13 July 11

Stemming the floodwaters in New Orleans

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It was the devastation wrought in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina that put flood protection squarely on the national agenda in the US and made the government consider changes to water management strategies.

Read about one engineering firm’s work for the Corps of Engineers, and how it gained insight into the fluid dynamics of a design.

Story courtesy of Mechanical Engineering.

 

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