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　　Thames Barrier 泰晤士水闸防洪问题研究 --Thames Barrier Flood ABSTRACT This is a paper regarding the Thames Barrier. I am trying to present a report on Thames Barrier es for flood control. It arkable construction. After its construction it 1983 ones defensively. Till March 19th, 2008 it has got no petitor in its ovable flood barrier the Thames Barrier stands going to present some of the important things related to this great construction. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Thames Barrier located in the do of central London, United Kingdom. It is a magnificently ega-structure of the oving up from the sea all these exceptionally high tides are exacerbated by a storm surge. The Thames Barrier is raised for the duration of the high tide in order to prevent it from getting inside the city. As for the dealings es Barrier can be opened and as such it release es and in general circumstances backs up behind it. The functionality of this Thames Barrier is very unique and is of great use to the people of London. It has been built across a 523 metre and t navigable spans. Along aller non-navigable channels betents. Huge in structure and azing barrier ranking itself in the second position. THE REPORT INTRODUCTION The Thames Barrier is for me a remarkable construction and es. In this paper I am going to explore all those aspects of this barrier that has made it also trying to find out hoent and the engineers and the contractors are also my concern. As the paper proceeds I discover certain things that need some kind of discussion and thus the target of my paper. The Thames Barrier took a span of ten years to get constructed. It it the damages that cause by the seasonal flood of London. It is at the 1oos of disasters. There are of course some amounts of varia --tions too and that is ain objective of this paper is. The construction is not only unique but is very innovative among its contemporaries. It is the kind of flood gates that gets across the openings in very stylish circular segments in cross