Disturbance type rubber dam is an improved inflatable rubber dam with a row of spoilers attached to the surface of a conventional rubber dam bag. When the dam crest overflows, the spoiler can lift the water flow to form a waterfall landscape, while reducing the negative pressure downstream of the dam and reducing the vibration of the dam body. The landscape effect of the spillway is similar to that of the Shuji Dam. The difference is that the disturbance dam is not a complete spine; During the operation of a collapsed dam, it is not allowed to closely adhere to the foundation bottom plate or the tail with a certain height.
When the dam collapses, it should not be tightly attached to the foundation bottom plate: there is a "pipe shaped" dam tail of about 20cm, which forms a certain water resistance. The "spoiler" has a jet effect, and the waterfall landscape effect under overflow operation is also excellent.
The wave breaking function of the "spoiler" can improve the vibration problem caused by negative pressure downstream of the dam during water flow operation, but the spoiler is prone to detachment, and there is still slight wear on the dam bag and foundation bottom plate.

The operating conditions of rubber dams are similar to those of water gates, and compared with conventional gate dams, they have the following characteristics:
| Low cost It can reduce investment by 30% to 70%, save steel by 30% to 50%, cement by about 50%, and wood by more than 60%. | Short construction period The installation of the dam bag can be completed in only 3-15 days, and most rubber dam projects benefit from the same year of construction. |
| Flexible soft shell structure The dam body is a flexible soft shell structure that can resist earthquakes, waves and other impacts, and has good water stopping effect. It has a large span and does not block water during the flood season. It can be used for urban landscaping. | Less maintenance, convenient management The service life of rubber dam bags is generally 15-25 years. |
Rubber dams are mainly suitable for low head, large-span gate and dam engineering, such as serving as gates or movable overflow weirs on reservoir spillway to increase reservoir capacity and power generation head; Used as a low head, large-span rolling dam or overflow weir on rivers, without the need for conventional gate hoists, working bridges, etc; Used as an inlet gate, diversion gate, and regulating gate on the canal system, it can conveniently store water and regulate water level and flow rate; Used as a breakwater or tidal gate along the coast, it is more effective than metal gates as it is not affected by seawater erosion and marine life; Used for upstream and downstream gates of large-span orifice locks; Used for construction or activity cofferdams, rubber activity cofferdams can be raised or lowered in height, and can overflow from the top of the cofferdam. It does not require soil to build a cofferdam, which can keep the river clean, save labor, and shorten the construction period; Used for urban landscaping projects, it adopts colored dam bags with beautiful shapes and smooth lines, which can add a beautiful scenery to urban construction.
Hydroelectric power generation Rubber dams can increase the capacity of reservoirs, increase the water flow drop of reservoirs, and thus increase power generation. | Recharge groundwater Rubber dams can throttle the river channel at the mouth of the sea, increase the upstream water level, and increase the amount of groundwater recharge. | Rainwater and sewage diversion Rubber dams can divert rivers, thereby maintaining the ecology of water sources and avoiding water pollution. | To block saltiness and store light Rubber dams can be built at the estuary to protect the freshwater resources of rivers. | Urban landscape Rubber dams can raise the upstream water level, form a large area of gentle water surface, and enrich the urban landscape. |