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Tuesday, January 16. 2018

Coastal flooding defenses

Living near sea-level or on flood plains have forever been risky propositions, calculated (or uncalculated) risks.  All the same, people do it.  This is interesting: 



Posted by The Barrister in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 14:06 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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Cool. Very simple demonstration. Real world waves may also come laterally either direction, and in some cases, appeared to come from 2 directions. Much more study would be needed before one plunks down a lot of money.
#1 Jerry on 2018-01-16 14:39 (Reply)
Each of the 5 simulated waves was equal in intensity. Something not as common in nature as in simulations.

But a good presentation on different options, none-the-less.
#1.1 Adriane on 2018-01-16 15:43 (Reply)
It's a model. An idealized situation. A first order effects demonstration.

Lol. At my last companies we designed interviews and video taped them so guys like you would stand out.

Watching it's easy to pick out the technical support level staff from the real engineers, regardless of credentials.
#1.1.1 David on 2018-01-16 18:57 (Reply)
As someone who has worked in STEM education this lecture is exceptional in its clarity of presentation.

You can take lessons from this video on lecturing technique.

Thank you!
#2 David on 2018-01-16 15:08 (Reply)
One thing missing is the constantly shifting sandy beach.
#3 drowningpuppies on 2018-01-16 19:00 (Reply)
Nice presentation. When I was a student and we were introduced to these wave tanks, our objective (especially when no one else was in the lab) was to see how much damage we could do to the beach and adjacent infrastructure. One serious note, the cheapest (and often most damaging solution) is usually the one approved by the local commission, council or whatever government entity is in charge of "saving the beach".
#4 rocdoctom on 2018-01-16 19:14 (Reply)

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