Abstract: A gate is provided with a barrier capable of retaining water with a central barrier wall that is inclined in a direction away from the water, a bottom structure beneath the water that is capable of delimiting by a weir a bottom chamber filled with air and holding the barrier in its water retaining position by the water pressure exercised on said bottom structure, and an inlet extending beyond the retaining level of the barrier with an upper opening that allows water to flood the bottom chamber so as to offset the water pressure on the bottom structure and thereby allow a tipping of the gate, wherein a wall structure forms a wall chamber on the central barrier wall, wherein the wall chamber is capable of being flooded so as to assist the tipping of the gate.

Abstract: The disclosure concerns a fusible shutter for a water structure such as a river sill, or a spillway on a dam or on a protective dyke, including a solid element disposed on the top of the structure and held on top by gravity, forming a watertight or substantially watertight wall, installed on the water structure and being able to retract so as to allow water to pass without obstruction when the level of the reservoir or watercourse reaches a predefined level, a chamber being formed at the base of the solid element between the latter and the surface that supports it, pressurization means enabling the chamber to be filled with water in order to create under the solid element a thrust directed upwards when the water in the reservoir or watercourse reaches the predefined level.

Abstract: The disclosure concerns a fusible shutter for a water structure such as a river sill, or a spillway on a dam or on a protective dyke, including a solid element disposed on the top of the structure and held on top by gravity, forming a watertight or substantially watertight wall, installed on the water structure and being able to retract so as to allow water to pass without obstruction when the level of the reservoir or watercourse reaches a predefined level, a chamber being formed at the base of the solid element between the latter and the surface that supports it, pressurisation means enabling the chamber to be filled with water in order to create under the solid element a thrust directed upwards when the water in the reservoir or watercourse reaches the predefined level.