What was the short term significance of the Dam buster’s raid of 16th May 1943? The bouncing bomb was the first bomb in the War that could bounce across water and blow up the enemy dams. It was specifically designed to destroy the dams which were heavily protected by anti-aircraft guns and flak‚ as well as a special netting to prevent attacks from submarines. At first Barnes Wallis kept his new idea a secret and was testing it at home with his children using small bouncing balls and a bucket full
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Core Texts: La Belle Dame Sans Merci. A Ballard - John Keats Sonnet 116 - William Shakespeare My Last Duchess-Ferrara - Robert Browning Illumination Texts: Sonnet 18 - William Shakespeare Valentine - Carol Ann Duffy Porphyria’s Lover - Robert Browning In the above poems love is presented in 3 very different ways‚ twisted and false love‚ typically romantic forbidden love‚ and unchanging love. Twisted and controlling love is a theme that can be seen in some of Robert Browning’s
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Dams are a huge threat to the mighty Salmon of America. Although there are solutions to dams they are not enough to save the species. Salmon are slowly becoming extinct due to dams‚ because dams are cutting off rivers to and from the ocean and preventing them to spawn. Salmon were thriving in the U.S. before hydropower dams were established. Salmon are the most extraordinary fish on the planet‚ they make an extremely long journey that start when they are only a little smelt and finish in adulthood
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Groundwater dams are structures that intercept or obstruct the natural flow of groundwater and provide storage for water underground. They have been used in several parts of the world‚ notably India‚ Africa and Brazil. Their use is in areas where flows of groundwater vary considerably during the course of the year‚ from very high flows following rain to negligible flows during the dry season. The basic principle of the groundwater dam is that instead of storing the water in surface reservoirs‚ water
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building of the Hoover Dam. The Hoover Dam‚ named after President Hoover‚ helped by providing electricity‚ helped provide jobs for the people‚ and provided assurance to signify that the United States was really a
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The Sardar Sarovar Dam Presented By: Group-1 The Narmada Dam in India http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0209/feature1/ water pressure Why do countries build Dams? • It’s a means by which many of the developed countries of the world build their economic strength • Improving the circumstances of a region be it health‚ crops‚ infrastructure or industries - leads to greater productivity‚ more markets‚ sturdier populations‚ more investment‚ and so on • However‚ there is a cost…
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So‚ in their mind removing dams would be less beneficial for society. They believe dams support society in multiple ways‚ including fueling the economy and providing a magnitude of jobs. They also provide energy that would otherwise be created in an unclean and non-environmentally friendly way that would harm
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RCC Roller Compacted Concrete in history RCC roller compacted concreteThe first Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) dam of the world was Alpe Gera at Sondrio in North Italy. It was executed from 1961 to 1964. The technology in that period is not what it is today. This dam had a total quantity of concrete of 1‚800‚000 cubic meters of concrete. Concrete feeding to the dumpers moving on dam was done by use of 6 cubic meters skips moving on an inclined haulage track. This method of construction was found
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Coulee Dam The Grand Coulee Dam was hailed as the "Eighth Wonder of the World" in 1941 when it was finished being built. It blocks the Columbia River with 12 million cubic yards of concrete‚ and spreads over a mile wide with the height of a 46-story building all holding back a 150-mile long reservoir called Lake Roosevelt. The dam produces more kilowatts than any other dam in the United States. The Grand Coulee was only part of the Columbia Basin Project that included four additional dams‚ three
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