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An arrangement of devices installed into or near dams that provide for measurements that can be used to evaluate the structural behavior and performance parameters of the structure.
Industry:Energy
A part of the cross section of an embankment dam comprising material of high permeability.
Industry:Energy
A spillway that is designed to provide continuous or frequent regulated or unregulated releases from a reservoir, without significant damage to either the dam or its appurtenant structures. This is also referred to as principal spillway.
Industry:Energy
Un arrangement de dispositifs installés dans ou près des barrages qui prévoient des mesures qui peuvent être utilisés pour évaluer les paramètres structuraux de comportement et les performances de la structure.
Industry:Energy
A massive block of concrete built to withstand a thrust or pull.
Industry:Energy
Any dam constructed mainly of stone, brick, or concrete blocks pointed with mortar. A dam having only a masonry facing should not be referred to as a masonry dam.
Industry:Energy
A subsidiary dam of any type constructed across a saddle or low point on the perimeter of a reservoir.
Industry:Energy
An instrument that uses electrical principles to measure the strain at the location of the strain meter. These inlcude Carlson type and vibrating-wire.
Industry:Energy
The unplanned descent (movement) of a mass of earth or rock down a slope.
Industry:Energy
A basin constructed to dissipate the energy of rapidly flowing water, e.g., from a spillway or outlet, and to protect the riverbed from erosion.
Industry:Energy