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A U.S. Department of the Interior agency that oversees water resource management incuding the oversight and operation of numerous diversion, delivery, and storage projects the agency has built throughout the western United States for irrigation, water supply, and attendant hydroelectric power ...
A zone in which all voids are filled with water. The area below the water table where all open spaces are filled with water. See ground water.
Industry:Engineering
Large initial amount. A unit of mass which will undergo an acceleration of 1 foot per second squared when a force of 1 pound is applied to it.
Industry:Engineering
A safety device in an electrical circuit that automatically shuts off the circuit when it becomes overloaded. The device can be manually reset.
Industry:Engineering
Overflow section of dam restricted by use of gates that can be operated to control releases from the reservoir to ensure the safety of the dam.
Industry:Engineering
A method of consolidating soil in which vibrators are used within a thoroughly wetted soil mass to consolidate the soil to the desired density.
Industry:Engineering
Part of the total irrigable area for which service eventually will be available but for which project facilities have not yet been constructed.
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Pipe designed to transmit the backfill load to the foundation beneath the pipe. Rigid pipe must be supported on the bottom portion of the pipe.
Industry:Engineering
Subjective measurement of the degree of shaking at a specified place by an experienced observer using a descriptive scale. See intensity scale.
Industry:Engineering
A narrow excavation whose sides are supported by a mud slurry filling the excavation. Sometimes used incorrectly to describe the cutoff itself.
Industry:Engineering
The resistance of a fluid to flow. A liquid with a high viscosity rating will resist flow more readily than will a liquid with a low viscosity.
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