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fusegate (複数形 fusegates)

1. A modular spillway sill invented in 1989 to improve dam safety by increasing water storage.
   • 1990, Golden State Floodlight: California Floodplain Management Newsletter, page 70:

     The amount of ballast in each fusegate and the elevation of the intake well determine the pool elevation at which a fusegate will tip, that is, rotate downstream.

   • 1994, Task Committee on Overtopping Protection, Alternatives for Overtopping Protection of Dams, ISBN 0784475687, page 42:

     One or more prefabricated fusegate units are positioned within a precast concrete frame on an overflow spillway crest, held in place by gravity forces. Additional reservoir storage is provided to the fusegate crest.

   • 2000, U. Maione, ‎B. Majone-Lehto, ‎& R. Monti, New Trends in Water and Environmental Engineering for Safety and Life, ISBN 9058091384:

     The purpose of these physical model tests were mainly to measure water pressure distribution into the chamber and on the fusegate structure for a given upstream water head above the fusegate crest.

   • 2013, M.M. Dandekar & K. N.Sharma, Water Power Engineering, ISBN 9325968983, page 280:

     Ordinary floods spill over the fusegate barrier. Larger floods cause the chamber to fill as the water spills over the well lips (Fig. 9.24 (b)).