Hydraulic and earth engineering – Bank – shore – or bed protection – Revetment
Patent
1995-03-14
1996-08-13
Bagnell, David J.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Bank, shore, or bed protection
Revetment
405 21, E02B 312
Patent
active
055449735
ABSTRACT:
A dam spillway system for embankment dam overtopping protection comprising a layer of free-draining, angular, gravel filter material, a plurality of rows of overlapping, tapered, concrete blocks assembled over the filter material in shingle-fashion, from the toe of the dam, up the slope to the top of the dam, and a plurality of fixed concrete toe blocks located at the toe of the dam, usually beneath the tailwater, and supporting each of the rows of concrete blocks.
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Frizell Kathleen H.
Mefford Brent W.
Morris Douglas I.
Vermeyen Tracy B.
Bagnell David J.
Koltos E. Philip
Mayo Tara L.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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