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Increasingly, and with greater frequency, humanity is experiencing violent weather storms, which cause innumerable human and economic losses. Among the most frequent climatic storms that cause considerable losses are floods. Usually, domestic anti-flood systems are not autonomous; they require human intervention. This article presents Smart Flood B...
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... Figure 6, it can be noticed that the lintel (4) generally has a height equal to or greater than the barrier (2). In some cases, a second lintel could be placed above the previous one, in case the water level rises (in the case of a flood), when it would extend out of the street in the same way as the previous one, helping to divert the water flow towards the center of the street. ...
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... The invention of smart barriers to internal flooding is proposed in the timely contribution by Muñoz-Caballero et al. [32]. This study regards the occurrence of fluxes of water due to floods. ...
... A paradigmatic example of a flood barrier is the MoSE system implemented in Venice, Italy, to avoid sea level increases, which lead to inundating the city streets, whose use can be partially reduced to guarantee maritime traffic [34]. The smart barrier system presented in [32] is not a unique solution in this direction. The use of an internet-of-things (IoT) based solution [35] is also described in [36], where a commercial device integrated with a communication network environment is described. ...
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... The intended device's development falls under the mechanical design category [37]. The early warning system can be on the door's wall before flood barrier installation or strategically positioned at potential floodwater detection points, like on a fence. ...
Due to Indonesia's tropical climate, it experiences frequent heavy rainfall, which is the primary cause of flooding. Despite various solutions implemented, the issue of flooding persists. Consumers demand an effective emergency flood protection solution to prevent water from entering homes at any time. This product is a flood barrier specifically designed for installation at the front door of houses. The development of this flood barrier product aims to address user needs and ensure flood resistance. To achieve this, the Kano Method and Quality Function Deployment (QFD) are utilized in the product design process, aligning it with customer desires. The Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is employed in testing to assess the flood barrier's ability to contain water effectively. Moreover, the data representing the user requirements is collected from residents in the Baleendah area. Those residents houses have been affected by flooding. This area faces significant economic losses due to flooding, estimated at IDR 5,490,292,000,000. Bandung Regency is projected to have the highest frequency of flooding incidents in West Java in 2022, contributing to the broader issue of flooding in the province and country. The developed flood barrier product has successfully met most customer needs, leading to customer satisfaction. The product offers a reasonable price, customer customization options, and user-friendly features. The integration of Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities has been well received by users. The flood barrier product also demonstrates its efficacy in retaining floodwater through its low equivalent elastic strain, equivalent stress, and deformation values against hydrostatic pressure. These attributes enable the product to withstand floodwaters and prevent their entry into households.
... With the objective of designing a deflector capable of taking advantage of the great force of airflow that hits the front of a moving vehicle and transferring it to the rear of the vehicle, thus reducing fuel consumption, the present research has been structured in the following phases ( Figure 2): (i) Phase I: design of the deflector; (ii) Phase II: aerodynamic simulations; (iii) Phase III: mechanical design and construction; and (iv) Phase IV: experimental tests. The methodology illustrated in Figure 2 is based on previous papers which followed similar methodologies for studying other inventions [35]. world values are measured and assessed, which provides a lot of additional value to computational simulations, which are a valuable tool in themselves. ...
... With the objective of designing a deflector capable of taking advantage of the great force of airflow that hits the front of a moving vehicle and transferring it to the rear of the vehicle, thus reducing fuel consumption, the present research has been structured in the following phases ( Figure 2): (i) Phase I: design of the deflector; (ii) Phase II: aerodynamic simulations; (iii) Phase III: mechanical design and construction; and (iv) Phase IV: experimental tests. The methodology illustrated in Figure 2 is based on previous papers which followed similar methodologies for studying other inventions [35]. In the design phase of the deflector in 3D software (Phase I, Figure 2), the upper deflector was designed in Autocad 3D ® . ...
In the automotive industry, the flow of air generates high resistance in the advance of vehicles. In light of this situation, the objective of the present invention is to take advantage of the force of the air itself to help propel vehicles and thus reduce fuel consumption. A channeling system has been designed based on a deflector that collects the air that impacts against the vehicle at the front, transferring it to the rear where it is expelled, allowing the vacuum zone to be filled so that the high pressures of the channeled air are repositioned in the depression zone, significantly increasing the values of the pressures, including those that were previously negative. The deflector has been built and incorporated into a model car so that comparative experimental wind tunnel tests could be carried out to verify that the vacuum in the rear area is eliminated, and positive pressure is obtained.
