PRESA AEREA DE DERIVACION DE CAUDALES

Air dam of flow diversion. It consists of a dam installation in a river channel, shaped like a ship's bow (1), with the base three meters away (2) above the lower level of the sides and sides, these flush with and above the sheet of water of the river (3). Its objective is to allow, without the possibility of graduating or cutting, the passage of a predetermined and constant flow of water, at the same time as deriving higher flows towards one or both margins of the river bed, in order to be transferred. It will be kept fixed by means of anchors to pillars (4) and foundations (5) at the base of the river, abutments on the lateral channeling walls and, if necessary, with sand ballast on the air dam box. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)