Arch dam (English spelling) archdam

Japanese: arch dam(英語表記)archdam
Arch dam (English spelling) archdam

...It is 103.6m tall.
[Arch dam]
A dam has an arch-shaped planar shape, and is constructed to transmit external forces such as water pressure to the sides and to the rock below by means of a horizontal arch action and a vertical cantilever action. In Europe, many arch structures existed before the Roman Empire, and it was not unusual to construct dams with arches.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "arch dam" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…高さ103.6m)がある。
[アーチダムarch dam]
 平面形状がアーチ形をしており,水平方向のアーチ作用と鉛直方向の片持ちばり作用とによって,水圧などの外力を側方と下方の岩盤に伝える構造のダム。ヨーロッパではローマ帝国以前からアーチの建造物が多くあり,ダムをアーチで構成することにとくに違和感がなく発達した。…

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