CA2884211A1 - Barrier system for flood protection - Google Patents

Abstract

Protective barrier system against floods, one of the most dangerous disasters, is disclosed. This barrier system includes from one to four implementations of protective barriers depending on the properties and arrangement of protected objects.
Said barriers use a palisade of vertical or little inclined straight members enclosed on the side of flooding by a flexible strong membrane. They allow creating a reliable protection against flood up to1.5-2 meters in height with a smaller amount of sand or generally without it.
Barriers about 1 meter in height are compact for storage, inexpensive and can be mounted by forces of 1-2 people in a few hours.

Description

BARRIER SYSTEM FOR FLOOD PROTECTION
[0001] Present application is based on the previous patents and patent applications RU93018279 and US Pat. App.12/386,847, Pat. App. US 12/930,433, Pat. App. US
20100150656, Pat. App. US 20100270389, Pat. App!. 20130306267, and Pat. Appl.
13/851073. These materials include an analysis of many known patents and applications.
TECHNICAL FIELD

[0002] The present application represents flood protective barriers using one or two rows of vertical or slightly inclined members.
BACKGROUND ART

[0003] The problem of protection from the flood water flows and accompanying phenomena is one of the most significant contemporary problems of human life.
In 2004 the tsunami flood killed one half of million lives; the tsunami flood in Japan 2011 caused a loss of tens billions of dollars. The total damage of US in 1993 from the floods exceeds 26 billion dollars, and in 2005 ¨ 125 billion (primarily the hurricane Katrina and the accompanying water flooding). The US's floods of 2011 caused damage more than half a billion dollars, and in Australia - 5 billion dollars, etc. The heavy flooding in New-York caused by the hurricane Sandy (2012), Sandy total Losses are estimated up to $100 Billions. The heavy flooding in Calgary (2013), flooding in Toronto (2013).
Each strong flood causes a cascade effect and violates the economy, causing frequent power and communications disconnections. The economic losses sharp increases every decade.
Numerous destruction and deaths caused severe financial losses in the insurance companies who can not pay the insurance received from a large number of people and businesses suffered from natural disasters.

[0004] UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, said: "We have carried out a thorough review of disaster losses at national level and it is clear that direct losses from floods, earthquakes and drought have been under-estimated by at least 50%. So far this century, direct losses from disasters are in the range of $2.5 trillion. Economic losses from disasters are out of control..." (May 13, 2013) http://www.unisdr.org/archive/33003

[0005] Moreover, "rising seas and increasingly severe weather are expected to increase the areas of the United States at risk of floods by up to 45 percent by 2100, according to a first-of-its-kind report released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency"
can complicate the protection against floods.

[0006] Real possibilities of dams and channels are limited by material and human resources and territorial structures. The applicants have analyzed a plurality of images published in Yahoo during to last years, and these images show that the primary means of widely used apparatus for flood protection are sandbags (closed and open).
Huge amounts of ever-increasing damage shows that existing means are not able to protect against the effects of floods and other natural disasters. Everywhere (in America, in Australia, in Europe, and in Asia) people are practically defenseless against flooding. The reasons are obvious: the constructions of powerful dams are extremely expensive and time-consuming. On the other hand it is impossible to protect the whole area, because the means of water removing (rivers, canals) in the sea have a limited bandwidth.
It is known also that about 90% of flood damage in the United States is caused by flood having height in less than 1 meter of water. Our observations show that the water level in the cities is more than 1 meter in many cases and using the offered barriers it is possible to create zones free from a flood, without forgetting to leave less essential zones as stores of surplus of water. Therefore, an effective strategy has to comprise at least two levels: 1) protecting individual buildings and structures against flooding water up to 0.5-1.2 meters, suitable for wide application, effective, fast and simple when mounting, compact in the storage, and cheapness; and 2) protecting against 2-2.5 meter of water, against strong flows, and managing these flows so as to minimize the damage.

[0007] Analysis of a plurality of patents and photos from the field of floods shows that the main means against flood (besides stone or create dams) are: sandbags.
Sandbags are the most common. They have two advantages: they are able: (1) to create a continuous barrier and (2) to resist the pressure of the water flow. But they are expensive, very labor-expensive, and require a lot of time and efforts to transport to the protected buildings and can not be saved until the next flood. The creation of 1 meter 4-feet sandbags barrier costs $800 and requires 20 man-hours in according to Geocell System Inc.
However, the complexity of sandbags filling and protection means creating significantly limits their application. Really, even the most sophisticated means can protect only individual homes and partially separate territories. An attempt of very large area protection, using only the dams, will cause the water level to increase because of the limited capacity of the remaining water area and the limited capacity of drainage systems.

[0008] There are many projects and patents of protection structures. The analysis of the most important proposals is provided in materials specified in [0001] and their shortcomings. The following publications are the most interesting among new.
In the Pat.
Appl. US 20120207406 (Calenach E.J. et al) applicants describe collapsible containment structure of a protective barrier. This barrier composition set in series boxes filled with sand or other filler. The structure is designed in detail, including the car to transport the folded compact barrier. However, mounting of this assembly requires too much manual labor and time.

[0009] Pat. Appl. US20120207545 (Bouchard PJ et al) offers an interesting option, using swellable materials as filling of the dam. This allows you to quickly transport the material for the construction of the dam, but the swelling leads to saturation with water, and the saturation is as great as 3000/35 = 85.7-told. Therefore, the middle density of the dam material is close to water density causing lower stability barrier against the incoming water flow, in spite of its trapezoidal cross-section and anchoring. Anchoring system allows the use and more simple construction, but swelling process in a large volume of said protective dam requires a lot of time (the author did not say about it).

[0010] Analysis of multiple patents and numerous photographs of real floods of recent years shows that real means of flood protection remain stationary dams, dams consisting of sandbags weighing 20-30 kg (that could lift one) and a regular series of large open sand bags weighing about 1000 kg.

[0011] Pat. Appl. US 20130306267 (Feldman B. et al) represents two new barriers. The first design is designed to protect individual houses and building. Such barrier includes a palisade formed strong pull up members (tubes or special profile), the lower ends of which are fixed in the pre-buried anchors or fixed to the ground. Each said member with two legs form a stable tripod. This barrier is closed in the front by an elongated waterproof membrane, the lower end of which is tucked back and pressed to the ground.
The second design includes two rows of said vertical members connected so that allows placing between said rows special sandbags. This two-row barrier allows reducing labor-expensive and required time for mounting said barrier. These barriers are suitable for the protection of different houses, buildings and areas and can serve as a basis for the improvement. It is proposed and simpler barrier intended for separate homes protection.
The present application represents advanced barriers of said types.

[0012] Protection of home devoted A few patents are devoted to the problem of homes' protection. The most interesting US Pat. Appl. 20130302092 (Ortiz; A) offered to use a self-aligning membrane, the lower end of which is fixed in a drainage ditch located near an exterior wall of a building and the top end is connected to a pop-up float.
However, the author speaks only of said wall, and does not indicate how this pop-up floats will raise cylindrical membrane surrounding said building without touching the corners, vertical water draining tubes and ledges. Furthermore, the volume of floats sufficient lifting force may exceed the actual size of the drainage ditches.
Besides manual lifting of the membrane surrounding any building almost unreal.

SUMMARY
[ 0013] The first aspect of the present invention consists in that two types of flood protective barriers, using one or two rows of vertical or slightly inclined members, made, for example, from tubes, to protect different objects (homes, buildings, areas etc) against flood. The first type represents secure resistant barriers (named further as "double barrier") capable of withstanding flooding height of 2-2.5 m that is sufficient in most cases. The second type represents simple barriers are intended for the protection against flood water height up to 0.8-1.0 that corresponds to about 80% of the American plains flood, and therefore the first aspect of the present invention consists in that the best solution to the flood protection is optimal combination of the two types of barriers: secure quick installable barriers that are able to protect against flood those height is less than 2-2.5 m and that are installed in the dangerous and/or more important places and a plurality of cheap mobile portable barriers that are intended to protect separate houses and are able to resist flood water up to lm in height.
[0014] The following aspect consists in that said double barriers are provided for simple transporting and mounting independently on relief of predetermined areas because of the parallelograms formed by system of connecting elements and lateral members.
Said barriers don't require preliminary filled sandbags with sand and their transporting and stacking.
[0015] The following aspect consists in that the design of said double barriers allow significantly reducing required amount of sand in comparison with the use of prevalent sandbags without reducing stability of barriers and allow changing the level of filling each separate bags in accordance with the profile of terrain surface and so that the upper surface of said bags and, therefore, the upper surface of said barrier could be leveled.
[0016] The following aspect consists in that authors proposed to use said leveled surface of said double barriers for mounting upper superstructure that allows reducing the needed amount of sand by 20-30% that is very significantly and the design of said simple supported barrier can be used as said superstructure.
[00171 The following aspect consists in that authors proposed tour implementations of said single (simple) barrier: single simple, single fastened and single supported, and single surrounding barrier. At that said single fastened barriers can be used in the same case, as the double barriers if a soil and a covering ground allow.
[00181 The following aspect consists in that proposed the design of simple barriers are not expensive, use only the simplest and inexpensive components, do not use sand, can be installed by one or two people, and being folded said barrier takes up only little space.
Offered constructions are able using cylinder having diameter of 10-20 cm to prevent water penetration under said barrier. Said cylinder can be made as a sleeve filled with water or air (using a simple pump), or "sleeve- cable" can be made from flexible plastic or rubber and doesn't require any pump. For installation of said barrier is enough, for example, to drill in the ground necessary holes (about 0.5 meters in depth).
One variant needs to fill tight the space between the walls of said hole and said front member and no requires any ballast, other variant doesn't require filling said space, but uses said ballast in the form of one not very big bag (hollow or including a swelling powder) filled with water for each front member. Moreover, it is offered mounting options of said barriers on asphalt or concrete.
[00191 The following aspect of this invention consists in that new designs of said barriers are offered, and said designs allow significantly simplifying the installation said barriers thanks of using membranes with cuts, limiters with slots, and simple (portable) barriers with one cylinder (sleeve). At the same time proposed implementation of the simple barrier, wherein the envelope of the sleeve made of a car tire's material, together with an air pump, provided that the front member has a limiting flange (stationary elements fastened to the front members, including at least flanges) allows to use the simplified limiter and the front members that are fastened to previously buried anchored block or pressed inside narrow holes drilled in the ground. The pressure of 1.5-2 atm is sufficient, and the conditions, under which such sleeve works, are much more comfortable than in cars.
[0020] The following aspect of this invention consists in that new designs comprise also additional devices allowing considerably to facilitate, and in some a case and to mechanize the lifting of said membrane that is one of the most labor-consuming operations at installation of simple barriers.
[0021] The following aspect of this invention consists in that these barriers are suitable for creating on their basis more complex system, long and persistent protective system, consisting of a whole system of such barriers, connected to each other and protective corridors for the removal of the people from the danger zone and / or channels to divert water. The present application includes means allowing connecting separate double barriers in common system.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
In the following detailed description of exemplary embodiments, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof and in which are shown by way of illustration examples of exemplary embodiments with which the invention may be practiced. In the drawings and descriptions, like or corresponding parts are marked throughout the specification and drawings with the same reference numerals.
The drawings are not necessarily to scale. Certain features of the invention may be shown exaggerated in scale or in somewhat schematic form and some details of conventional elements may not be shown in the interest of clarity and conciseness.
Referring to the drawings:
[0022] FIGS. 1A-1D illustrate examples of using the proposed barriers; FIG.1A
shows a fragment of topographic map of some area, and the example of an arrangement of proposed barriers on this area; FIG. 1B illustrates an influence a relief on an arrangement of said barriers; FIG. 1C represents a long barrier formed from some separate barriers; FIG. 1D illustrates water removal channels forming.
[0023] FIGS. 2A ¨ 2E represent a view of the double barrier; FIG. 2A shows a frame of said barrier; FIG. 2B shows a base member of said frame; FIG. 2C shows a uppermost member of said frame; FIG. 2D and FIG. 2E show a common view of said double barrier without frames.
[0024] FIGS. 3A-3K represent connecting elements for said frames. FIGS. 3A-3C
show three views of simple connecting elements; FIGS. 3D-3E show connecting elements fordable connecting elements; FIG. 3F illustrates a sliding unit of connecting elements, FIGS. 3G-3K show a double barrier having hard walls.
[0025] FIGS. 4A-4E illustrate filling embedded bags with ballast; FIG. 4A
illustrate connections of adjacent bags (a side view); FIG. 4B said a top view; FIGS. 4D-represent side views of filled bags; FIG. 4D represents a motor ballast pump;
FIG. 4E illustrates a process of filling said bag with ballast.
[0026] FIGS. 5A-5E represent separate fragments of the connections of adjacent bags;
FIGS. 5A-5C shows higher and lower edges of adjacent bags; FIG. 5D shows an uppermost member; FIG. 5E shows additional fastening said frames.
[0027] FIGS. 6A-6B represent different types of the additional rear members or rear structures.
[0028] FIGS. 7A-7K illustrate using of the superstructures; FIGS. 7A-7B show a simple angeled superstructure; FIGS. 7C-7E show an attached angeled superstructure; FIGS. 7F-7H represent different types of superstructure.
FIG. 7F shows an inflatable superstructure; FIG. 7G shows an expandable superstructure; FIG. 7H illustrates the possibilities of increasing the height of said double barrier together with said superstructure; FIGS. 7I-7J show possibilities of increasing of the height of the front or rear members; FIG. 7K shows the possibility of frame increasing.
[0029] FIG. 8 illustrates advantages of the proposal double barrier.
[0030] FIG. 9 represents a truck equipped with a conveyor for transporting double barrier of both implementations.
[0031] FIGS. 10A-10E represent a "multi-post" device for lifting a membrane;
FIG.
10A represents said "multi-post" device; FIG. 10B represents the location of said lifting device on the front system of the double barrier; FIG. 10C- shows a group of folds; FIG. 10D- shows a control system; FIG. 10E illustrates the location of said front members on uneven surface.
[0032] FIGS. 11A-11E represent a simple barrier; FIG. 11A represents a back view of said barrier; FIG. 11B represents a cross-section of said barrier; FIG.11C-represents a screwing pile; FIG. 11D represents the location of the lifting apparatus;
FIGS. 11E
represents a membrane and a limiter for said barrier.
[0033] FIGS. 12A-12F represent a simple barrier comprising at least two supporting straight members; FIG. 12A represents a back view of said barrier; FIG. 12B
represents the scheme of fastening the front member; FIG. 12C illustrates possibilities of fast lifting of the membrane; FIGS. 12D-12F show different variants of relative positioning sleeves, a limiter, a membrane, and said front membrers.
[0034] FIGS. 13A-13E represent main variants of strengthening the front member; FIG.
13A represents said front member together with the loaded limiter ("supporting shoe"); FIGS. 13B-13E represent several views of said "supporting shoe".
[0035] FIGS. 14A-14G represent different implementations of fastening the front member to the ground surface; FIG. 14A represents a fragment a front member hinged to a buried anchored block; FIG. 14C represents a buried anchored holder;

