SOME FACTS OF ITAIPU BODY DAM =D The dam is the structure (concrete, rockfill and earthfill) that serves to harness the water and obtain the difference in levels of 120 m (rated gross head) The upper part of the main dam contains the water intakes; structures with gates that permit the water, after passing through them and through the penstocks, to reach the spiral casing where it turns the turbine. -The Itaipu dam is 7,919 meters long -Maximum height of 196 meters, equivalent to a 65-story building -the iron and steel employed would permit the construction of 380 Eiffel Towers -main dam is a concrete dam,hollow gravity type for the main dam -consumed 12.3 million m3 of concrete, a sufficient volume to build 210 football stadiums like that of Maracanã
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 07:32:21 +0000
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