DEVICE FOR ERECTION OF LOOSE-FILL DAM Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: hydraulic engineering and irrigation and drainage construction. SUBSTANCE: device includes interconnected casing panels 4 and 5 and means for their shifting. Casing panels are made for horizontal motion and are curved in plan. They are connected to each other by vertical walls 6 and 7 and horizontal braces 7 are articulated to panels so as to form two adjacent compartments, one of which, first, in direction of dam erection is of closed contour and comprised of vertical walls 6 and 7 and panels 4 and 5, and the other has one open side formed by horizontal braces 9. EFFECT: higher efficiency. 2 dwg