FIGS. 14D-14E represent variants of fastening the lower part of the front member inside the hole drilled in the ground; FIG. 14F illustrates fixing said front member to the asphalt or concrete surfaces; FIG. 14G represents the use of an external load, including different ballast, a bag filled with water, and a bag filled swelling superabsorbent material;.
[0036] FIGS. 15A-15H represent different implementations of simple or double sleeves;
FIGS. 15A and 15B represent two implementations of simple sleeve; FIG. 15C
shows how can connect two rubber-like sleeves; FIG. 15D represents two said sleeves connected to each another by wrapping; FIGS. 15E-15H represent different implementations of double sleeves.
[0037] FIGS. 16A-16H represent different implementations of the limiter; FIG.

shows a top view of said limiter for a double cylinder (one section); FIG. 16B

shows a top view of said limiter for a single cylinder (one section); FIG. I6C

illustrates a shape of two adjacent sections intended for a single cylinder;
FIG.
16D shows two positions of a jumper intended for locking a front member inside corresponding opening of limiter; FIGS. 16E- 16F represent a section of the limiter intended for a single cylinder; FIG. 16G represents a combination of a platform and said section; FIG. 16H represents the limiter in the case when a H-shaped front member is used.
[0038] FIGS. 17A-17B represent said membrane and said sleeve together; FIG.

show a vertical fragment of the membrane together with said sleeve; FIG. 17B
represents special plungers to adapt said sleeve to uneven ground surface;
[0039] FIGS. 18A-18H represent different variants of the membrane; FIG. 18A
represents two parts of said membrane that are connected by a zipper; FIGS.

18G show different variants bending the membrane because of irregularities of the ground surface and represent pleated edges of said membrane; FIGS. 18H-18I
illustrate the use of two rows of openings.

[0040] FIGS. 19A-19B represent different variant of the use of hangers that allow which allows evenly distributing the forces acting on the top edge of the membrane when lifting.
[0041] FIGS. 20A-20H represent different variant of the location of the hoising means on the front members.
[0042] FIGS. 21A-21B represent a hydraulic lifting means.
[0043] FIGS. 22A-22E represent a single surrounding barrier; FIG. 22A
represents a protected building; FIGS. 228-22C show the lower edge of the membrane and its fastening; FIGS. 22D-22E show the limiter located closely said building.
[0044] FIGS. 23A-23F represent different variants of the supporting flexible membrane of single barriers; FIGS.23A-23C show the possibility of using round or oblong inflated balls to support the middle part of said membrane; FIGS. 23D-23F
represent possible shapes and combination of said round or oblong inflated balls [0045] FIGS. 24A-24K represent additional strengthening means that can reduce the wetting of the soil and improve stability; FIGS. 24A-24H show possibilities of the use of containers filled with absorbent-powder for this purpose; FIGS. 24I-24J
illustrate the use of non-Newton liquid and materials having negative Poisson's coefficient.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0046] The present invention represents the barrier systems that make possibility to protect plain areas including various structures against flood. These systems include from one of five implementations of protective barrier that are located with regard to the topography and types of protected structures. Each used implementation comprises one or two rows of approximately vertical members, correspondingly, single barriers and double barriers. Said single barriers have three implementations:
- single (simple) barriers intended to protect separate small buildings and home areas;
- single supported barriers using additionally supporting means to protect separate small buildings and home areas;
- single fastened barriers intended for the use together with strong buried foundations to protect against more strong flood water;
- simple surrounding barriers intended mainly to protect detached house;
and - double barriers The double barriers are intended to protect against more strong flood water flows, wherein each said front member is strengthened through corresponding similar rear rigid member, to which said front member is connected to said rear member (further, lateral members) by at least two horizontal members (base and upper members) and said front and rear members are spaced apart along the flood direction. The double the barrier is steady against strong waves and flood height up to 2 meters, the simple fastened barrier is steady also up to the height about 2 m, but it demands the special conditions for fastening of the lower end of said front members in the ground. The simple supported barrier uses more simple components and protects up to the height about one meter. All simple barriers are less labor intensive and cheaper.
[00471 FIG. lA represents an example of the proposed barrier system for flood protection with the help of a fragment of a topographic map. The level lines 0.5 m, 1.0 m, 1.5 m are shown. Arrows 101 show the directions of water flows. Little separate homes 103 and an important building 102 are shown. Said important building 102 is surrounded (protected) by the double barrier 104a. The second double barrier 104b protects a group of separately located homes 103 deflecting a strong water flow "FLOOD".
Besides each of said separately located homes 103 can be protected by said single simple or supported barriers 105. Therefore, a considerable length of said barriers 104 requires connecting means (not shown), allowing connecting said sections to each other without big leakage.
If the ground (or concrete covering) allows then said simple fastened barrier can be used instead of said double barriers 104. FIG. 1B illustrates an influence of the area's relief upon an arrangement of said barriers.
[0048] FIG. 1C illustrates the possibilities of connecting and strengthening said adjacent double barriers. It is shown a front acute-angled buttress 116 and said double barrier 113 as a back buttress. These buttresses 116 and 117 are connected to said double barrier 113a with the help of corresponding frames. Similarly two double barriers 113 and 111 can be connected to each other. A unit 113 illustrates the connection of two barriers for creating lengthened barrier; a unit 114 illustrates similar connection of two barriers located at an angle. The space between two barriers 113 or 111 can be filled with sandbags, hydrophobic, or swelling material. The double barriers allow building permanent strong dams using concrete or fast hardening concrete as ballast.
The lateral members 112, 115 are served for connecting adjacent barriers by ropes, chains etc and can include locks. FIG. 1D illustrates removal flood water using the connection of said double barriers 106 forming a through channel 107.
[0049] All implementations of said flood protective barrier include a row (a palisade) of rigid vertical or slightly inclined front members (tubes, rods, bunches of tubes, or special profiles, for example, H-shaped) made from metal, composite, concrete and like. Each said front member includes a lower end that either is fastened underground or fastened to the terrain surface directly by a base member. The barrier of the first implementation (simple) uses a special "supporting shoe" for stress reducing (see below). The second implementation is characterized in that said front members require supporting means.
Such design is named "simple supported barrier". The barriers of the third implementation are more thick and don't require any support. They are named "simple fastened barrier". In the case if expected water flows are stronger or their height is more than 1.5 ¨ 2 meters then it used the second row of rear members, each of which is fastened to corresponding front member by base and upper connecting members in the form of a frame. The adjacent frames are parralel to each other and connected to each other by connecting elements. Each said frame leans on the terrain surface.
The space

13 between said adjacent frames is occupied by heavy ballast, for example, sandbag(s), and said implementation is named "double barrier".
[00501 Said double barriers are intended for the protection against 1-2.5 meters flood water (FIG. 2A). They allow weakening strong incoming water flows and protecting areas, buildings and groups of separate houses. Such double barrier includes the first external row of said front members 223 that faces towards flood water flows.
Each said front member is connected to the corresponding rear member 225 by a base member 221, which lies on the ground, by an upper member 224 and, when it is necessary, a mobile uppermost member 231. Said front members 223 can be extended up, forming an elongated front members together with upper front members 222. Said elongated front member can be inclined back (see below Fig. 7B). Said base members 221 comprise holding means 221c that are fastened to the bottom sides of said base members and intended for stability of said barrier, first at all in the process installing the skeleton. Said holding means are chosen from the following group comprising: bulges, bubles, each of which has a horn lower end, and suckers. Said holding means 221c can be made as changeable. Such changeable means can be chosen and mounted to said base members depending on properties of the ground surface. Loose soil requires said bulges; ridid surface (concrete, asphalt) requires said suckers. These frames 220 are connected to each other (204 and 205, FIG. 2D). A space between each pair of adjacent frames 220 (FIGS.2D and 2A) is intended for filling with ballast, for which a big bag 210 (FIGS.2D
and 2A) is located inside said space. Sand, stones, pulp, and even concrete can be used as ballast. The adjacent bags made from sacking or special plastic are connected to each other by thin cables, cord or threads 202 (FIGS. 2A and 2D). FIG. 2D shows edges of said bags 210 and connecting cables (or cord) 202. FIG. 2E shows interior of said bags and illustrates a possibility to used flexible jute 206 with knots 207 (if it is necessary) as jute-concrete reinforcement in the case of filling said bags with concrete.
The openings 208 allow mounting said flexible reinforcement preliminary. One of both ends 221a and 221b (FIG. 2B) of said base member 221 are intended to improve the sustainability. The openings 226 are intended for said front and rear members. FIG. 2C represents one variant of said uppermost member 231. A hollow unit 230 (FIG. 2A and FIG. 2C)

