The invention relates to a pondage device (1) including a dam (2) and an improvement (3), arranged downstream from said dam, referred to as a downstream improvement. Said device is characterized in that it includes at least one flexible cylinder (4) positioned between said dam (2) and said improvement (3), and in that said flexible cylinder (4) includes a chamber (41) inside of which water is stored, said chamber being at least partially defined by a deformable membrane (40), said chamber (41) being kept under pressure by pressurization means (5).

In an example, a chocking compound dam includes a plurality of prefabricated dam walls. Each prefabricated dam wall has two side edges each being configured to connect to a side edge of another prefabricated dam wall. The plurality of prefabricated dam walls are connected to form a dam surrounding a chocking compound pour area. Each prefabricated dam wall has a height and a length. At least one of the prefabricated dam walls includes a longitudinal stiffener. The longitudinal stiffener extends along the length of the prefabricated dam wall and has a width protruding transversely from the prefabricated dam wall.

The invention relates to a pondage device (1) including a dam (2) and an improvement (3), arranged downstream from said dam, referred to as a downstream improvement. Said device is characterised in that it includes at least one flexible cylinder (4) positioned between said dam (2) and said improvement (3), and in that said flexible cylinder (4) includes a chamber (41) inside of which water is stored, said chamber being at least partially defined by a deformable membrane (40), said chamber (41) being kept under pressure by pressurisation means (5).

The partition monitoring method for concrete dam operation key parts provided by the disclosure firstly utilizes the extracted monitoring data time-frequency vector to partition the concrete dam key parts, and on this basis, obtains time series measurement data of different types of monitoring instruments with high temporal and spatial correlation, so as to establish a graph structure. Then, the dependence of time dimension and variable dimension of multivariate time series data is captured, and the relationship between further learning and representation of graph attention network is provided. Furthermore, the final feature representation of time series measured data is obtained, and finally the anomaly score is calculated through the final feature representation to detect anomalies. The complementary mutual verification of multiple measuring points of monitoring instruments with various types is realized. The structural integrity and spatial distribution law of concrete dams are fully embodied.

The partition monitoring method for concrete dam operation key parts provided by the disclosure firstly utilizes the extracted monitoring data time-frequency vector to partition the concrete dam key parts, and on this basis, obtains time series measurement data of different types of monitoring instruments with high temporal and spatial correlation, so as to establish a graph structure. Then, the dependence of time dimension and variable dimension of multivariate time series data is captured, and the relationship between further learning and representation of graph attention network is provided. Furthermore, the final feature representation of time series measured data is obtained, and finally the anomaly score is calculated through the final feature representation to detect anomalies. The complementary mutual verification of multiple measuring points of monitoring instruments with various types is realized. The structural integrity and spatial distribution law of concrete dams are fully embodied.

A climbing formwork system for mass concrete construction comprises a movable panel separating a filling volume from an external environment, a track extending along a longitudinal direction partially inside said filling volume with a sliding channel closed with respect to the filling volume and a longitudinal slit facing the external environment. In addition, the climbing formwork system comprises a climbing element positioned and slidingly inserted in the sliding channel having a connection portion projecting through the slit to be connected with a portion of the movable panel. Fastening elements are operatively connected between the connection portion of the climbing element and the movable panel in order to maintain the latter fixed to the climbing element in a union condition. Also, a subject of this patent application is a method for building a mass concrete construction.

A climbing formwork system for mass concrete construction comprises a movable panel separating a filling volume from an external environment, a track extending along a longitudinal direction partially inside said filling volume with a sliding channel closed with respect to the filling volume and a longitudinal slit facing the external environment. In addition, the climbing formwork system comprises a climbing element positioned and slidingly inserted in the sliding channel having a connection portion projecting through the slit to be connected with a portion of the movable panel. Fastening elements are operatively connected between the connection portion of the climbing element and the movable panel in order to maintain the latter fixed to the climbing element in a union condition. Also, a subject of this patent application is a method for building a mass concrete construction.

A portable ground deployed flood barrier for the protection of a structure against tidal or ground surface flooding provides a lower cylindrical ground tube placed on the ground against the structure base, an upper cylindrical float tube and an intermediate sheet material attaching between the ground tube and the float tube which is presented as folded but readily spread vertically as the flood waters rise, causing the float tube to rise to the water level while leaving the ground tube in contact with the ground surface forming a water proof barrier for the structure against the flood waters.

The disclosure relates to compositions that include sand mixed with a stabilizing agent that includes i) hydrocarbon derivative fibers and cement, ii) acrylic-based polymer emulsions, or iii) hydrocarbon derivative fibers and acrylic-based polymer emulsions, as well as related methods.