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    Buoyant Foundation

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    A buoyant foundation allows a house to float safely during a flood by incorporating three key components: flotation devices to displace water, vertical guides to prevent horizontal movement, and a subframe connecting it to the house. It provides an alternative to statically elevated homes that are more vulnerable to wind damage. Analysis shows homes with buoyant foundations suffer less damage from combined wind and flood hazards. The foundation keeps houses close to the ground normally but allows them to rise exactly to the flood level for protection.

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    Buoyant Foundation

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    A buoyant foundation allows a house to float safely during a flood by incorporating three key components: flotation devices to displace water, vertical guides to prevent horizontal movement, and a subframe connecting it to the house. It provides an alternative to statically elevated homes that are more vulnerable to wind damage. Analysis shows homes with buoyant foundations suffer less damage from combined wind and flood hazards. The foundation keeps houses close to the ground normally but allows them to rise exactly to the flood level for protection.

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    A buoyant foundation allows a house to float safely during a flood by incorporating three key components: flotation devices to displace water, vertical guides to prevent horizontal movement, and a subframe connecting it to the house. It provides an alternative to statically elevated homes that are more vulnerable to wind damage. Analysis shows homes with buoyant foundations suffer less damage from combined wind and flood hazards. The foundation keeps houses close to the ground normally but allows them to rise exactly to the flood level for protection.

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    Buoyant Foundation

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    Atif Momin
    A buoyant foundation allows a house to float safely during a flood by incorporating three key components: flotation devices to displace water, vertical guides to prevent horizontal movement, and a subframe connecting it to the house. It provides an alternative to statically elevated homes that are more vulnerable to wind damage. Analysis shows homes with buoyant foundations suffer less damage from combined wind and flood hazards. The foundation keeps houses close to the ground normally but allows them to rise exactly to the flood level for protection.

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    BUOYANT

    FOUNDATION
    WHAT IS
    BUOYANT
    FOUNDATION ?
    A BUOYANT FOUNDATION IS A TYPE OF
    AMPHIBIOUS FOUNDATION.
    IT ALLOWS THE HOUSE TO SIT JUST
    ABOVE THE GROUND LIKE A NORMAL
    ELEVATED HOUSE UNDER NORMAL
    CONDITIONS, BUT TO RISE UP AND
    FLOAT SAFELY ON THE WATER WHEN
    THERE IS A FLOOD.

    SHOWING HOW A REGULAR ELEVATED HOUSE


    COMPARES TO BUOYANT FOUNDATION 2
    CONDITION AND APPLICATION
    SITUATION SOLUTION
    FLOODING IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON AND THE BUOYANT FOUNDATION HAS THREE BASIC
    DESTRUCTIVE NATURAL HAZARDS, COMPONENTS; WHICH HELP IT TO DISPLACE
    ACCCOUNTING FOR 47% OF ALL WEATHER WATER AND PROVIDES FLOTATION DURING THE
    RELATED DISASTERS. FLOOD, A VERTICAL GUIDANCE SYSYTEM TO
    CLIMATE CHANGE HAS LED TO AN INCREASE PREVENT AND HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT OF THE
    IN THE FREQUENCY OF FLOODING, CAUSING HOUSE AS IT RISES AND FALLS, AND A SUBFRAME
    DEVASTATING EFFECTS ON VULNERABLE THAT CONNECTS THESE NEW COMPONENTS TO
    COMMUNITIES. THE HOUSE.

    AS SEA LEVELS RISE AND URBANIZATION A BUOYANT FOUNDATION CAN ACCOMMADATE


    GROWS IN FLOOD-PRONE AREAS, THE NUMBER VARING LEVEL OF WATER, AND IS LESS
    OF PEOPLE EXPOSED TO FLOOD SUSCEPTIBLE TO HURRICANE AND WIND
    INUNDATION,STROM SURGES AND SEASONAL DAMAGE COMPARED TO STATICALLY ELEVATED
    RIVER FLOODS INCREASES. HOMES.
    3
    “
    COMPONENTS OF A TYPICAL
    BUOYANT FOUNDATION SYSTEM

    4
    APPLICATION
    THE FULL CASE STUDY COMPARES BUILDING
    VULNERABILITY FOR STATICALLY- ELEVATED AND
    BUOYANT FOUNDATION FITTED LOW RISE RESIDENTIAL
    BUILDINGS.
    ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT THAT HOMES WITH HIGH
    PERMANENT STATIC ELEVATION MAY BE MORE LIKELY TO
    SUFFER DAMAGING LOSSES FROM INCREASED WIND
    EXPOSURE THAN WOULD BE LIKELY FROM A FLOOD EVENT
    HAD THE HOUSE REMAINED UNELEVATED.
    BUOYANT FOUNDATION HELP TO IMPROVE OUR
    UNDERSTANDING OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
    ELEVATION ABOVE GROUND LEVEL AND EXPECTED WIND
    LOSS, WHICH ULITIMATELYY WILL SUPPORT IMPROVED
    DECISION MAKING FOR LOSS REDUCTION FOR COMBINED
    WIND AND FLOOD HAZARDS.

    NEW ORLEANS SHOTGUN HOUSE 5


    ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES

    ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
    ▪ HOUSES REMAIN CLOSE TO THE  CATASTROPHIC MOVRMENT POSSIBILITIES-
    GROUND IN NORMAL CONDITIONS.
    THESE OCCUR WHEN THE EXCAVATION IS DONE
    ▪ ELEVATES HOUSE TO EXACTLY WHAT
    BEYOND THE CRITICAL DEPTH OF STABILITY.
    IS REQUIRED TO STAY ABOVE WATER.
    ▪ COST EFFECTIVE COMPARE TO  SPACE IS WASTED AS HOLLOW RAFT
    RECONSTRUCTION. FOUNDATION CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY OTHER
    ▪ CAN BE PLAN TO RISE ABOVE THE PURPOSE.
    FLOOD LINE IN AREA.
     UPLIFT PRESSURE WOULD AFFECT THE WHOLE
    FOUNDATION ARRANGEMENT.

    6
    CONCLUSION
    BUOYANT FOUNDATION ARE A
    PROVEN, LOW COST, LOW
    IMPACT FLOOD PROTECTION
    STRATERY THAT CAN INCREASE
    A FLOOD-PRONE COMMUNITY’S
    RESILIENCE IN THE TIME OF
    DISASTER.

    WHY FIGHT FLOODWATER


    WHEN YOU CAN FLOAT ON IT?

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