14 includes a spring 236. A rod 231 (said uppermost member) is clamped between said spring 236, a vertical fork 234 and a curvilinear stopper 237a. This stopper is adapted to assume the position 237b freeing said rod 231 after the turn caused by a handle 227 (FIG.
2A). Reseased rod 231 must fall down under gravity. The use of said jute as jute-concrete reinforcement allows folding skeleton formed by said frames and connecting elements together with empty bags and easily transporting said skeleton to predetermined place.
The use of the fast hardening and self-packing concrete allows creating quickly said double barriers-dams.
[0051] The simplest connecting elements 241 connect the adjacent lateral members, for example, said front members 223 ( and, correspondingly, rear members) to each another with the help of hinges 242 (FIG. 3A). Two or more connecting elements 241 are parallel to ech other and are equal in length that provides parallelism of adjacent lateral members and adjacent frames regardless of the ground relief. FIG. 3B represents said connecting elements in folded state, and FIG. 3C shows a side view of said connecting elements in folded position. Said folded state of said connecting elements allows forming the compact skeleton and is easy to transport. If desired (or necessary in the hard case), screw jack-like connecting elements (FIG. 3D) can strengthen the skeleton additionally. FIG.
3D shows, as an example, said screw jack-like connecting elements, comprising two clamps 244 to hold two adjacent front members 223 with the help of two tread rod rods 245 and 245 and a screw slider 245. It is important that such connecting element will remain motionless when the rotational force on thee screw is removed. FIGS. 3E
and 3F
represent more simple sliding connecting elements, wherein tubes 245 and 245a (correspondingly, flat bars 247 and 247a) can be shifted and moved apart, and can be fixed in given position by screws 246 and 246b. An axis 246a is additional and useful.
[0052] FIGS. 3G-3K represent another variant of said connecting elements for said double barrier that is useful in the case when said ballast is concrete. In this case said adjacent lateral members are connected by two fully or partially rigid halves (sheets) 211a and 211b, using metal or plastic (composite). Said halves are connected to each other and/or to said adjacent members by hinges or flexible materal. A bottom sheet 212 of each said space between adjacent frames is made from flexible or foldable material (plastic or sacking) and is connected to said halves from below. The bottom sheet of each said space can be connected to the bottom sheets of adjacent sections or cam be made together with said said halves in the form of separate bag for each said space. FIGS. 31 and 3J represent the skeleon together with said halves and said bottom sheets in the artificial unfolded expanded form. Line all -bll corresponds to the front member, line bll- b12 corresponds to the base member, line b12-a12 corresponds to the rear member (the second index "1" denoted "front", the second index "2" denoted "rear").
Hear and further for each said j-th space ("j" ¨the first index): cjl and cj2 ¨the front and rear upper points belonging to both said j-th halves; djl and dj2 ¨the lower points belonging to said two j-th halves; ejl and ej2 ¨ the front and rear intersection points of the bisectors of the angles belonging to said j-th bottom sheet, the vertices of which are said adjacent front and rear members). Regular dotted lines show folded lines. Bold lines correspond to front, rear and base members. Double notations ell (a21) show that ell denotes the top point the front member that belongs to both space. Said point is denoted as ell in the j¨l-th space and as a21 in j=2-th space.
Said double barrier, wherein said connecting elements and said bottom sheets are configured to convert said unfolded barrier to said folded state by simultaneously performing the following procedures:
- approaching said adjacent frames of each j-th space;
- folding said halves of each j-th space along the line that connects said corresponding halves, forming front fold cjl-djl and, correspondingly, rear fold cj2-dj2 directed inside said space;
- lifting up horizontal folds ej 1-ej2 and forming new folds djl-ejl and dj2-ej2, - moving said folds cjl-dj land said cj2-dj2 inside corresponding new folds djl-ejl and dj2-ej2.
FIGS. 31 and 3J shows all lines, along which said folds are formed. FIG. 3K
illustrates an intermediate step of folding. FIG. 3H shows that said unfolded skeleton can be strengthened by piles 213, which after will be flooded by cement. Said double barrier, wherein at least one vertical connection on each side in said j-th space can be made flexible and can include special means that are intended to prevent the protrusion of said halves outward when heavy ballast loading. Said spaces of the double barrier is intended for filling with cement, mud, pulp, pebbles, preferably, or any combination thereof.
[0053] FIGS. 4A- 4C show a placement of said bags bag in unfolded barrier (a side view and a top view, correspondingly). The frames 220 separate each pair of two adjacent bags 210. The base member 221 of said frames and the uppermost member 231 are shown (their cross-sections). Two adjacent bags are connected by ropes or cords 202 (an upper edges of said bags) and 232 (a bottom edges of said bags). The open bag is filled with sand 250. The front members 223 and the rear members 225 of the frame are shown. The set of open bags are convenient for loading said ballast (sand). The proposed design allows reducing essentially an amount of necessary sand (sand, dirt, pulp, and stone) that is used for the creation of such barriers having a given height. The height of said side frames 220 is chosen more than the expected height of flood 253a in the lowest location of said barrier (FIG. 4C). This figure shows that each said bag must be filled only necessary height of sand and, correspondingly, amount of sand 252 that is less that in the case when usual preliminary filled bags are used. The stepped level 253 shows approximately amount of sand that would be required in usual filling. The upper edge of said bags 253b shows that these bags are not filled up to the top.
100541 FIG. 4D shows as a special "motor ballast (waste) pumps" 260 (that are analogous to known "motor concrete pumps" or "motor waste pumps") can be used for loading the internal space of said bags belonging to said double barrier 250. Such motor ballast pump can be installed on the ground with ballast (soil, pulp, sand, wet sand, cement, concrete, gravel, sandbags, or their mix, or bulk ballast). It can use a special placing boom 260a. It is desirable to have the group of said motor ballast pumps that allows loading said ballast evenly and gradually. Automobile transporters can be used additionally for loading sandbags, stones and the like. In many cases the flood happens near any river, and dredges can be used for stockpiling sand and loading said motor waste pumps.
This controlled boom allows directly loading said ballast into said bags. The proposed design allows realizing a straight line of mounting said double barriers. For example, if said barrier is located near the river, a working digger loads one after another the motor ballast pumps, which move, unload said ballast and come back to the river for new loading. The barrier can be equipped additionally with special light lamps located on the top edges of each cell helping to orient said boom (even automatically). The most popular model uses such booms with 36, 41 and 48 m in length. They are completed with high-pumping capacity up to 180 m 3 / h. Using the modern equipment as a guide we can assume that the rate of installation of said double barriers can reach 50 meters per hour and even more, i.e. a team can establish the double barrier at the rate of 1 km per day that is impossible for any other known variant of barriers.
[0055] FIG. 4E shows that after installation of said barrier on the ground surface as separate skeleton with empty bags the proposed design of said protective barrier allows to load such amount of sand into said bags 210 how much it is necessary taking into account the relief of given area and preliminary predicted level of expected flood. A
pointer 251 (for example, a laser level pointer) indicates the given level. The horizontal laser ray 258 indicates said given level, and a receiver on said motor 261 (FIG. 4D) can receive this information, for example, using a set of light receivers 254-255. A control device (not shown) of said motor ballast pump analyses said information, defines necessary amount of sand and loads said amount of sand, beginning from level 256 and ending level 251.
The level of loading can be supervised or a measuring by any instrument of level (not shown) that is fixed to the nozzle of the end of said boom or measuring necessary amount of sand according to its weight, or any different way. For setting or determination of necessary level many different geodesic instruments (by theodolite, level, or other) are known and can be used. A real surface 257 of filled bags can be just more.
[0056] The identical level of sand in all bags creates additional possibilities, but superfluous height of at least a part of said uppermost members is an impediment. FIG.
5A represents two adjacent bags, two nearest walls 240a and 240b of which are connected to each other by a cord (rope) 261. Two edge strips 263a and 263b located on the upper edges of these adjacent bags comprise a group of corresponding openings 262 and a cord (rope) 261 passes through these openings and connects these bags to each another. The curvilinear stopper 237 (FIG. 58) has two states: (1) until all the bags will fill incompletely up to given level, said curvilinear stopper occupies the position 237a, the uppermost member 231 cannot leave said unit 230 and cannot fall down, slipping from said fork 234; (2) said curvilinear stopper changes (manually or automatically) its position and occupies the position 237b, wherein said spring 236 had been pushed said uppermost 231 from the unit 230, and said curvilinear stopper, being in this position, falls down from the fork 234. Thereafter the upper surface of said double barrier will be leveled. FIG. 5C and 5D illustrate cross-sections of the upper surface 201 of said double barrier before said leveled and after correspondingly state (1) and state (2).
[0057] FIG. 5E represents the possibilities of fastening said frames, especially, extreme frames. Two types of said fastening means 216 can be used: (a) telescopic rack-jack, which is leaned on the earth's surface 217 and the front or the rear members 215 and which includes a telescoping element 217; and/or (b) lanyard (stretching screw) 217 that bind a cord or a rope fastened to the front or the rear member 288a and an anchored element 217.
[0058] FIGS. 6A- 6B show the possibility of increasing the double barrier stability due to the additional load. In each frame consisting of the members 221 221-223-225-224 the base member is extended 221d towards the protected object. Additional rear member 225a (FIG. 6A) or an additional structure 225b-225a (FIG. 6B) are form at each end of each base member 221. Boxes 225-225a-221d (FIG. 6A) can be provided with the bottom (for example, with boards laid on said addtitional base members) and used for loading stones, sandbags or other weight into said baoxes. Continuous trough (FIG.
5B), formed between the main frames (221-223-225-224) and additional rear frames (221d-225a-225b), is used for long size weights (rails, logs, etc).
[0059] FIGS. 7A-7K illustrate the possibility of increasing the double barrier height by 20-30% without the use of any additional ballast. This is especially useful when the upper surface of the barrier aligned. Such increasing is possible because said two-meter double barrier filled with heavy ballast can provide a sufficient resistance against the pressure of the water mass and makes possible to increase the barrier height using superstructures.

