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There are many gravity dams constructed of compacted earth. High dams are generally concrete. All dams require a spillway to be safe. The spillway must be armored.
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What are the merits of dams?
Building a dam helps by blocking out water. Like in Canada Manitoba, the river there always floods, then overflows the city. So this summer they tried building a dam. In return, their city didn't flood, so that's the benefits of a dam. flood control irrigation generating hydroelectric power
What are mass structures?
a mass structure is a pile of the same or similar materials such as a dam, a snowpile, pile of leaves, etc. a chair is a frame structure
What famous dam in the US starts with an h?
Hoover Dam
What is dam?
A dam is a big wall to stop water getting through to certain places. It is also used to irrigate water, and some dams, to make hydroelectricity. Hydroelectricity is electricity that comes from water. It is a environment friendly way of getting energy or power. Dams are, of coarse, found mostly on rivers though always on water of some kind. Some are huge and some are smaller. For example, on the Euphrates River, the Ataturk dam, it very big and is used for quite a few things. It is found in Southeastern Turkey and is the 5th biggest dam in the world.
How much concrete in Hoover Dam?
The Hoover dam weighs 6,600,000 tons. It took 3,250,000 cubic yards of concrete to build the dam itself
What is the process of creating a dam?
The process for creating a dam depends on the kind of dam, like a wooden or concrete one. For concrete dams, the main materials are concrete and steel reinforcements. The basic and most commonly used shapes to build dams include the buttress dam, the arch dam, the arch-gravity dam, and the multiple-arch dam.
What are the causes of failure of a gravity dam?
over turningslidingcrushingtensionthese are the failures of gravity dam
What kind of dam is Hoover Dam?
It is an arch-gravity dam.
What were the materials used to build the itaipu dam?
concrete, probably with steel reinforcing
What are the materials used construction of krs dam?
rock and sand with egg to join the rock
Which is an advantage of building a dam?
Building a dam results in a body of water behind the dam and an area of dry land in front of the dam. The body of water behind the dam can be seeded with fish for sports or a food source (pisciculture). The water can be used as a reservoir for drinking water or as an entertainment area. The dry area in front of the dam can be used for living space and agriculture. The dam itself can be constructed, as many dams are, to use the stored energy in the water to generate electricity.
World largest gravity dam is located?
Three Gorges dam in China
How much does the Buffalo Bill Dam weigh?
There isn't an exact wight given for the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming. It is a concrete arch-gravity dam and was built with a volume of 82,900 cubic yards (63,400 m3) of concrete. The total volume of dam construction materials is 87,515.00 cu yd (does not include spillway structure).
What geographical features are needed when building a hydroelectric dam?
what geogaphical features are needed when building a hydroelectric dam
What is using of plain concrete?
it is used in construction of massive gravity dam, heavy foundation, prefabricated concrete units
What is a masonry dam?
masonry dam is usually built by masonry that is basically stones,bricks and cement and in which the force that holds the dam in place against the push from the water is earth's gravity pulling down the mass of the dam
What is the main energy source for a hydroelectric dam?
Gravity
