Types of Dams

TYPES OF DAMS

Dhrubajyoti SenDepartment of Civil EngineeringIndian Institute of Technology,

Kharagpur

TYPES OF DAMS

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Typical types of dams

CONCRETE GRAVITY DAMS

Concrete gravity dam

Burrinjuck Dam

CONCRETE ARCH DAMS

Carcoar Dam

Shasta Dam

Hoover Dam

Tumut Pond Dam

Idukki - Kerala

Idukki - Cheruthoni - Kerala

Buttress Dam

Daniel-Johnson dam

Unknown

Almendra Arch Dam

Typical Sections of Buttress dams

Typical Sections

EARTH EMBANKMENT DAM

Eucumbene Dam

Sketches from Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

ROCKFILL DAM

Glennies Creek Dam

Downstream face of the completed Glennies Creek Dam concrete faced rock fill embankment. At the bottom of the dam wall can be seen the steel mesh used to protect the rock fill embankment from being washed away by floods during construction.

Glennies Creek Dam

Concrete face slab under construction on the upstream face of Glennies Creek Dam. In this type of dam the impermeable membrane is a relatively thin concrete slab on the upstream face of the dam.

Windamere Dam

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