot of the maximum values of acceleration, velocity, and/or displacement response of an infinite series of single-degree-of-freedom systems subjected to a time-history of earthquake ground motion. ...

top thickness

Energy; Hydro dam

The thickness or width of a dam at the level of the top of dam (excluding corbels or parapets). In general, the term thickness is used for gravity and arch dams, and width is used for other dams.

double curvature arch dam

Energy; Hydro dam

An arch dam that is curved both vertically and horizontally.

embankment dam

Energy; Hydro dam

Any dam constructed of excavated natural materials, such as both earthfill and rockfill dams, or of industrial waste materials, such as a tailings dam.

seismic moment (MO)

Energy; Hydro dam

A measure of the earthquake size containing information on the rigidity of the elastic medium in the source region, average dislocation, and area of faulting. It determines the amplitude of the ...