Measuring a storm surge

A team of Princeton researchers have created designs for architecturally elegant oversized concrete umbrellas that could line the coast, providing shade during normal times, and tilt into position as storm barriers when necessary to protect against flooding. The umbrellas are shells of reinforced concrete about 4 inches thick. In this video, Shengzhe Wang (left) and Vanessa Notario (at the computer), graduate students in Maria Garlock’s lab in civil and environmental engineering, simulated a rush of water crashing into the umbrellas - not to block the water, but to measure the force of the surge using sensors for comparison against numerical simulations. #princetonengineering @princeton #stormsurge #coastalresiliency #flooding #environment #climatechange

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