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Mechanical action that increases the density by reducing the voids in a material.
Industry:Energy
A line of vertical wells or boreholes to facilitate drainage of the foundation and abutments and to reduce water pressure.
Industry:Energy
An earth dam constructed of materials, often dredged, which are conveyed and placed by suspension in flowing water.
Industry:Energy
The location or facility where responsible officials gather during an emergency to direct and coordinate emergency operations, to communicate with other jurisdictions and with field emergency forces, and to formulate protective action decisions and recommendations during an emergency.
Industry:Energy
Any secondary spillway that is designed to be operated infrequently, possibly in anticipation of some degree of structural damage or erosion to the spillway that would occur during operation.
Industry:Energy
An analysis in which the relative importance of one or more of the variables thought to have an influence on the phenomenon under consideration is determined.
Industry:Energy
Inclination from the horizontal. Sometimes referred to as batter when measured from vertical.
Industry:Energy
The vertical plane or curved surface, chosen by a designer, appearing as a line, in plan or in cross-section, to which the horizontal dimensions of the dam are referenced.
Industry:Energy
One or more zones, usually thin, in the foundation into which grout is injected to reduce seepage under or around a dam.
Industry:Energy
Monitors the difference in elevation between the sensor unit and its reservoir. These instrumentations incude pneumatic and vibrating-wire.
Industry:Energy
