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Civil Engineering in Developing Countries

(CT5560)

9. Assignment Shelter

Cyclones are a big hazard in Bangladesh. In the movies within this folder and the background paper you can see why. You will design a shelter. Please note that this exercise takes all day.

Backgroundpaper on cyclones and warning systems

cyclone II.pdf
EMDAD HAQUE C. 1997 Atmospheric Hazards Preparedness in Bangladesh: A Study of Warning, Adjustments and Recovery from the April 1991 Cyclone, Natural Hazards 16: 181-202

Design Example

This is one example of what you are supposed to design may look like, but do not copy it as it already exists... Furthermore, other types exist as well!
http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=6452

 

 

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