International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage Commission Interationale des Irrigation et du Drainage

Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD)
2341. 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 : A dam usually of reinforced concrete consisting essentially of slabs supported by transverse buttresses. The load is taken by the slabs and transferred to the foundations through the buttresses. The slab may be (i) integrally cast with the buttresses, (ii) freely supported at the buttresses, or (iii) cantilevered from the buttresses. The dams are accordingly named as (i) fixed slab buttress dam, or fixed deck dam, (ii) free deck dam, (iii) cantilever buttress dam.

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