rockfill
1rockfill — noun A dams embankment of compacted free draining granular earth, often containing rocks, with an impervious zone …
2earth and rockfill dam — žemių ir akmenų užtvanka statusas Aprobuotas sritis statyba apibrėžtis Iš žemių ir akmenų pastatyta užtvanka, kurios masyvo didesnę dalį sudaro žemės: molis, priemolis, priesmėlis, smėlis. santrumpa( os) ŽAU atitikmenys: angl. earth and rockfill… …
3dam — dam1 /dam/, n., v., dammed, damming. n. 1. a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, esp. one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river. 2. a body of water confined by a dam. 3. any barrier resembling a dam. v.t. 4. to furnish with a …
4Dam — /dam, dahm/, n. (Carl Peter) Henrik /kahrl pee ter hen rik/; Dan. /kahrddl pay teuhrdd hen rddik/, 1895 1976, Danish biochemist: Nobel prize for medicine 1943. * * * I Barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to conserve water for such… …
5Chabrouh Dam — The Chabrouh Dam is a dam in Lebanon, 40 kilometers northeast of Beirut and was inaugurated in 2007. The dam has a height of 63 metres. The reservoir has a capacity of some 8 million cubic meters and is some 1300 metres in length. The dam is… …
6CFRD — ist die Abkürzung von „Concrete face rockfill dam“ (oder: „Concrete faced rockfill dam“) und bedeutet „Steinschüttdamm mit Betonabdeckung“, eine Bauart für Talsperren Absperrbauwerke. Ein CRFD Damm ist ein Steinschüttdamm mit bewehrten… …
7J. Barry Cooke — (* 28. April 1915; † 21. April 2005) war ein US amerikanischer Bauingenieur (Geotechnik), international bekannt als Experte für Steinschüttdämme. Cooke war für den Entwurf von 18 Staudämmen für Wasserkraftwerke verantwortlich und beriet weltweit… …
8Lake Pedder — Infobox lake lake name = Lake Pedder image lake = Lake pedder small.jpg caption lake = Original Lake Pedder, 1970 image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Tasmania coords = coord|42|56|S|146|08|E|region:AU… …
9Mekong River Basin Hydropower — Existing, under construction and planned hydropower dams in the Mekong River Basin. The estimated hydropower potential of the lower Mekong Basin (i.e. excluding China) is 30,000 MW,[1] while that of the upper Mekong Basin is 28,930 MW …
10Shoalhaven Scheme — The Shoalhaven Scheme is a dual purpose water supply and hydro electric power generation scheme in New South Wales. It was built as a joint project between the Electricity Commission of NSW and the NSW Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage… …