Necessary superstructures may be located on the aligned upper surface and may be additionally fastened to said frames using cords, ropes etc. or clamps. FIG.
7A shows a simple angled design of said superstructure, comprising a flexible waterproof membrane 275, stretched over a tubular (for example) triangular skeleton of said superstructure 271-273-274a-274b-274c and is intended for mounting (FIG.78) on the upper surface 270 of the filled sandbags (not shown). This supestructure includes a row of upper front members 271, upper base members 273 lying on said aligned upper surface 270 between said front member 223 and rear members 225. Said superstructure comprises also longitudinal ribs 274a, 274b and 274c. The membrane 275 is fastened to said members and ribs that can be made from tubes, rods etc. The necessary equipment for the superstructure FIG. 7A corresponds (or is a part of) to the equipment that can be used for creating the simple supported barrier (see below). FIG. 7B illustrates how said superstructure is located, and it can be additionally fastened by flexible or rigid connectors 278 on two sides to front 223 and rear members 225 (FIG. 7B). Such superstructure can be installed on the said even upper surface of said double barrier manually or by cranes. Said superstructure can include a flexible cotton-wool-like hydrophobic layer lying between said upper surfaces of said barrier that avoids leakage.
FIGS. 7C-7E represent more complete an attached angled superstructure, wherein upper base members 273 are made in the form a fork (not shown) as cross-section B-B
(FIG.
7E) relatively FIG. 7D. The rear members 225 include mobile washers 281, to which said simple angled superstructure (a like FIG. 7A) is movably attached. This superstructure can be include additional crosspiece 279. At first said folded superstructure occupies the position FIG. 7C without the membrane 275 (it is more convenient, but not necessarily).
After filling said bags and leveling their upper surface said construction is rotated in the position FIG. 7D so that said upper base members 273 lay on said leveling upper surface 270. Arrows 2-2 show this rotation. The arrow 1 shows possible moving said washers 281. Said upper base members 273 can have additional supporting plates 280.
[0060] FIG. 7F represents other superstructure, wherein sandbags or three water- or air-filled sleeves (an inflatable design) 284 are located on the upper surface of said double barrier. These sleeves are pressed to each other, can be mounted on said upper surface 270 (FIG. 7B) and secured like said simple superstructure (FIG. 7A). Besides these sleeves are enveloped with "fishing net" stocking 264a and additionally connected by thin threads 264b. These sleeves can be filled with water or air using any pump (not shown). FIG. 7G represents an expanding superstructure. It comprises a limited envelope similar "pillowcase" partitioned both along the length (along the barrier) and increases the height of said double barrier. Within each section the metered quantity of powder of SAP (superabsorbent polymers) that is able to increase its volume when wet. It is possible to use a material having small pores or dense material with few openings. After aligning the upper surface 270 of the barrier, as described above, a plurality of said "pillow cases" 266a are placed on the even upper surface so that it covers the entire surface as possible, and are fixed to said front members 223 and to said rear members 225. If the height of the water increases, and waves reach said "pillow cases", the powder swells and the barrier height also increases 266b. FIG. 7H represents a view of said covering 266a and flexible cords or ropes 267 that connect said covering and said front and rear members. Placing such sleeve at the top does not affect the stability of the barrier (the average density of such sleeve is equal to 1), but creates good additional protection against flooding. Moreover, a certain delay of swelling can be considered in advance, or it is simply inessential, because the rate of water rising usually decreases gradually.
[0061] FIGS. 7I-7K show other possibilities of increasing the barrier height.
FIG. 71 represents the simple additional member 222 (tube or rod) that can lengthen each front member 223 (or a member of single barrier). Said additional insertion 222 can be inserted or screwed into said (frint) member 223 with the help of the insertion 223is.
If said front member 223 has a special profile, then said insertion 223is has to have the corresponding design. It is possible to have a set of said additional members 222 having different heights. FIG. 7J represent another option of lengthening member that uses a spreading element 228 inserted between the main 223 and additional 222 members. Said spreading element 228 may be similar to a rack-and-pinion or screw jacks. The control of said spreading element 228 may thus be manual or automatic. The automatic version uses an electric motor (not shown). Its start can be initiated with the central panel.
The end of the extension for each member can be determined visually (with alternately extension of members), and with a laser pointer and the appropriate level sensors similarly FIG.4E.
Represented compensation of the member heights greatly simplifies the use of the membrane that is main for the single barriers and additional for the double barriers.
FIG. 7K represents is an option for the barrier. Additional slide (inside said front 222 and rear 225i members or the outside) front and rear members 222 are rigidly connected to each other by a crosspiece 226a. The main front 223 and rear 225 members are rigidly connected by an additional uppermost crosspiece 226. Both said crosspieces are connected in the center by said spreading element 228, which is capable of simultaneously pushing said front and rear members. Gently sloping guide 268 can be rigidly secured to both said members. It can be used for lifting the membrane (see below).
[0062] FIG. 8 represents a front view of said double barrier, in which sandbags 250 are located between said frames 220. The difference between the square of the rectangular ABCD and the value that is equal to the square between the line AB and the ground surface shows the economy in sand reached by the offered design. The superstructure 259 allows additionally increasing the height of said protective barrier up to 0.5 meters and correspondingly additionally decreasing the necessary sand volume.
100631 FIG. 9 shows the special truck 283 for transporting said folded double barrier 286-287-288 and installing it. This truck is equipped with the overhead or floor conveyor 284 and can have a special inclined truck bed-platform 285. FIG. 9 represents said barrier in the process of said double barrier installation to the ground surface. A part of said collapsed frames 289 remain on said conveyor inside said truck. Such truck allows, securing the first extreme frame, step-to-step gradually mounting said skeleton on the given place.
[0064] The following single barriers use only one row (a palisade) of said front members. From the flood side each said palisade of the front members 223 is covered with a flexible, durable and waterproof membrane 277. The first implementation is single fastened barriers intended for the use together with strong buried foundations and is shown in FIGS. 10A-11E. Such implementation is useful when a height of said single fastened barriers is in the range from 1 to 2 meters and said front members have sufficient mechanical strength and a diameter to prevent the need for additional supports, at least in most cases. Such device can be used together with aforesaid double barriers if the ground and foundations allow. The creation of said necessary foundations can be successfully combined with Highways and roads construction or their maintenance.
[0065] FIG. 10A represents said single fastened barriers, comprising said front members 223 made from metal, composite, ceramic, concrete, or plastic, said membrane 277 and said cylinder 330 located between said membrane and said front members along all said palisade and pressing a lower recurved back part of said membrane 277 to the ground surface or an asphalt (concrete) road to prevent infiltration. Said front members and said membrane can be reinforced. Said cylinder 330 ( a diameter of 10-20 cm) can be made in the form of a sleeve having flexible water(air) tight envelope and filled with water or air under an pressure that is sufficiently for to counteract the pressure of the water column (>1.2 atm.). Another variant of said cylinder is a rubber-like resilient cable. Said limiter 340 (FIG. 10B) consists of a group of elongated sections, series-located sections, including at least two openings for passing through said openings corresponding pair of adjacent front member, and so that each said front member passes through said openings in two adjacent overlapping sections.
100661 FIG. 10B represents a side view of said single fastened barrier. These front members 223 can be made in the form of screw piles or self-propelled 269 (FIG.
11B) or said front member 223 can have a screw lower end 350 intended for screwing into preliminary installed and buried socket (not shown). It is used also a bayonet connection or other similar. In all these cases said row of the front members 223 can be installed very quickly after flood alarm signal. It can be used a design shown in FIG. 10C
representing a turning column 233 that in normal state is located below ground surface level 223h in an earth trench. Said column is able to turn about on the axis 248 that is fastened to a buried foundation 249. This foundation comprises a stopper (not shown) that provides two stable states of said column 223: a horizontal state 223h and a vertical (working) position 223.
Said column in vertical state is said front member. The lifted apparatus can be installed preliminary or upon the flood alarm signal. Together with said column can be located additional mechanism for lifting said column (not shown). This burial should be covered so as not to interfere with traffic. The space that becomes free after lifting said front member has to be filled, for example, dense foam or expanding material such as powder.
It can be made from collapsible flexible, but almost non-expandable material.
It is need that the soil must be compacted, or conventional means can be used for soil stabilization and strengthening. FIG. 10B represents a limiter 340 and a nut 360. The nut 360, the limiter 340, the cylinder 330 and the lower part of said membrane form a sandwich, wherein screwing down said nut 360 compresses all said sandwich and prevents infiltration from below said lower part of said membrane 277 (FIG. 10D). Of course, the necessary pressure can be built up by different methods. And corresponding devices can be mounting not only on said front members, but also separately. The features of the design of said front members and their strengthening into the ground hinder mounting said lower part of the membrane and said limiter's sections, through openings in which said front members must pass. Therefore, said lower part of the membrane includes slits 309b (FIG. 10E) that are parallel to each other, connect a lower edge of said membrane and openings 308 for said front members and allow putting said membrane on said front members 223. These slits 309b can be closed after putting by water-proof zippers 309a or by other means. Like manner each said limiter's section 340 include two slots 341, width of which is equal to diameter of said opening in said sections, that are parallel to each other, connect a edge of said sections and said openings. Said limiter's sections can include jumpers 342 closing said slots and blocking said front members inside said slots.
100671 FIGS. 11A-11B represent said simple fastened barrier, wherein each said front member 223 is equipped with controlled hoisting device intended for lifting said membrane. Shown row of the front members is similar to a multiple position lift that can be named as "multi-post" device by analogy with Rotary Lift equipment. Such "multi-post" allows lifting a longitudinal object practically evenly (in parallel to the ground surface). The lifting of said membrane for said high front members is most laborious procedure. The proposed "multi-post" represents suitable solution. The hoisting device can be mechanical, electrical, electro-hydraulic etc. Said hoisting device can include a "step" mechanism 304, for example, an electrical "step motors". Said 304 that are located on top of said front members (instead of step motors can be used any hoists providing synchronically lifting, but further all such means are denoted as "step motors").
Preliminary, said folded membrane 277a has to be located on the given place intended for locating said sleeve (FIG. 10B, FIG.11A) for simple fastened barrier or on given place intended for locating said double barrier (see above). The lower extreme part of said membrane 277c (see FIG. 7A and FIG. 11A) is put on said front members under said cylinder. The rest part of said membrane 277 is stacked up in the form 277a.
The front edge of this membrane 277b is captured by capturing means 303 (manually), which are fastened to cables (cords) or chains 302. Said cables run inside guides-grooves 305 and pass through pulleys 301 (through two rows of such pulleys -301a and 301b ¨FIG. 11B), the axes of which are connected to said "step motors" 304. All said "step motors" (304a, 304b etc.) are connected by wires or radio to a remote control panel 307 (FIG.
10D). The control panel 307 sends directives and "step motors" 304 turn pulleys 301, which lift the upper edge 277b of said membrane 277 uniformly with the help of cables 302.
Upon reaching the desired height the upper edge of the membrane 277 is fixed with the help of fixing devices (for example, "end switches" or using video indicators -not shown) located on top of each said front member. The hoisting devices for the membrane lifting practically don't increase a cost, but significantly facilitate and accelerate the installation of protective barriers. Automatic hoists are especially useful to high and extended barriers. Hoisting gears can be located as at the top end of said front members, or below.
The mounting of said step motors 304 and pulleys 301 on the top of said front members can be executed preliminary. When the front members are equally-spaced located it is possible to use the same limiter's sections.
[0068] But if the surface is uneven, said procedure is more complicated.
Firstly, the membrane must be to include different folds 306 that nave to be folded like an accordion or accordion-pleats (FIG. 11C), and it is desirable that the number of said folds and their sizes would be sufficient to compensate for the increase in length of the base of the barrier along the ground as compared with the horizontal length of said barrier.
Therefore, for uneven surface it is desirable to have easily bendable, thin and flexible membrane as it is possible. FIG. 11E illustrates said front members 223 located on uneven terrain. It is shown the relative depth of given surface (relatively to the lowest level H1). After laying the folded membrane 277a the lower end 277c of the membrane 277 is stretched to a predetermined length and laid on a predetermined place (on the place of the mount of said skeleton and laying said sleeve 330). Further said skeleton, said sleeve, and said limiter are installed. After this the upper edge 277b of said membrane is fastened manually to capturing means 303, and said "step mechanisms" are turned on under the control of a remote control panel 307 (FIG. 11D). The line of said clamps and, respectively, the upper edge of the membrane repeat the profile of the land on the edge of the skeleton. In this position the lifting of said membrane is executed. This lift ends in one of the following cases (according to the device configuration): (1) by the achievement of the first stop sensor, located at the top of each front member or (2) by sudden tension of the membrane, then it is fully extended. The barrier height should be above the predicted flood level H2 and the size of said membrane must comply with this requirement.
[00691 FIGS. 12A-12B show a single supported (portable) barrier that is intended to protect detached homes and buildings. This barrier is able to protect against flood water up to 1 meter approximately. It comprises a palisade of said front members 223 that are spaced apart. Said front members 223 are vertical or slightly inclined back, fastened into the corresponding units 320 that are the base of said barrier. These members can be made from tubes or have a various special profile. For real parameters (material and the weight of said front member, the distance between them, the height of said front member) said barrier may require some support to reduce stress in the dangerous section (at ground level). One of possible variants is shown in FIG. 12B. Two additional supporting members 311 that lean on rear anchor blocks (or supported bearing) 321 through two rack-jacks 216, support said front member 223 and forms a stable tripod together with gound segments. Such design represents a rigid, geometric invariable, statically-determined spatial skeleton using straight members and the ground surface to which said members are fastened. It is convenient to use collapsible construction equipment as said members and supporting elements. Said additional members 311 of each tripod can be hinged to said front members 223 with the help of coupling 329 in the center of water pressure (or above) of said front member, for example, at a height 0.3-0.4 approximately from said front member height. Two additional supporting members are located symmetrically relatively the plane perpendicularly to the conditional smooth surface that passes through said front members 223. A flexible impermeable elongated membrane 277 covers from the front said front members 223 and is fastened to upper part of said front members 223 with the help of clamps or by other means. This membrane includes two parts: an upper part that is fastened to the upper part of said front members and a lower part of said membrane (a skirt) that is bent and pressed to the ground by a cylinder (for example, a sleeve) 330 preventing the water leakage from below. Said membrane 277 is pressed to the ground surface by a pressing nut 360 of FIG. 12C, for example, a screw nut through a rigid limiter 340 and said cylinder 330. The lower end 351 of said front member 223 is buried and fastened to the ground 350, for example, into an anchored block 350 (a concreted block), directly or through a special socket 351. Said cylinder 330 can have a flexible water (air) proof envelope pumped up pressure that is sufficient to prevent infiltration or be made in the form of rubber-like cable and that presses the membrane 330 against the ground surface. The bottom surface of said membrane can be covered with hydrophobic high elastic layer (not shown). FIG. 12C illustrates a possibility of fast membrane lifting using a cord or a cable 302, the clamp 303 and the pulley 301 fastened to the top of each said front member 223. Such pulley 301 allows significantly facilitating even manual lifting of said membrane 277. In the simplest case the end or said cord 302 can be fastened to a clamp 303b manually. FIG.12B
shows the front member 223 installed in a deep hole 376. The lower part of said front member can be covered with teeth 324. The possible displacement of said coupling 329 is limited (not shown). The telescopic elements 216 allow adjusting necessary length of said supporting members and pressing said teeth 324 to the wall of the deep hole 376.
[0070] FIGS. 12D- 12F represent three variants of relative position of said membrane 277 and said cylinder 330. The first variant is characterized in that said membrane 277 is located between said cylinder 330 and a limiter 340, in the second variant (FIG. 12E) said cylinder 330 is located between said membrane 277 and said limiter 340. FIG.
12F shows other implementation, wherein said cylinder consists of two several cylinders 331 and 332, and said limiter 340 presses both said cylinders 331 and 332. The shapes of said limiter 340 in said variants some differ from each other.
[0071] FIG. 13A and 13B represents another variant of a supporting element-'supporting shoe" 229 including front plate 352, the internal shape of which 352a coincides to an external shape of a cylindrical or H-shaped front member 223, a bearing base 353, stiffening ribs 355 (FIG. 13D). An external surface of 352b (a lower part) coincides to the external surface of internal walls of the ground hole (not shown). Said "supporting shoe" can be made together with corresponding front member as uniform design or separate design. In the last case said "supporting shoe" can be either attached to front member by glue or wending 379b or pressed to said front member, for example, through flexible pad 379b, for example, polyurethane, for stress equalization. The "supporting shoe" 229 increases the strength of said front member 223 in the dangerous cross-section with the help of said front plate 352 and said group of said ribs 355 and the beaing base plate 353. The said front members and "supporting shoes" can be made from the group including, but not excluding: steel, carbon fiber-reinforced plastic, intermetallic (compound). The membrane 277 is placed between said bearing base plate 353 and the ground surface, and a flexible pad 379 can be placed between said membrane and said bearing base plate. The lower end of said front member can have budges 291, and a ground hole ¨ corresponding cavities 292 for fixing said front member inside said hole. It is possible to used other method for fixing the front member in the ground hole, for example, to use scored bars (not shown) or wedges. FIG. 13C shows a side view of said shoe. The bearing base plate 353 rests on the ground. The group of said ribs 355 can be consists of only one, but the wide rib, or several ribs. FIG. 13E shows a top view of said "supporting shoe". A handle 359 is intended for the convenience of using. Said "shoe"
can include additional means, for example, an opening 374 intended for a shocking 375-373 (see below).

