Types of dams
Dams of Kaprun
History
Arch-gravity dam
Arch dam
Gravity dam
- a combination of arch and gravity dam
- the normal component are taken by the arch action
- a narrow canyon with steep side walls
- the water presses laterally on the dam
- the water pressure on the dam acts in a line
- the dam would be held in place by gravity
- a gravity dam combined with a arch dam
- the inward compression reduces the lateral force
- gravitation force is lessened
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- After the war stopped the construction
- 1551, the Limberg wall was finished
- The construction of the second Kaprun dam started in 1950
- The involvement of the Nazis was long ignored
Gravity dam
Arch-gravity dam
Arch dam
Impressions
Glossar
Definition
History
Kaprun dam
Types of dams
arch-gravity dam
Bogengewichtsstaumauer
arch dam
Bogenstsaumauer
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Power plant
Sklavenarbeiter
Kraftwerk
pumped-storage hydro power station
Pumpspeicherkraftwerk
gravity dam
Gewichtsstaumauer
conjunction
impounds
hydropower
Verbindung
Wasserkraft
stauen
upstream
flussaufwärts
Definition
Kaprun dam
Dams are used :
- to guarantee the drinking water supply
- for operational water supply
- to prevent water flow in specific land regions
- to make the retaining lake navigable
Limergsperre
Moosersperre
Drosensperre
Drossensperre
Moosersperre
Limbergsperre
Moosersperre
Limbergsperre
Drossensperre
120
357
37
446.000
1672
81,2 Mil.
Height [m] 107
Lenght [m] 494
Thickness [m] 70
Concrete-masses[m³] 670.000
Altitude [MaSl] 2036
Water volume [m³] 51 Mil.
112
367
25
340.000
2036
33,9 Mil.