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(2371) Rockfill dam
A dam composed of loose rock material usually dumped in place, often with the upstream portion being constructed of hand placed, or derrick placed rock and faced with rolled earth or with an impervious surface of concrete, timber or steel.
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Dictionary - Dams and Reservoirs Terms
- Fault dam spring
- Groundwater dam
- Retention dams
- Quondam
- Detention dam
- Diversion dam
- Sudd, or Sadd (Arabic : barrier or dam)
- Basket dam
- Sausage dam
- Crib, Crib dam, Pigsty work, Pigstying
- Sill dam
- Closed weir, Overflow diversion dam, Fixed crest weir, Blind weir, or Ungated weir
- Open weir, or Open diversion dam
- Fixed buttress weir, Ambursen dam or Ambursen weir
- Dam
- Check dam
- Masonry dam
- Masonry-cum-earth dam
- Framed dam
- Timber dam
- Steel dam
- Gravity dam, Solid gravity dam, Curved gravity dam, or Gravity arch dam
- Straight gravity dam
- Buttress dam
- Flat slab buttress dam, Flat deck dam, Deck dam, Slab and buttress dam, ,Fixed slab buttress dam, Fixed deck dam, Free deck dam, or Cantilever buttress dam
- Truss buttress dam
- Columnar buttress dam
- Multiple arch-buttress dam
- Deckless buttress dam, Massive head buttress dam
- Multiple dome buttress dam
- Cupola dam
- Hollow dam
- Conoidal dam
- Prestressed dam
- Arch dam, Arched dam, or Massive arch dam
- Constant radius arch dam, Constant centre arch dam, or Constant centre dam
- Constant angle arch dam
- Variable radius arch dam, or Variable centre dam
- Arch dam in series
- Earth dam, or Embankment dam
- Hydraulic fill dams
- Semi-hydraulic fill dam
- Rolled-fill dam, or Rolled-earthfill dam
- Homogeneous earth dam
- Modified homogeneous earth dam
- Composite earth dam, Multiple-zoned earth dam, or Zoned earth dam
- Rockfill dam
- Core-wall type rockfill dam
- Composite type rockfill dam, or Earth-and-rockfill dam
- Coffer dam
- Overflow dam, or Overfall dam
- Non-overflow dam
- Solid dam, or Blind dam
- Sluice dam
- Limpet dam, or Leech dam
- Length of dam, or Crest length
- Structural height of dam, or Maximum height of dam
- Volume (dam)
- Dam axis, Axis of dam, or Axis
- Top of the dam, or Crest level of the dam
- Central angle of arch dam
- Trial load twist method (for gravity dams)
- Unit column method (for buttress dam)
- Groyne head distributor, or Groyne dam distributor
- Temporary check dam, or Bag check
- Average annual damage, Expected annual damage, or Mathematical expectation value of damages
- Stage-damage curve
- Synthetic depth/damage data
- Bituminous macadam
- Land coffer dam
- Water coffer dam
- Earth (dike)-coffer dam, or Earthfill coffer dam
- Single-wall coffer dam
- Rockfill coffer dam, or Rock dike coffer dam
- Rock-filled double-wall coffer dam
- Rock-filled crib coffer dam
- Double-wall coffer dam
- Double-wall wood coffer dam, or Double-wall timber sheeted coffer dam
- Ohio (river)-type coffer dam
- Double-wall pile sheeting coffer dam
- Cellular coffer dam
- Diaphragm cellular coffer dam
- Circular cellular coffer dam
- Shot drill, Adamantine drill, Shot drilling, Adamantine drilling
- Pressure regulating reservoirs
- Wire dam, or Wire-wrapped dam
- Soil-saving dam
- Filter dam
- Dam break analysis
- Estuary dam
- Liquidated damages
