About Hydro Foundation

1 History
2 Some examples of large dams in the world
3 Construction Techniques
3.1 General
3.2 Elements of calculation
3.3 Hydraulic Studies
3.4 Types of dams
3.4.1 Dam weight
3.4.2 Embankment dam
3.4.3 Arch Dam
3.4.4 Dam buttresses or multivoûtes
3.4.5 Dams mobile needle
3.4.6 Dams mobile casement
3.4.7 Other types of dams
4 Elements
4.1 Machines hydroelectric
4.2 Instrumentation and control tools
4.3 spillway
4.4 Basins energy sink
5 Life of dams
5.1 Maintenance of Dams
5.2 Disasters
03.05 Earthquakes
5.4 The control dams in France
5.5 Decommissioning of Dams
6 Environmental impacts
6.1 Negative Impacts
6.2 Positive Impacts
7 Appendices
7.1 Bibliography
7.2 Related
7.3 External Links
8 Notes and references