Steel Structural Dam (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

Steel Structural Dam

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To accelerate pumped storage hydropower development, SwRI has developed a modern version of a 19th-century steel structural dam to impound water in a reservoir. The circular dam above is composed of modular sections that can be rapidly assembled using redesigned steel support frames made of standard W-beams and S-beams (left). The frame and water-tight faceplate modules are put in place using mobile heavy-lift cranes.

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Southwest Research Institute

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