Review Of Flood Wall Barrier On Its Functions and Applications
Flood is one of the natural disasters that affect properties and even people life. There are several methods in preventing water from seeping into building and one of it is the flood wall barrier. There are two types of wall barrier system which are permanent and mobile wall. Permanent flood wall barrier are widely applied in the water prone area. However, the permanent structure may need a huge space and higher cost. For mobile flood wall barrier, it helps avoiding flood from entering the houses and premises especially during flash flood in urban area where the space is limited to build a permanent flood wall. The usage is proven effective compared to the traditional way of using sandbag as flood protective barrier. This flood wall barrier has advantages and disadvantages depending on the place of installation, type of material used and size of the wall itself. The type of flood wall, advantages, disadvantages and failure of flood wall barrier are discussed in this paper.
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Flood is one of the natural disasters that affect properties and even people life. There are several methods in preventing water from seeping into building and one of it is the flood wall barrier. There are two types of wall barrier system which are permanent and mobile wall. Permanent flood wall barrier are widely applied in the water prone area. However, the permanent structure may need a huge space and higher cost. For mobile flood wall barrier, it helps avoiding flood from entering the houses and premises especially during flash flood in urban area where the space is limited to build a permanent flood wall. The usage is proven effective compared to the traditional way of using sandbag as flood protective barrier. This flood wall barrier has advantages and disadvantages depending on the place of installation, type of material used and size of the wall itself. The type of flood wall, advantages, disadvantages and failure of flood wall barrier are discussed in this paper.
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IR. LIEW YUK SAN , Azman Mat Jusoh, Dato, Fatin Afeeqa Mohd Sobri, Ahmad Taqiyuddin Hj Ahmad Zaki, Zaliffah binti Ayop, Dr. Norlida Mohd Dom, Satiavathis Thavamani, Datin Rohani Ahmad, Ir. Tajudin Sulaiman. 2020. Review Of Flood Wall Barrier On Its Functions and Applications. Digital NAHRIM Publication Repository.