Wood Frame Building Response to Rapid-Onset Flooding
- 1 May 2011
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in Natural Hazards Review
- Vol. 12 (2), 85-95
- https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)nh.1527-6996.0000029
Abstract
Floods are considered to be among the deadliest, costliest, and most common natural disasters. Rapid-onset, catastrophic floods inundate the shore quickly and manifest as deep water with high velocities, inflict great pressures and forces on the built and natural environments, and pose a threat to human safety. Current building codes, design practices, and disaster planning methods account for potential earthquake and wind loads on simple wood-frame buildings typical of North American residential construction. However, flood impacts have not been considered to the same degree of detail. A theoretical model is developed that describes flood impacts on wood-frame residential buildings and relates building response to flood depth and velocity. The failure mechanisms considered and the model logic are described and applied to assess the response of a typical Canadian wood-frame home to flood conditions that might be experienced in a rapid-onset flood event.Keywords
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