Flood Panel Barrier with Angled Brackets for Clear Throughway Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional flood panel barriers require supporting members on the backside, obstructing throughways and necessitating climbing over the panels for ingress/egress, especially when structures have water-resistant walls.
Innovation Solution
A flood panel barrier system with angled brackets and gaskets that secure the panel between opposing walls and the ground, allowing a removable portion for easy passage while maintaining water-tight integrity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If conventional flood panel barriers are installed with supporting members on the backside, then structural stability is improved, but the throughway becomes obstructed and access is blocked
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the supporting members from the backside of the flood panel and relocates them to the front side, allowing the backside to remain clear and unobstructed for access while still providing the necessary structural support against water pressure
Solution Approach 2:
The invention inverts the conventional arrangement by placing the supporting members on the front side of the panel instead of the backside, reversing the traditional support structure configuration to resolve the access obstruction problem
2Reliability
If flood panels are installed across throughways, then flood prevention is improved, but ingress and egress require climbing over the panels
Solution Approach 1:
The invention segments the flood panel into multiple horizontal sections that can independently pivot about horizontal axes, allowing the lower sections to be lowered to create a passable height while maintaining flood protection when raised
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transforms the static flood panel into a dynamic structure with pivotable sections that can change their angle relative to the vertical position, enabling the panel to adapt between providing full flood protection and allowing pedestrian access
3Force
If supporting members are placed on the backside of flood panels, then water pressure resistance is improved, but the distance between the panel and structure must be increased
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the supporting members from the backside of the panel and relocates them to the front side, eliminating the need for additional distance between the panel and the structure while maintaining water pressure resistance
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the spatial arrangement by moving supports from the vertical dimension (backside requiring clearance) to the horizontal dimension (front side attached to panel), allowing the panel to be positioned closer to the structure
Data Source
AI summary
A flood panel barrier system is configured to block flood water from intruding into a structure at a throughway that leads into the structure. The flood panel barrier system takes advantage of the walls of the structure being water impermeable, such that water cannot pass into the structure through the walls. A flood panel extends across the through way and is fastened to the opposing walls. Vertical angled brackets are used to fasten the flood panel to the walls, including gaskets between the bracket and the walls and flood panel. There is also a horizontal angled bracket across the bottom of the flood panel to fasten the flood panel to the ground surface, with a gasket between the ground surface and the horizontal angled bracket and the bottom of the flood panel. The flood panel has a removable portion that allows people to move through the flood panel when flood panel barrier system is installed, and before the are flood waters.