MULTIMEDIA LIBRARY -
APPLIED HYDRAULICS
HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES
Les Olivettes dam, France -
Stepped spillway (3)
Les Olivettes dam,
Vailhan (France 1987) - RCC dam (36 m high, 254 m long) for flood
mitigation (catchment area: 29.5 km2) - Stepped spillway: h =
0.6 m, ogee crest, W = 40 m, Qmax = 290 m3/s, energy
dissipation: steps + dowsntream plunge pool. View from the left bank in
March 2003.
(Courtesy
of Mr and Mrs CHANSON)
© Hubert Chanson, Dept. of Civil Engineering,
University of Queensland, Australia |
