The Thames barrier

Kendrick, Mary P.

doi:10.1016/0169-2046(88)90034-5

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“…Traditionally, urban storm water is managed with single‐objective and local thinking (Christine et al . ) predominately through grey infrastructure such as embankments, sewer collection systems and, flood walls, which aim to keep floodwater away from vulnerable areas while shifting flood risk downstream (Kendrick ). Grey infrastructure generally fails to accommodate other aspects of integrated urban water management such as water quality, amenity, ecosystems and habitats.…”

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The influence of floodplain restoration on flow and sediment dynamics in an urban river

Ahilan

Guan

Sleigh

et al. 2016

J Flood Risk Management

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A study of floodplain sedimentation on a recently restored floodplain is presented. This study uses a two‐dimensional hydro‐morphodynamic model for predicting flow and suspended‐sediment dynamics in the downstream of Johnson Creek, the East Lents reach, where the bank of the river has been reconfigured to reconnect to a restored floodplain on a 0.26 km2 (26‐ha) site. The simulation scenarios include 10‐, 50‐, 100‐ and 500‐year event‐based deposition modelling of flood events and long‐term modelling using the 64 historical flood events between 1941 and 2014. Simulation results showed that the restored floodplain significantly attenuates the upstream flood peak by up to 25% at the downstream. Results also indicated that approximately 20%–30% of sediment from the upstream is deposited on the East Lents floodplain. Furthermore, deposited sediment over the simulated period (1941–2014) is approximately 0.1% of the basin's flood storage capacity; however, the reduction in the storage does not offset the overall flood resilience impact of the flood basin. The sediment conservation at the East Lents flood basin as predicted by the model reduces the annual sediment loading of the Johnson Creek by 1% at the confluence with Willamette River, providing both improved water quality and flood resilience further downstream.

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The influence of floodplain restoration on flow and sediment dynamics in an urban river

Ahilan

Guan

Sleigh

et al. 2016

J Flood Risk Management

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“…where L m−1,0 is the spectral wave length in deep water, and T m−1,0 is the spectral wave period. Equations (6) and 7can predict overtopping discharge under conditions where impulsive overtopping is expected. An occurrence of impulsive overtopping is determined as Figure 8 shows the definitions of the parameters related to Equations (6) and (7).…”

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“…Equations (6) and 7can predict overtopping discharge under conditions where impulsive overtopping is expected. An occurrence of impulsive overtopping is determined as Figure 8 shows the definitions of the parameters related to Equations (6) and (7). The parameters for the movable barrier are defined similar to EurOtop's definitions, even though armor units (i.e., T.T.Ps) are placed in front of the vertical wall and the revetment.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Sci. 2020, 10, 89 of 14 was built in 1982 to prevent inundation by high tides (with floods from the upstream of the Thames) and had its official opening in 1984 [6]. Gates of the rotary segment type are normally located on a flat face flush with the river bed when in the gate housing and then rotated 90 degree to close the barrier in an emergency.…”

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A Hydraulic Experimental Study of a Movable Barrier on a Revetment to Block Wave Overtopping

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This paper presents a design for a movable barrier on the revetment of the Haeundae Marine City in Busan, the Korea. This movable barrier was developed to use as a tourist deck in a normal state and to block wave overtopping in an abnormal state. To carry out the physical experiment in a wave flume, the model structure was reduced to a scale of 1/36 compared to the field structure. The discharge of the wave overtopping, the uplift pressure acting on the under surface of a non-standing barrier, and the wave pressure acting in front of a standing barrier were measured to analyze the hydraulic characteristics of the movable barrier. The results show that the impulsive pressure acts on the movable barrier, although the overtopping discharge is less than the allowable limit. When designing a movable barrier at a full scale, engineers should consider the impulsive pressure to secure the barrier’s stability on the target site.

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“…Eventually, even the strongest protective system is not strong enough to withstand unprecedented impacts, hence future disruptions will require rebuilding again. Good examples of this approach are the Dutch Deltaworks (Rietveld, Rietveld, & Habets, 2017) and the Thames Barrier (Kendrick, 1988), but also the Rebuild by Design (Ovink & Boeijenga, 2018) after hurricane Sandy hit New York belongs in a way to this category, though rebuilding in New York takes place by creating more resilient and soft defensive structures.…”

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Design for Disruption: Creating Anti-Fragile Urban Delta Landscapes

Roggema

2019

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In this article three different responses are taken as the starting point how different types of disruption could be dealt with. These responses—repair, bounce back and grow stronger—are combined with three disruptions (sea level rise, storm surge and heavy rainfall), and then tested in three case studies. The result of the investigation is that anti-fragility (grow stronger) is a preferential approach to create delta landscapes that become stronger under influence of a disruption. Anti-fragility is for this research subdivided in three main characteristics, abundance of networks, adaptivity and counterintuitivity, which are used to analyse the three case study propositions. The type of response, type of disruption, characteristic of anti-fragility and the qualities of the case study area itself determine the design proposition and the outcome. In all cases this approach has led to a stronger and safer landscape. The concept of anti-fragility impacts on the period before a disruption, during and also after the disruptive impact. This gives it a better point of departure in dealing with uncertain or unprecedented hazards and disruptions.

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The Thames barrier

Cited by 15 publications

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The influence of floodplain restoration on flow and sediment dynamics in an urban river

The influence of floodplain restoration on flow and sediment dynamics in an urban river

A Hydraulic Experimental Study of a Movable Barrier on a Revetment to Block Wave Overtopping

Design for Disruption: Creating Anti-Fragile Urban Delta Landscapes

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