Slit dams in Sta Luzia stream for debris flow



CONCEPTUAL DESIGN / SERVICES CARRIED OUT

Concrete slit dams with a central body consisting of unarmed pillars of great inertia with modified trapezoidal profile. Structure designed for a debris flow Q = 200 m3/s. .

LOCATION

Madeira, Portugal

SERVICE DATE

2013

GENERAL FEATURES

Slit dams number: 4
Maximum height slit dams: 10m
Maximum sediment storage volume: 68200m3