Interactive
Flood Simulation
The Flood exhibit illustrates the phenomenon of resistance
to flooding in forested areas compared with farmed
areas. The visitor chooses from two buttons to make
it rain on the forested or farmed regions. Rain on
the farmed region quickly runs off and floods the
lowlands because the river can't handle the amount
of water. On the forested side however the water is
absorbed into the absorbent toweling and is released
to the river over a longer time without flooding.
This exhibit requires attention to many details including
the subtleties of water flow over the model, creating
a design to minimize mold build up, water conditioning,
timing was critical, water leak prevention, robustness
of components and simplifying for ease of routine
maintenance.
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