[0072] FIG.14A shows a simple drilled hole 376 in the ground, the diameter of which is slightly larger than the diameter a front member 223. Said hole in the ground for said front member has to have the transverse section corresponding to the cross section of said front member. For reliability, the bottom of said hole is covers with a layer of small pebbles 372, or for more stability the space between the walls of the holes and the surface of said front members may be filled with expanding or hardening material. FIG.

represents simpler design that is used a buried anchored block 389. The front member 223 can rotate on the axis 319, and water pressure presses via the front member 223 presses the cylinder 330 and, correspondingly, the membrane 277 to the ground.
The firmly fixed flange 360a presses against the limiter 340 by rotating said front member 223 caused by pressurized water. The limiter 340 presses said cylinder 330 to prevent infiltration. Said buried anchored block 389 can be buried preliminary and can be a part of a buried foundation (not shown). FIG. 14C represents a holder 377. Said holder can be buried with the help of handles 378. Such holder allows easily installing said front member using an opening 365 with cut thread. Said holder 377 requires a dense and solid soil that, it is desirable, preliminary to strength.
[0073] FIG. 14D represents a simplest variant of fastening the lower part of said front member 223 inside said hole 376. The lower part of said front member 223 that is installed on pebble 372 comprises teeth, barbs or any protrusions 368, inserted or is embedded at least at the rear (relative to the water flow) side. The front side can also comprise little teeth, barbs or any protrusions 354. FIG. 14E shows an example of mechanical hardening said front member 223 inside said hole 276. At least one clamping element 364 is attached on hinges 366 and 367 to the wall 322 of said ground hole with the help of the lever 365. The clamping element 364 comprises additional bulges or teeth 368 to the wall 322 of the hole that allow clamping said front member and fixing its position. It is shown a pushing rod 369 located between said lever 365 and said front member 223. The rotation of a control wheel 358 (for example) causes a rotation of the threaded rod 366 (at least of an upper part) that passes through the fixed nut 357 mounted on said front member wall 223 or on said ground hole wall, pushes down the element 363 and presses said clamping element 364 to the wall and said front member against the wall 322 on other side. A support 356 of said front member 223.
[0074] The next FIG. 14F illustrates the possibility of use said portable barrier in the cases when the soil around protected home is covered with an asphalt, concrete or stones.
The front unit 382 is placed on the upper surface of said membrane 277 and is fastened to the ground surface with the help of screws 384 or glue (or thermoplastic).
Said front unit can be fastened to thin plastic or metal plate 383 and is intended for installing the front member 223. These embodiments expend the area of said portable barrier. In this FIG.
14F two cylinders 331 and 332 are shown.
[0075] FIG. 14G represents a variant, wherein a force created by weight of the freight 326a located on the platform 214 presses down through the cylinder 330 filled with air/water or rubber-like/flexible granules the membrane 277. Said membrane is pressed to the ground directly or through a soft hydrophobic and/or cotton-like layer impeding leakage from below. Said cylinder can have 3-8" in diameter. The platform 214 can be made in the form of metal or plastic or wooden plate fastened to supporting members (not shown). This platform can be made also in the form of flexible material stretched on two supporting members. The weight is distributed between the limiter 340 and rear blocks 326-325. Additional crosspieces between said supporting members 311and 340 can be mounted so that said ballast or platform doesn't touch with terrain surface.
The platform 341 corresponds to each said front member 223 (or to a group of said members).
This variant requires significant amount of a feight, but 2-3 times less than the barrier made of sandbags.
[0076] FIGS. 15A- 15H illustrate different implementations of said cylinder.
FIG. 15A
represents a sleeve 330a having a flexible air/waterproof hollow envelope and a branch pipe 338 for the connection to air pump (not shown). The pressure of 1.5-2 atm is sufficient, and the conditions, under which such sleeve works, are much more comfortable than in cars. The branch pipe 338 is equipped with a nipple (not shown).
FIG. 15B represents a cable, the envelope of which is filled with rubber-like flexible filler 333 that allows excluding a pump that is need for simple hollow sleeve (FIG.
15B) and lets not be afraid a puncture of said envelope. FIG. 15C shows that said cable can be consisted of separate pieces. These pieces 331a and 331b are conveniently stored during winter, and they can be easily connected with each other. A diametrical cut 334 with ribbed surface allows connecting two pieces with each other, and then the place of their connection can be fastened using an adhesive tape or a wrap. FIG. 15D shows as two "sleeves" or cables 331 and 332 that are filled with (raw) rubber-like or flexible granules can be connected to each other. Three following cases are possible: 1) the single sleeve that is pressed against the front members by a limiter (FIGS. 15A-15B); 2) the single sleeve that is penetrated by said front members (FIGS. 15F-15H); 3) two single sleeves that are pressed to each other and said front members passed between said sleeves (FIG.
15E). Said sleeves can have 3-8" in diameter. FIG. 15E represents said double sleeve comprising two tubes 331 and 332, tightly connected to each other by welding or gluing or stocking (not shown), between which the through-holes 335 are made for the front members passing. FIG. 15F and FIG.15G represent simple cylinder wherein said through-holes 335 are made in the form of inserted pipes 337 by welding or gluing. An inlet branch-pipe 338 is intended for connecting to a filler source (air) using a pump or a tank filled with water and placed at a height of 1.5 meters or more for exerting a pressure.
FIG. 15G represents another variant of single cylindrical cable (sleeve) 330.
This sleeve can be filled with rubber-like or flexible granules 333. Such sleeve doesn't afraid of pinholes. FIG. 15H represents other variant of said sleeve, inside of which a thin cylinder 339a made from a swelling material is located. This cylinder 339a is connected by thin tubes 339b to the outside that allows it moistening and increasing the pressure to the membrane. If said barrier is located on even surface, water or air can be used as said filler, outerwise - only air can be used.
[0077] FIG. 16A shows a top view of one section of the limiter 340 intended for the double-cylinder implementation. FIG. 16B shows a top view of one section for a single-cylinder implementation. These sections have main screens: 340a and 340b, correspondingly, two openings 343 intended for adjacent front members. Said sections, at least a part of all, can include one or two hinges 344 and in necessary cases also a telescopic element 345. Said hinges 344 can be useful when a relief of an area very uneven. The telescopic element 345 is useful when said area for installation of said barrier requires a substantial change in the distance between adjacent front members.
FIG. 16C represents two adjacent sections 340. Two extreme nearest openings 343 of adjacent sections 340 are combined by one common front member (not shown) passing through said openings and illustrate the bend of said limiter desired by the location of adjacent front members. FIG. 16D represents an opening 343 that allows easy locking said section on two adjacent front members after their installation. This greatly simplifies the installation of the protective barrier. A jumper 346 can turn about an axis 347a. One half of the opening 343 can be open when a jumper is in the position 346a. In this position said section 343 can be put on two adjacent front members. Further, the jumper turns in the position 346b and is locked by the latch 347b. The front member includes a flange 360 (for example). The parts 340a and 340b bear against two part of a double cylinder 330 (not shown). FIGS. 16E and 16F represent two implementations of said section 340 for the single-cylinder implementation. The narrow part of the limiter section 340b creates the pressure (or the antipressure) against one cylinder (see FIG.
12E). One variant is shown in FIG. 16E. A support petal 348 leans against said front member on opposite side and compensates the pressure to said section 340a from below.
Another variant is shown in FIG. 16F, wherein a thiner petal 349 leaning against said flange 360 withstand said pressure withstand. FIG. 16G shows one of possible design, in which said section 360b is combined with said platform. A web or a net 328a is stretches over inside a frame 328b (fro example, is made from tubes) and is intended for placing the load. This platform is leant on at least three points and at that, preferably, on two points belonging to one section of said limiter and on one point in the vertex of the acute angle. This vertex is leant on the ground. Such platform can be adapted for different distance between adjacent front members (not shown).
[0078] FIG. 16H represents a fragment of cross-section of an assembly including the H-spaced front member 223, the bearing base 353, the cross-section form of which must correspond to the cross-section form of the front member 223 ( FIG. 13A), and the limiter 340. Said slots of the limiters must have the form of parallelogram 342 that allow easily inserting and removing said limiters, using a simple jumper 344d. FIG.
16H shows also said rad (or glue, or welding layer 379b) and webbings 355, for which a polyuretan can be used.
[0079] FIG. 17A illustrates a back view of said simple barrier (the cylinder can be located in the front of said front member or in the rear). The front members 223, the cylinder 330, the limiter 340 and the membrane 277 are shown. The membrane 277 has to be cut out preliminary in according to the relief of the protective ground surface. The upper edge of said membrane 277 can be fastened to the top of said front members 223 using clamps or other means. Water can not be used to fill the sleeve in the case of considerable irregularities. But in several cases the screws adjust easily the heights of said plungers that allow adapting to uneven terrain 374. FIG. 17B represents embedded plungers 385 into said limiter 340.
[0080] The lower covering of said membrane depends on the soil properties.
