TO FABRICATE FLOOD BARRIER USING RECYCLED MATERIAL (PET)

Floods often occur in residential areas with dense populations caused by high rainfall and infiltration areas that do not function properly. A Flood Barrier is a tool to prevent and overcome flood problems, but Flood Barriers are generally sold at high prices. Therefore many people cannot buy and use these tools even though the community needs them. Therefore, a Flood Barrier was made at an affordable price that the public can use by using recycled material (PET) as the main ingredient in this product. This PET material was chosen because it is resistant to flooding and is quite affordable. This Flood Barrier was designed using Autodesk Inventor software with a size of 1040 mm x 1000 mm x 210 mm. To prove that the Flood Barrier using recycled PET material can be used, it is proven by simulating the resistance of this product to flood water pressure. The static pressure of flood water at a depth of 1 m is 9.80 KPa. At that pressure, Discpalacement occurs, and the safety factor is as follows. The prototype flood barrier was made using 3D printing and scaled-down 1:5 from the original size.