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MOVABLE DAM [5 records]

Record 1 2007-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dams and Causeways

French

Domaine(s)
  • Barrages et chaussées

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Presas y calzadas elevadas
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Record 2 1999-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dams and Causeways
DEF

"shutter weir". A movable weir consisting of a row of large panels hinged at the bottom and inclined slightly downstream toward the top when the weir is closed.

CONT

Shutter-Dams.... The first dam constructed by movable shutters was probably the one across the river Orb(France).... This dam was raised 3 feet by movable wooden shutters hinged to the top of the dam and held by props placed on their down-stream side. The sluice-openings were closed by stop-planks(poutrelles) placed horizontally, one on top of another and attached to each other by chains.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Barrages et chaussées
CONT

Barrages mobiles à hausses. Ce système de barrages diffère des précédents [barrages à pont supérieur] en ce qu'il n'a pas de pont supérieur et que les fermettes ou cadres et la bouchure ne font qu'un, de manière à constituer un panneau unique appelé hausse.

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dams and Causeways
DEF

A movable dam composed of upright pieces or needles, the lower ends of which bear against a sill on the river bottom and the upper ends of which bear against some form of bridge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Barrages et chaussées
DEF

Ouvrage hydraulique mobile de retenue dans lequel l'écoulement de l'eau d'amont est réglé par des aiguilles : pièces de bois qui viennent appuyer sur une poutre placée en travers du cours d'eau et qui sont d'autre part calées sur le radier.

OBS

Projet de définition pour le prochain vocabulaire OLF sur les technologies de l'eau.

Spanish

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Record 4 1993-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dams and Causeways
DEF

A movable dam consisting of a sill and a number of wickets or rectangular panels of wood or iron, hinged on the sill and held up nearly vertical by a hinged prop that has a footing on the sill and can be tripped, dropping the wickets flat on the sill.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Barrages et chaussées
OBS

Voir aussi «Chanoine wicket dam» et «shutter wicket» dans TERMIUM.

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dams and Causeways
DEF

A movable dam, consisting of a water curtain formed by timber leaves or wickets inclined downstream; the butt of the wicket is supported against a sill along the upstream side of the base slab and the wicket is pivoted a little below its center point to a collapsible horse held in place by a long prop.

CONT

Chanoine Wicket-dam. ... The term "wicket" has been applied in the United States to a shutter revolving on an axle placed near its needle. Described in detail, a Chanoine wicket consists of three parts ...: A rectangular panel of wood or iron; the horse or trestle, supporting the axle of the shutter, and the prop holding up the horse and having its foot bearing against a cast-iron shoe, called a "hurter" (in French "heurtoir") fixed to the apron. The parts of the shutter above and below the axle are called respectively the "chase" and the "breech".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Barrages et chaussées
DEF

Barrage mobile constitué d'un rideau étanche en bois, incliné vers l'aval et s'articulant à un chevalet et à un arc-boutant, ce dernier prenant appui contre un heurtoir fixé au radier.

CONT

Initialement, les ingénieurs américains ont construit 52 barrages sur ... l'Ohio. Ils étaient équipés de hausses Chanoine (ou plutôt de hausses Pascaud, système très voisin dont le prototype a été réalisé en 1880 sur la Saône, près de son confluent avec le Rhône.

OBS

Aux USA, les hausses Chanoine munies de la glissière Pasqueau sont désignées sous le nom de hausses Chanoine [Chanoine wicket], que l'on trouvera seul dans la littérature américaine...

Spanish

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