Dams and hydraulic Engineering (Dams and dykes)
- Client: General Council of Gard
- Assignment: Risk Study
- Completion date: 2014
- Total cost of the assignment: 20 k €
PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND CHARACTERISTICS
The Conqueyrac dam (class B) is located on the Vidourle in the commune of Conqueyrac. It belongs to the General Council of Gard. It is a rockfill dam arranged at a ladder wall (scales) with an upstream waterproofing mask in reinforced concrete on the left bank. On the right bank, it is complemented by a dam concrete plate with overflowing threshold. This dam ensures the function of clipping of the floods, during heavy downpours, so called épisodes cévenols. Its main dimensions are the following:
- Length of the dam: 560 m
- Height on foundation: 17 m
- Volume stored on the PHE: 12 Million m³
ASSIGNMENT
- Risk Study
- Study of propagation of rupture wave
