Dam safety

Dam safety

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emergency gate

Energy; Hydro dam

A standby or reserve gate used only when the normal means of water control is not available for use.

filter zone

Energy; Hydro dam

One or more layers of granular material graded (either naturally or by selection) so as to allow seepage through or within the layers while preventing the migration of material from adjacent zones.

gantry crane

Energy; Hydro dam

A fixed or traveling bent-supported crane for handling heavy equipment.

overflow dam

Energy; Hydro dam

A section or portion of a dam designed to be overtopped.

ambursen dam

Energy; Hydro dam

A buttress dam in which the upstream part is a relatively thin flat slab usually made of reinforced concrete.

A phenomenon in which a cohesionless soil loses shear strength during earthquake ground vibrations and acquires a degree of mobility sufficient to permit intermittent movement up to several feet, as ...

thermometers

Energy; Hydro dam

Measures temperature using electrical principles of changing resistance in a copper wire as temperature changes, a semiconductor material that changes its resistance very markedly with temperature, ...