fusegate

plural fusegates

1. A modular spillway sill invented in 1989 to improve dam safety by increasing water storage.

   Ordinary floods spill over the fusegate barrier. Larger floods cause the chamber to fill as the water spills over the well lips (Fig. 9.24 (b)).

   2013, M.M. Dandekar, K. N.Sharma, Water Power Engineering, →ISBN, page 280

   3 more examples

   The amount of ballast in each fusegate and the elevation of the intake well determine the pool elevation at which a fusegate will tip, that is, rotate downstream.

   1990, Golden State Floodlight: California Floodplain Management Newsletter, page 70

   One or more prefabricated fusegate units are positioned within a precast concrete frame on an overflow spillway crest, held in place by gravity forces. Additional reservoir storage is provided to the fusegate crest.

   1994, Task Committee on Overtopping Protection, Alternatives for Overtopping Protection of Dams, →ISBN, page 42

   The purpose of these physical model tests were mainly to measure water pressure distribution into the chamber and on the fusegate structure for a given upstream water head above the fusegate crest.

   2000, U. Maione, B. Majone-Lehto, R. Monti, New Trends in Water and Environmental Engineering for Safety and Life, →ISBN