Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
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Student Designs of Storm Surge Barriers for the NYC Metropolitan Area
Freshman engineering students were required to design a system of moveable storm surge barriers for the New York metropolitan area. They first selected barrier locations by evaluating flooding potential, land use, and topography. Student teams then developed conceptual designs of barriers for four sites, focusing on conformance to local site geometry: (1) Verrazano Narrows barrier designs consist of sets of huge sliding vertical panels that are stored in chambers near each shore. (2) One Arthur Kill barrier design is a set of vertical plates that are mounted across the channel and can be pivoted 90° to block off flow. Other Arthur Kill design concepts are a fabric barrier and a pivoting pedestrian bridge. (3) Upper East River proposed barriers incorporate designs similar to those used in England and the Netherlands. (4) Rockaway Inlet student teams opted to expand the protected zone with much longer barriers to protect the south shores of Queens and Brooklyn; proposed barrier designs include submerged gates similar to those under construction in Venice, pivoting boardwalks along the shore communities, and a new bridge that also functions as a barrier when radial gates are closed. This design exercise taught the students that engineering design cannot focus on just technical issues—environmental, economic, social and political issues must also be addressed.
Student Designs of Storm Surge Barriers for the NYC Metropolitan Area
Freshman engineering students were required to design a system of moveable storm surge barriers for the New York metropolitan area. They first selected barrier locations by evaluating flooding potential, land use, and topography. Student teams then developed conceptual designs of barriers for four sites, focusing on conformance to local site geometry: (1) Verrazano Narrows barrier designs consist of sets of huge sliding vertical panels that are stored in chambers near each shore. (2) One Arthur Kill barrier design is a set of vertical plates that are mounted across the channel and can be pivoted 90° to block off flow. Other Arthur Kill design concepts are a fabric barrier and a pivoting pedestrian bridge. (3) Upper East River proposed barriers incorporate designs similar to those used in England and the Netherlands. (4) Rockaway Inlet student teams opted to expand the protected zone with much longer barriers to protect the south shores of Queens and Brooklyn; proposed barrier designs include submerged gates similar to those under construction in Venice, pivoting boardwalks along the shore communities, and a new bridge that also functions as a barrier when radial gates are closed. This design exercise taught the students that engineering design cannot focus on just technical issues—environmental, economic, social and political issues must also be addressed.
Student Designs of Storm Surge Barriers for the NYC Metropolitan Area
Ronan, A. D. (Autor:in)
Against the Deluge: Storm Surge Barriers to Protect New York City ; 2009 ; Brooklyn, New York, United States
01.11.2012
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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