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<br />"'Z:; 6>' <br /> <br />Unclassified <br /> <br />SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PAGE (WPutn Data enreo~od) <br /> <br /> REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE READ INSTRUCTIONS <br /> BEFORE COMPLETING FORM <br />1. REPORT NUMBER r GOVT ACCESSION NO. , F1ECIPIEN,T.S CATALOC> NUMBER <br /> Miscellaneous Paper SL-85-5 <br />4.. TITLE (and Subtitle) 15. TYPE OF REPORT Ii Pl::RIOD COVERED <br /> SYSTEMS AND MATERIALS TO PREVENT FLOODWATERS Final report <br /> FROM ENTERING BUILDINGS <br /> ., PERFORMING ORG. REI:>ORT NUMBER <br />7. AU THOR(.) S. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUM8ER(a) <br /> Carl E. Pace <br />9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 10. PROGRAM ELEMENT,$:>ROJECT, TASK <br /> US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station AREA a WQRK UNIT NUMBERS <br /> Structures Laboratory <br /> PO Box 631, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180-0631 <br />11. CONTROLLING C)FFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 12, REPORT 0.6. TE <br /> US Army Engineer Division, May 1985 <br /> Lower Mississippi Valley 13, NUMBER OF PAGES <br /> PO Box 80, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180-0080 94 <br />14. MONITORING AGENCY NAME a: AODRESS(II different froUt CDl1trolllnQ atlice) '1S. SECURITY CLASS. (01 !hJ. report) <br /> Unclassified <br /> 1511. ~l~it~~I:ICAT'ONIOOWNGRADING <br />16, D,STRIBUTlON STATEMENT (01 Ud. Report) <br /> Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. <br />17. DISTRIBUTION !iT ATEMENT (of thll .b./N'ct I!Intered In 810cle 2Ct, JI dJlferent Irom Report) <br />18. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES <br /> Available from National Technical Info~ation Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, <br /> Springfield, Virginia 22161. <br />19. KEY WORDS (COfIUnue on J'ever.. .Ide If nec.".ary ..d ldentlly by block nllmboJ') <br /> Brick-veneer wall s Flood-resistant systems Prototype tests <br /> Buildings Flood-resistant testing Seepage <br /> Coa tings Hydrostatic water pressure Wall damage <br /> Concrete-block walls Impermeable materials <br /> Flood damaRe Permeabilitv <br />20. ABSTRAcr (CArrtl8ue .. ...".,... .,. "~..". -.tlfhnl'''' by block nlllnb..,.) <br /> Syst~ms were tested that will protect homes and buildings from flood- <br /> waters up to a safe water height. There are many pitfalls which must be <br /> watched for and guarded against or leaks will develop in the flood-resistant <br /> system. A drainage system with a sump and pump is useful behind the water- <br /> resi"stant system to take care of any leaks which may occur. <br /> (Continued) <br /> <br />DO <br /> <br />FORM <br />\ JNA7J <br /> <br />1473 <br /> <br />EDfTION OF" , NOV 6515 OBSOLETE <br /> <br />Unclassified <br />SECURITY CLIlSSIFICATlON' OF THIS PIIlG.E ("hen Det. Enrered) <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />--/ <br />