Dambusterbusters.

The article focuses on research on flood control. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology directorate has created devices made from polyester and polyvinyl chlorides which fill with floodwater to block or prevent breaches in river levees. A similar device allows engineers t...

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Bibliographic Details

Published in:	Economist Vol. 394; no. 8663; pp. 60 - 62
Format:	Article
Published:	Economist Newspaper Limited 1/2/2010
Subjects:	Elastic plates & shells Structural shells Flood control research Levees > Maintenance & repair United States. Dept. of Homeland Security United States
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost