Dam safety

Dam safety

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consequences

Energy; Hydro dam

Potential loss of life or property damage downstream of a dam caused by floodwaters released at the dam or by waters released by partial or complete failure of dam. Also effects of landslides ...

joint meters

Energy; Hydro dam

An embedded instrument that uses electrical principles to measure movement across a joint or crack. These can be Carlson type and vibrating-wire.

rock-fill dam

Energy; Hydro dam

An embankment dam in which more than 50% of the total volume is comprised of compacted or dumped cobbles, boulders, rock fragments, or quarried rock generally larger than 3-inch size.

sluice gate

Energy; Hydro dam

A gate that can be opened or closed by sliding in supporting guides.

breach hydrograph

Energy; Hydro dam

A flood hydrograph resulting from a dam breach.

probable maximum (PMF)

Energy; Hydro dam

The flood that may be expected from the most severe combination of critical meteorologic and hydrologic conditions that are reasonably possible in the drainage basin under study.