Flood Damage to Rural Buildings Result from Foundation Scour and Scour Protection Strategy

Abstract

In China, flooding is one of the most common and frequent natural disasters, which can cause life and property losses partly due to heavily damage and collapse of rural buildings. Hence, it is very important to conduct comprehensive study on flood damage to rural buildings. In this paper, the flood damage to rural builds is described and analyzed with emphasis on the foundation scour, which may result in whole building collapse, and scour protection strategy. Damages or collapse caused by foundation scour of rural building can be categorized into two main groups according to the location of rural a building. After summarizing existing scour protection strategies, a new technology is suggested. The contents presented in this paper may be useful references for further study on flood damage to rural building and scour protection engineering practices.