Q&A: limits used in predicting the failure of the levees in New Orleans?
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How do you think limits were used in predicting the failure of the levees in New Orleans last year before Katrina hit?
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u need
1. to know the dimensions and materials used in levees
2. a good handbook on civil engineering (i reccomend Trautwine’s)
3 to know the direction and magnitude of the forces with respect to the levee
it is more difficult than u think due to magnitude of data required, and the fact that u werent there to measure the forces urself u can only guess for a given set of parameters