Said hydrophobic cotton wool-like fiber is more convenient for sandy soil. For a dense surface track (asphalt, concrete) are more suitable high-adhesive coating, like, for example, polymers on the base of amino acid dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA). Such polymer glue retains its properties in water. The membrane that is glued with the help of this polymer glue can be released after flood. The bottom surface of the lower part of said membrane, the bottom surface that is pressed against the ground can be covered with many small hydrophobic villous to prevent infiltration from below.
[0081] FIG. 18A represents said membrane 277 consisting of two parts 277-1 and 277-2, for example. These parts are connected with the help of a waterproof zipper, including insertion pins 392, a slider 391, and tap stops 393. Said two parts include eyelets 294 located in adjacent angles of said parts. The state, wherein said zipper connects fully said two parts is shown as 396. A fixing holder 395 is intended to connect said parts using screws 397, for example, for clamping angles of said parts. This design allows collecting the membrane from individual easily transportable and stacked pieces. The lifting of the combined membrane can be produced as a whole. Similar eyelets can be mounted along upper edge of said membrane 277 to facilitate clamping said upper edge of membrane for its lifting. FIG. 18B shows possible variant how it is possible to protect the connection (323) of two pieces of membrane (277-1 and 277-2) from excessive load. Two adjacent members 223, which may be additionally connected to each other (233), using ropes 301, seized overlapping openings (394) in the corners of said pieces (277-1 and 277-2 ) pull together the pieces connected and strengthen said connection. Joining means 100821 FIG. 18B illustrates other case of the usefulness of folds in said membrane.
Shown fragment of said single barrier includes two front members 223 that are connected by the membrane 277. The membrane 277 can be made of a sufficiently durable possibly thinner and flexible material, for example, multilayer polyethylene, polyamide, polyetileneterephtalat reinforced with carbon fibers. The small flexure of the membrane 277 allows reducing the tension of the film. This flexure requires some excess length of the membrane 277 that requires, in turn, folds 306 in its lower part a like an accordion.
FIG. 18C shows how the bend 312 allows using said rectangular membrane 277 in the case of the ground surface is roughness. The external clamp 314 allows fastened said bend 312 if this bend is placed at the lower edge of said membrane (FIG. 18C) or at the top edge of said membrane 277 (FIG. 18D). FIG. 18E shows an upper edge of said membrane 277, along which pluralities of loops 317 (or openings, or hooks etc) that are located at ends of thin ropes (cords, wires) 302. These loops are intended to catch on corresponding loops by said hooks 318. The size of each said loop is essentially less than the distance between adjacent front members. FIG. 18F illustrates the fixing said bends with the help of said ropes 302, hooks 318, openings 315-316 and loops 317.
The end hook 318 can capture either said opening 318 or said loops 317. The simplest fold captures k-th, k + 1-th, and k + 2-t, openings. Said membrane (FIGS. 18G-18H) can include one or two rows of oblong eyelets that allow compensating the change in the distance between adjacent front members due to irregularities in the surface of the earth with the help of said folds. Two rows of openings can better compensate the change of the width of the membrane. When ground surface is uneven only along said barrier, said folds are located below and said openings are located in the upper part of the membrane (FIG. 180). Additional rows of said openings along the bottom edge of said membrane extend the possibilities of the membrane (FIG. 18H).

[0083] FIGS. 19A and 19B represent two variants of a union of said hooks (clamps) 303a with the help of hangers 310 that are connected to corresponding cords 302a.
Such hangers can be useful together with the single surrounding barrier. Capturing means [0084] FIGS. 20A -20C more like illustrate said hoistings for membrane lifting that are described above (see FIG. 10B, 11D, and 12C, D). The upper parts that are used for the movement of said cord (cable or rope) 302 can be made in the form of separate blocks or embedded blocks directly into the front members 223. FIG.20A shows a groove 301 on the top of the front member 223 for the sliding said cord. The cords 302 lift said membrane 277 passing firstly through these grooves 301 and further though clips 303a.
FIG. 20B shows second variant, wherein said cord 302 passes at first through slot 301a and then through said clip 303a (the free end 302a of said cord is shown). The free ends 302a allow lifting said membrane 277, but when the pull down of each cord weaken, ech said clip 303a captures corresponding cord that prevents the fall of said membrane 277.
This clip may be similar to known Jumar. This option is useful in single and double barriers. The slot 301a should be smooth and convenient form. FIG. 20C
represents the variant, wherein said pulley 301b is embedded into said front member 223. The motor 304 can be located in any convenient location on the said front member 223 in any place.
[0085] FIGS. 20D- 20H represent in addition to FIG. 20C some options of placement of pulleys 301 on the top end of the front member 223 for lifted membrane 277.
These pulleys together with the cable 302 can are established in advance before transportation of said skeleton. FIGS. 20G-20H represent two options of placement of pulleys 301 on the top end of the upper front member 222 for lifted membrane 277 in the case that is shown in FIG. 7K or FIG. 12C. These pulleys together with the cable 302 can are established in advance before transportation of said skeleton. FIG. 20G shows one of possible implementations, wherein said upper front member 222 includes a group of inclined forwards teeth 399 installed in the form of a saw. These teeth are intended for fixing the membrane 277 that has two row of oblong eyelets made in the upper part of said membrane (see FIG. 8F). When said membrane is lifted then it slips on inclined surface of said teeth, and at a stop clings to said teeth by its oblong eyelets. If it is necessary, then said upper front members can be additionally strengthened.
[0086] FIGS. 21A-21B represent an implementation, wherein hoisting means use a buoyant force for the membrane lifting at the flood height along the double barrier 400.
The elongated sleeve 401 filled with air is fastened to the upper edge of said membrane 277 and a volume of said sleeve is sufficient for lifting said membrane under the influence of buoyant force up to the flood height. The lower edge of said membrane 277 can pass under said barrier and end there 403. This lower edge can end also behind said barrier in the form of a rear sleeve 40. The waves and wind make desirable to fix said upper sleeve 401 in the uppermost position. It is possible two variants:
(a) on the base of hoisting means, wherein a plurality of cord fastened to the upper edge of said membrane pass through corresponding pulleys and clips that located on each front members and having springs so that said spring pull said cords during the flood water rise and fix their uppermost positions after the end of lifting water;
(b) on the base of vertical or slightly inclined racks 406 fastened to front side of said front members, the inclined forwards teeth 407 fastened to said racks have smooth surfaces and are directed at an angle upwards; one or two rows of the loops ( or openings ¨eyelets) closely located along said upper edge of said membrane ( FIG. 18G), and said loops are adapted to able to cling to said teeth located in the achieved horizontal and to fix the position of said membrane, when said membrane begins to fall.
[0087] FIGS. 22A-22E represent the simple surrounding barrier. FIG. 22A shows detached little building 420 together with said barrier. Walls 421b, a foundation 422 and windows 423 are covered with a surrounding membrane 277g and a skirt 277d. All elements of said building that contain any bulges of dangerous roughness are covered with panels having smooth external surface (not shown). The upper part of each said walls comprises at least one hoist 303b that is able to clamp an upper edge 277h of said membrane (using, for example, one of said above hangers) and to lift said membrane uniformly. A complete shape of the external surface of said building can require several rows of folds. FIG. 22B represents a side view, on which a section of said membrane 277 is shown. The lower part of said membrane is fastened to the front member(s) 223a (see also FIG. 22C), further said membrane presses oneself to the surface of said building (along the foundation and the walls 421b), and its upper edge is clamped to the hoist 303b. It is desirable to have been prepared in advance nests-sockets for quick and reliable installation of a lower end 223b of said front members. FIG. 22C shows said front members 223a, a lower part of said membrane 277e enveloping said cylinder 330 of the membrane, the limiter 340 and nut 360 similar above said simple barrier. The next FIGS.
22D and 22E illustrate two variants of said membrane 277 (277f-the lower part, 277d-the upper part, and 277e or 277-the middle part) placement under a cornice 425.
These FIGS.
22D and 22E show also that the roof 426 close a drainage trench 427 agaist rain. FIG.
22B shows one more possible design, wherein said upper front member 222 includes a group of inclined forwards teeth installed in the form of a saw. These teeth are intended for fixing the membrane 277 that has two row of oblong eyelets made in the upper part of said membrane. When said membrane is lifted then it slips on inclined surface of said teeth, and at a stop clings to said teeth by its oblong eyelets. If it is necessary, then said upper front members can be additionally strengthened.
[0088] FIGS. 23A-23F represent additional supporting means allowing decreasing said strees in said front members and weakening requirements to them. FIG. 23A
shows balloons or cylinders (sleeves) 411 filled with water/air or made in the form of rubber-like cables that are located under membrane 277 on the antislip mats or pallets 410 so so that to unload said membrane and to reduce loading on the front members 277 (FIG.
23C). Said means can be execute also in the form tubeless or pneumatic tyres or any solid devices. FIGS. 23B and 23C show the influence of said means 411 that move aside said membrane from the osition 277m to the position 277n. FIG. 22E shows said supporting means that are made in the form of elongated cylinders and are able to support all elongated barrier. FIG. 23F shows other variant of said means that support only one section between two front members and can be additionally fastened, for example, to said buried cylinders 414 intended for instlling said front members.

