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When the water in Rotterdam reaches a height of 3,20 meter above N.A.P., the flood barrier will close. The computer of the storm barrier weir decides when the flood barrier must close and if it must be closed the computer will do everything automatically.

The system starts with the sail out of the turning wall.

To thereafter let the weir float, engines pull the turning walls to places were they are sunk. The bottom flaps then open, letting the water in in order to let the weirs down. All this is regulated by the computer. In the mean time the flaps above are automatically opened. You can compare the turning wall with a submarine, because a submarine uses the same system.

When the storm is over, the walls will turn back to the dock but first the computer lets the walls be drained and when they are empty they can float back to the dock . The engines then pull the wall back to the dock. And the dock is also drained empty. The walls are then ready for the next storm.

So,

- The computer decides to closing the weir.

- The docks are filled with water.

- Engines pull the turning wall to the places where they are sunk down.

- Bottom flap opens up and the weirs sink.

- Computer decides when the weir goes back.

- The weir walls are pumped empty.

 - The walls are pulled back to the dock by engine.

 - The dock is pumped empty.

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