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Spillway is the passage provided for disposal of surplus flood water on the downstream side without affecting stability of water.
In Reaction turbine, Pressure energy is first converted into kinetic energy before supplied to runner. It works on impulse reaction principle.
Well foundation is deep one which generally provided for construction of bridges.World famous "Taj mahal" stands on well foundation.
Sedimentation is used to remove fine particles. The sewage is kept quiescent, for a given period, in a sedimentation basin.
Various types of dams are classified according to their purpose, material, hydraulic action and structural action.
Development plan is also known as a master plan. Development defined as the carrying out of building, engineering, mining or other operations.
Specification includes provision of overall information such as description of all workmanship, materials and methods of working to complete.
The Work Breakdown structure in Project management is a method in which large projects are divided into small steps to get things done faster and more efficiently.
"Caissons" means box. Such box can be prefabricated on shore and then floated to the desired site, and is allowed to seat on prepared base.
In total, station field survey data consisting of the angles, distance and related information is stored in electric field work.
On the basis of purpose of construction of reservoir, it is classified into three types: Storage, Flood control and Distribution reservoir.
Admixture are the materials used in the cement to modify one or more of its properties in the plastic or hardened state of concrete.