[0089] All aforesaid protective barriers are based on the ground surface or the lower parts of said front members are buried in or go deep into the ground. However, during a flood the soil becomes wet, the water slowly seeps and the soil ceases to be a solid and reliable foundation. FIGS. 24A -24K represent additional strengthening means that can reduce the wetting of the soil and improve stability.
[0090] FIG. 24A shows a cylindrical self-inflating container 500. Said container 500 includes a flexible extendible lateral envelope 503, an upper rigid base 501 and a lower base 502 (FIG. 24C). Said container is filled with a powder of superabsorbent 505 (FIG.
24B), for example, dry cellulose and/or powered cross linked acrylamide or acrylate cross-linked polymers capable of absorbing up to 500 or more times its own weight in water (salt or fresh) contained inside said container.
Thus there are two processes: firstly, water is sucked from the surrounding soil (drying it) and, secondly, the container expands by absorbing water, densifying the surrounding soil.
Said lateral envelope ( plastic or fabric) 503 comprises a plurality of pores 504 or small opening that can provide wetting said powder. FIG. 5B shows said container 500, deprived of water. FIG. 24B shows said container in "dry" condition. The dry powder 505 occupies a small volume. The lateral envelope 503 is shrunken. The upper base 501 (and, correspondingly, the lower part 502) consists of, for example, a small limiter 508 and a folded non-extensible part 501a-501b that are represent said upper base 501 in folded condition. The small limiters 508 are intended only to limit unfolding said base 501 and 502. Said upper base 501 (and said lower base) together with the small limiter 508 can be made like an umbrella. FIG. 24D represents a top view of said upper base. A
group of spokes 509 are shown. FIGS. 24B and 24C shows also a jumper 506 that is connected centers of said upper base 501 and said lower base 502. FIG. 24C
shows said container 500, wherein extended soaked powder 505 stretches said envelope 503.
The upper and lower bases 501-502 limit the extension of said envelope 507 in the horizontal direction. This is important, because otherwise the extension of said container will be accompanied by pushing soil up.

[0091] This container serves two purposes: firstly, the water absorption and reduces the humidity of the surrounding soil, and, secondly, compacts the surrounding soil in a horizontal direction. One (FIG. 24E) or more (FIG. 24F) rows of said containers 500 located before any protective barriers 540 protect said barrier against infiltration, loose soil and sliding said barriers. FIG. 24G represents four said cylindrical containers 500 that surround the hole 376 (see 14A) and protect said hole against infiltration. FIGS. 24H
and 241 represent two other implementations (510 and 520) of said container.
The envelope of 510 is shown in collapsible condition 513 and in extended condition 517.
The implementation 520 (FIG. 241) has two lateral envelopes: internal 528 (FIG. 24J) and external 523 that can be made from different or identical materials and have different properties. FIG. 24J represents one 530 of cords, which hold front member (not shown) in the vertical direction (see also FIG. 5E). This cord 530 includes an internal portion 531 that is made from material having a negative Poisson's coefficient. This part has a uneven surface. In case of flooding a part of these cords are weakened, the load on one of said cord (for example, the cord 530) increases, this cord 530 is tensioned, a portion 531 expands (negative Poisson's coefficient) and is pressed strongly to the surrounding walls (not shown). If the portion 531 is disposed inside said toroidal container 520, then wet powder 525 swells and further compresses said portion 531 of the cord 530.
FIG. 24K
shows a lower end of the front member 223 that is fastened inside the hole (see also FIG.
13A). The free space between said front member and walls of said hole is filled additionally by non-Newton liquid. In the case, when the load increases said liquid hardens. This increases the stability of said member.
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Claims (21)

BARRIER SYSTEM FOR FLOOD PROTECTION
We claim:

1. A barrier system for flood protection, comprising one or more protective barriers, each of which includes a palisade of rigid vertical or slightly inclined front members located on the way of expected flood to protect a protected object or area against flood;
said system, wherein said protective barriers can be made at least in the form of following implementations chosen from the group, including:
- a single simple barrier intended for protecting small areas and/or buildings;
- a single fastened barrier intended for use together with a strongly buried foundation;
- a single surrounding barrier intended mainly for protecting a detached house;
- a single supported barrier using additionally supporting means to protect a parcel of land or a detached house; and - a double barrier that is intended to protect against more strong flood water flows and wherein each said front member is strengthened by corresponding rear rigid member (further, lateral members), to which said front member is connected by at least two spaced apart horizontal members (base and upper members) located at predetermined height(s), and wherein said front and rear members are spaced apart along the flood direction;
said system, wherein said members are made in the form, chosen from the group, including at least: a rod, a tube, a special profile, and a bunch of said tubes;
said system, wherein said members are made from strong material chosen from the group, including at least a metal, a composite, a reinforced ceramic or plastics, and a concrete;
said system, comprising said double barrier, wherein lower ends of each said front and rear members are fastened to corresponding base member lying on the ground surface and wherein said lateral, base and upper members form a frame having a rectangular, trapezoidal, or triangular shape;

said system, comprising said double barrier, wherein said frames are spaced apart, located mainly in parallel to each other, have generally the identical sizes, and wherein (a) a space between each pair said adjacent frames is intended for filling with a filler (ballast) directly or using embedded bags, and said filler is chosen at least from the following materials: sand, wet sand, sludge, mud, pulp, pebbles, cement, or any combination thereof;
(b) said each pair of adjacent front members and, correspondingly, each pair of adjacent rear members are connected to each other by foldable connecting means located from the outer side of said frames, forming a unified skeleton, and said connecting means for each pair of the adjacent lateral elements are chosen from the following variants:
()1) rectangular connecting element impenetrable for used ballast;
(b2) at least two elongated connecting elements;
said system, comprising said double barrier, wherein, in the case if said adjacent frames are connected by said connecting elongated elements, a space between each pair of adjacent frames comprises one or more vertical bags intended for filling with said filler (ballast) and made from flexible material, which is chosen at least from the following:
sackcloth(burlap) and plastic;
said system, wherein each said frame comprises holding means secured to the bottom surface of corresponding base member, and said holding means that are chosen from the following group comprising of bulges and suckers depending on the properties of the ground surface of the place, on which said barrier is mounted the installation site of the barrier, and wherein said holding means can be made as changeable means;
said system, comprising said double barrier, wherein each pair of said adjacent bags are connected with each other so that two the nearest transverse upper edges of said bags are connected to each other above the uppermost member belonging to the frame that is located between said bags, and two the nearest lower transverse edges of said bag are connected to each other;
said system, comprising said double barriers, each of which is characterized in that the skeleton of said barrier together with said bags are able to be in one of three consecutive states:
(A) a folded state, in which all said connecting elements are folded, all said frames are located closely to each other in the form of a package, said space can comprises only unfilled and folded bags, and said package is placed on corresponding transport;
(B) an unfolded state, in which all said connecting elements are unfolded, all said frames are spaced apart, all said lateral members are parallel to each other, forming said space between each pair of said adjacent frames, and all said spaces or all said bags are open from above for filling with said filler;
(C) a working state, in which all said spaces directly or all said bags has been filled with said filler;
said system, wherein said barriers can comprise a flexible soft impermeable membrane fencing said row of said front members or said protected object on the side of flood, and a lower edge of said membrane is pressed against the ground by said double barrier preventing filtration said system, wherein said membranes is characterized in that the upper edge of said membrane is adapted to be captured with the help of capturing means chosen from the group including, but not limiting: hooks and openings or loops, clamps, and to be lifted at the given height right against the front side of said barrier or object.

2. The system according to claim 1, comprising said double barrier, wherein each pair of adjacent front members are connected to each other by at least two said connecting elongated elements, each pair of adjacent rear members, accordingly, are connected to each other by at least two said connecting elongated elements, and ends of each said connecting element hinges to corresponding said members, said connecting elements of each said pair are parallel and equal in length to each other to provide the parallelism of said pair of front and the parallelism of said pair of rear members, belonging to the adjacent frames;
said double barrier, wherein said hinges are fastened to said lateral members so that said elements do not interfere to each other and not touched with ground in any said states (A, B, or C);
said double barrier, wherein said connecting elements are chosen from one of following two types:

- simple having a constant length and are made at least from the following forms, including: rod, tube, and special profile; and - telescopic sliding elements with fixing with the condition of said parallelism;
said system, wherein said double barrier can comprise additional connecting means, chosen at least from the followings: screw couplings, telescoping jacks, lanyards, that can be installed in the states B or C and that are intended for additional connecting said front and/or rear members to each other or to different stable points belonging to any buildings or anchors that allows increasing the stability of said skeleton;
said system, wherein said double barrier includes said hinges and said hinges located at least on one side that facilities demounting said barrier after flooding.

3. The system according to claim 1, comprising said double barrier, wherein:
said connecting elements connecting each pair of adjacent lateral members, correspondingly, front and rear, are consists of two fully or partially rigid halves (lateral sheets), and each pair of said halves are connected to each other and/or to said adjacent members by hinges or flexible connections;
lower edges of said front and corresponding rear lateral sheets can be connected to each other by a flexible or folded bottom sheet, and corresponding adjacent edges of said adjacent bottom sheets can be also connected to each other; and each pair (j-th pair) of adjacent front (the second index "1") and, correspondingly, each pair of adjacent rear (the second index "2") members are connected to each other by a flexible or hinged with the help of corresponding rectangular connecting elements, each of which consists of two vertical halves flexible or hinged connected to each other along a vertical front line cj1-dj1 and, correspondingly, a vertical rear line cj2-dj2;
said double barrier, wherein further indicate for each said j-th space: (1) cj1 and cj2 ¨
the front and rear upper points belonging to both said j-th halves; (2) dj1 and dj2 ¨the lower points belonging to said two j-th halves; (3) ej1 and ej2 ¨ the front and rear intersection points of the bisectors of the angles belonging to said j-th bottom sheet, the vertices of which are said adjacent front and rear members;
said double barrier, wherein said lateral and bottom sheets are configured to convert said skeleton to said folded state by simultaneously performing the following procedures:

- approaching closely said adjacent frames of each j-th space;
- folding said rectangular connecting elements of each j-th space along the line of connecting corresponding halves, forming front fold cj1-dj1 and, correspondingly, rear fold cj2-dj2 directed into said space;
- lifting up horizontal folds ej1 -ej2 and forming new folds dj1-ej1 and dj2-ej2, - moving said folds cj1-dj land said cj2-dj2 into corresponding new folds dj1-ej1 and dj2-ej2;
said double barrier, wherein at least one vertical connection on each side in said j-th space can be made flexible and can include special means that are intended to prevent the protrusion of said halves outward when heavy ballast loading;
said double barrier, wherein said connected means are made in the form of said halves is intended for filling with cement, mud, pulp, pebbles, preferably, or any combination thereof;, said double barrier, wherein said halves can be made from rigid material fully or particularly, and said material is chosen from metal, plastic, or composite.

