Structure Optimization of Curved Urban Emergency Flood-control Barriers
The development of innovative flood-retaining equipment is crucial for defending against ur-ban flood disasters and ensuring the safety of urban lifelines. Using numerical simulation methods,this study investigates the impact of the curvature of curved urban emergency flood-control barriers on their structural stress characteristics and further optimizes the barrier structure. The results indicate that under the same water-blocking conditions,as the curvature of the barriers increases,the stress they endure gradually decreases,and their deformation significantly improves. Building on these find-ings,an optimization scheme was proposed. The proposed optimized scheme met operational condi-tions under water depths less than 0.8 m and flow velocities less than 1.0 m/s. Under these condi-tions,the structural stress remained below the yield stress of the materials,meeting the requirements for safe and stable water-blocking. These findings provide a valuable reference for the optimized de-sign of curved urban emergency flood-control barriers.
curved urban emergency flood-control barriersfinite element analysisstress characteristicstructural optimization