A U-shusho y'icyumani ubwoko bwibyuma bigenda bifite imiterere-karemano isa ninyuguti “U”.Bikunze gukoreshwa mubikorwa byubwubatsi nubwubatsi mubikorwa bitandukanye, nko kugumana inkuta, cofferdams, inkunga ya fondasiyo, hamwe ninyubako zamazi.
Ibisobanuro birambuye U-shusho y'icyuma ikirundo mubusanzwe ikubiyemo ibi bikurikira:
Ibipimo: Ingano nubunini bwurupapuro rwicyuma, nkuburebure, ubugari, nubugari, byerekanwe hakurikijwe ibisabwa umushinga.
Ibice byambukiranya ibice: Ibintu byingenzi biranga U-shusho yamabati yikirundo harimo agace, umwanya wa inertia, igice cya modulus, nuburemere kuri buri burebure.Iyi mitungo ningirakamaro mu kubara igishushanyo mbonera no gutuza kw'ikirundo.