CONSTANT PHYSICAL PARAMETERS
(Dam vulnerability numerical values)
Dam height
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Height (m) Points
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≤5 1
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10 2
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20 3.5 The points for intermediate heights shall be
__________________________ determined by considering that the points vary
linearly between the various height values, except
30 4.5 a dam 5 m or lower, which is always assigned
__________________________ 1 point.
40 5.0
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50 5.8
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100 8.0
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160 or more 10.0
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Dam types
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Dam Type Points
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Concrete arch 1
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Concrete buttresses 3
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Concrete gravity 2
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Concrete gravity embankment 3 For any other type of dam, an
__________________________________________ equivalence with the dam type in
the table with the closest
Concrete or steel sheet-pile characteristics shall be
barrier upstream of an established.
earthfill dam 6
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Earthfill 10
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Earth-filled timber or
steel sheet-pile cribs 10
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Free weir - concrete shield 7
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Rockfill dam with
- concrete facing
- upstream earthfilled core 3
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Rockfill free weir 8
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Rockfill weir 4
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Steel sheet-piling 7
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Stone-filled timber or
steel sheet-pile cribs 6
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Timber buttresses (cribs) 8
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Timber buttresses
(dead shores) 9
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Impounding capacity
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Capacity Points
(106 m3)
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≤1 1
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The points for intermediate capacities shall be
50 3 determined by considering that the points vary
____________________________ linearly between the various values of impounding
capacity, except an impounding capacity of
1,000 5 1,000,000 m3 or less, which is always assigned
____________________________ 1 point.
2,000 6.5
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5,000 8
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6 000 and over 10
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Foundation types
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Type Points
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Treated rock 1
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Rock 2
_________________________________ The treatment includes all the geotechnical
methods meant to reduce the permeability of
Treated till 3 the foundation and increase its resistance
_________________________________ to internal erosion or to increase the
bearing capacity of the foundation or the
Till 4 stability of the dam.
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Treated clay 6
_________________________________ Till is a material of glacial origin
consisting of a mixture of varying particle
Clay 7 sizes that usually contains a certain
_________________________________ percentage of fines.
Treated alluvial
deposits 8
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Alluvial or
unknown deposits 10
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