Dam safety

Dam safety

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toe drain

Energy; Hydro dam

A system of pipe and/or pervious material along the downstream toe of a dam used to collect seepage from the foundation and embankment and convey it to a free outlet.

piping

Energy; Hydro dam

The progressive development of internal erosion by seepage.

saddle dam

Energy; Hydro dam

A subsidiary dam of any type constructed across a saddle or low point on the perimeter of a reservoir.

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, ...