4.The barrier system according to claim 1, wherein said barrier, comprising said membrane, includes also hoisting devices mounted practically on each said front members; said system, wherein said barrier is configured for executing:
(1) laying a folded package of said membrane having longitudinal folds so that said folds lain parallel to the given place of said barrier location near said place;
(2) laying a lower edge of said membrane so that said lower part lies on the ground surface so that the difference between the length of the ground surface along said barrier where said lower part is located and the length of said barrier is compensated by transverse folds;
(3) installing said skeletons on said lower edge of said membrane and in the case when said barrier is the double barrier filling said bags with said ballast and converting said barrier in the state C;
(4) leveling heights of said front members using telescopic or unscrewing extending elements in the case if said ground surface too uneven and when the top end of any front member located in lowest place is less than the height of the expected flood;

(5) capturing an upper edge of said membrane by said capturing means that are connected to hoisting devices by cords or directly;
(6) lifting said membrane manually or automatically up to given level using said hoisting devices;
said system, wherein said lower edge of said membrane is placed under said double barrier so to occupy at least 20% or more of the width of said barrier;
said system, wherein said lower edge of said membrane of said single barrier is fastened around a lower part of said front members;
said system, wherein said hoisting devices are chosen from the group including:
(a) simplest devices for manual lifting;
(b) mechanical or electromechanical hoisting devices;
(c) hoisting devices using a buoyant force;
said system, comprising said double barriers, wherein said leveling front members can be executed together with leveling said rear members and wherein said hoisting means can be mounted on said rear members.

5. The barrier system according to claim 4, comprising said barrier, wherein at least a part of said front members comprise said hoisting devices, a cord, the first ends of which are drawn into said hoisting devices, and said capturing means are fastened to another end of said cord;
said barrier, wherein said hoisting device comprise one or more pulleys and a catch that is able to allow free passing said cord by "said first end forwards" and to stop in reverse direction;
said barrier, wherein said membrane or separate sheets of said membrane are adapted to be captured by said capturing means and to be lifted by said mechanical hoisting devices;
said barrier, wherein each said hoisting device comprises an electromotor connected to said pulley mechanically and said membrane or separate sheets can be lifted using controlling each said electro motors;
said barrier, wherein said controlling said electro motors can be combined in a control panel;
said system, wherein in the case when said membrane consists of several separate sheets:

- said sheets are joined to each other using joining means chosen from the group, including at least the followings: zippers, preferably waterproof zippers, Velcro covering, sticky covering, preferably together with press-buttons, glue, and weld;
- said sheets can be jointed preliminary or each said sheet can be lifted independently, and after lifting two or more adjacent sheets, said sheets can be fastened to each other using said joining means;

6. The barrier system according to claim 4, comprising said barrier, wherein a elongated sleeve intended for filling with air is fastened to the upper edge of said membrane and a volume of said sleeve is sufficient for lifting said membrane under the influence of buoyant force;
said system, wherein said barrier can comprise means for locking said membrane in the raised position chosen from the group of implementations including:
(a) the first implementation, comprising:
said cord, the first end of which is inserted into a tightening module;
said capturing means fastened to another end of each said cord are able to capture the upper edge of said membrane; and wherein said tightening module are able to tighten said cord and to fix said cord when said upper edge of said membrane occupies an uppermost position;
(b) the second implementation, comprising:
a rack fastened to front side of said front member;
teeth fastened to said rack, having smooth surfaces and are directed at an angle upwards;
loops closely located along said upper edge in one or more rows, and said loops are adapted to cling to said teeth located in the achieved horizontal and to fix the position of said membrane, when said membrane begins to fall.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein said package of said double barrier including said folded skeleton together with said unfilled bags (state A) is adapted to:
(1) be delivered by a corresponding transport to the predetermined place, (2) be moved from said transport to the ground and be stretched, opening said bags at the same time (state B); and said open unfilled bags or said spaces between said frame are adapted to be loaded with said ballast up to given level with the help of ballast charging means, transforming said barrier from the state B to the state C;
said system, wherein said corresponding transport is chosen at least from the following: (1) a special truck equipped with floor or overhand conveyor that is able to provide moving said skeleton together with said bags and unfolding said package on the ground; (2) a simple truck having open body that is able to provide moving said skeleton together with said bags and one or two self-propelled cranes that are able to provide moving said skeleton together with said bags from said truck body to the ground and unfolding said package on the ground;
said system, wherein said ballast charging means are chosen at least from the following: (1) transporters; and (2) motor filler (ballast) pumps.

8. The system according to claim 7, comprising in the case when said double barrier is placed into the sufficient uneven ground surface a pointer of a predetermined united level, said pointer can be executed in the one of the following forms: one laser pointer for said barrier; a group of separate pointers; level measuring devices that are able to move along said barrier together with said changing means;
said double barrier, wherein said pointer(s) allow limiting an amount of said ballast loaded in each said bag by said predetermined level;
said double barrier, wherein each said frame can include an additional uppermost member located at the height that is equal to the value of said level in the lowest point of said ground surface and that is a little more than the height of expected flood in said lowest point; and each said uppermost member can be made in the form of a horizontal rod (or tube, or special profile), one end of which together with a squeezed spring are located in cylindrical cavity opened into said skeleton and located inside upper part of corresponding front (for example) member of said frame, and another end is locked in the upper part of opposite (rear) member by the special limiter that is able to release said rod;
said double barrier, wherein said frames equipped with said equipment is configured for executing after filling said bags to said level the following steps in each said frame:

to execute one quarter turn of said special limiter freeing said opposite end of said rod that releases said rod, allows said spring pushing out said rod from said cavity, and releasing said rod to give a possibility to said rod to fall down to said aligned surface using the gravity;
said barrier, wherein releasing said special limiter can be executed manually or automatically;
said system, wherein said barrier can be transported at the preliminary squeezed springs and locked rods (state A), and said rods are released only when said barrier has reached the state C.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein said double barrier comprises an additional superstructure intended to protect against higher flood water if the given level of ballast in said filled space or said filled bags is lower than an expected flood level, but is enough for the stability of said barrier;
said system, wherein each said superstructure is mounted on said upper surface of said barrier (upper surface of said filled space or said filled bags) after leveling upper surface of said barrier and falling down said uppermost members if said uppermost members was installed;
said system, wherein each said superstructure is fastened to said skeleton and chosen from following implementations:
(1) a simple angled superstructure;
(2) a rotatable angled superstructure;
(3) a simple inflatable superstructure; and (4) an inflatable superstructure using a swelling powder;
said system, wherein said barrier can comprise an interlayer made from cotton-wool-like hydrophobic material located between the surface of said filled bags and lower surface of said superstructure;
said barrier, wherein said interlayer can fastened to lower surface of said superstructure or can be laid on said upper surface of said filled bags and fixed to said front and rear members manually or automatically;
said system, wherein said superstructures are characterized in that:

- said simple angled superstructure is transported independently from said skeleton, that is transporting being in the state A and mounted only when said barrier has reached the state C;
- said rotatable angled superstructure is transported together with said skeleton in the state A and installed to the upper surface of said filled bags only when said barrier has reached the state C;
- said inflatable superstructures can be transporting together with said barrier in the state A or independently, and said inflatable and expanding superstructures, that are independently transported, can be installed to the upper surface of said filled bags only when said barrier has reached the state C.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein said double barrier comprises said angled superstructure including a plurality of identical equidistant parallel to each other triangles formed by rods, tubes, or special profiles, vertexes of corresponding angles of said triangles are connected in series by rods, tubes, or special profiles, and covered on two sides (front and bottom) with waterproof flexible impermeable membrane;
said system, wherein said angled superstructure can be made in the form of one of following two modifications:
(1) said simple angled superstructure adapted to be mounted with the help of cranes or manually on the leveled surface of said bags so that said bottom side would lie on said leveled surface, and the front side was turned towards to the expected flood;
(2) said rotatable angled superstructure pivotally attached to the skeleton that allows transporting said superstructure together with skeleton in folded state A in rearward position, and corresponding hinges are located on the angles of said triangles that are located opposite to said front side;
said system, wherein said rotatable angled superstructure is characterized in that in the case of the even ground surface said membrane is transported together with said rotatable angled superstructure, in the case of uneven surface-separately said membrane is fastened to said front and bottom side of said triangles after transforming said barrier to the state C, and said membrane and said superstructure are adapted for said fastening to said substructure;

said system, wherein said angled superstructure comprises additional fastening means allowing fastening said angled superstructure to said skeleton, and said fastening means can be made in the form of rigid rods or pulled cords that can be attached to the bottom rods of said superstructure and to said skeleton.

11. The system according to claim 9, wherein said double barrier comprises said either inflatable with air or water superstructure in the form of one or more flexible impermeable elongated sleeves or a plurality of rectangular pillow-cases-like sections having impermeable envelopes, each of which contains a doze of swelling powder that is able to expand when wetting;
said barrier, wherein said inflatable superstructure is located on said upper surface of said filled bags, forming one or more layers, fastened to said skeleton by pulled cords, and creates an additional barrier on top of said filled bags, said barrier, wherein said sleeves can be located on said surface manually or automatically and are adapted to be connected to a pump and be filled with water or air after fastening said sleeves to said skeleton, said barrier, wherein said pillow-cases-like sections belonging to adjacent layers can be shifted to each other considerably and can be turned relatively each other and comprise openings or tubes for wetting;
said barrier, wherein in the state A all said unfilled sleeves and pillow-cases are compacted in the transversally said barrier and are fastened by pilled cords to front members and/or to rear members;
said barrier, wherein all said sleeves and pillow-cases are wrapped from above by pulled cords one ends of said cords are fastened to upper parts of said front members and other ends ¨ to upper parts of rear members, at that said pilled cords are mounted so that after filling said sleeves and pillow-cases would be firmly pressed against the surfaces of said filled bags.

12. The system according to claim 1, comprising single barriers, wherein:

said front members are spaced evenly approximately in the path of expected flood and are characterized in that the lower end of each said front member is securely fastened inside a prepared ground hole or on the ground surface;
said single barrier, comprising further:
(1) said membrane that is able to close said palisade in front so that the upper edge of said membrane is fixed to upper parts of said front members or at a given height of the protective object, the lower part of said membrane is curved backwards and placed on the ground surface, and the lower parts of said front members penetrate said curved part of said membrane, passing through openings in backwards or forwards of said curved part;
and wherein preliminary folded along said palisade one edge of said membrane is adapted to be lifted and fixed manually or with the help of special hoisting means at said height;
(2) an elongated elastic soft resilient single or double cylinder chosen from the following group: (a) a continuous cylinder made in the form of flexible rubber-like cable or (b) a sleeve(s) with an impermeable envelope filled with water, air, or swelling powder;
(3) an elongated limiter consisting series-connected sections including openings for passing each said front member and forming a sandwich together with said cylinder, at that said curved part of said membrane located under said limiter is intended for pressing said membrane to the ground surface and preventing infiltration from below;
said single barrier, wherein the bottom surface of said cylinder or said membrane, which touches to the ground surface, can be covered with high adhesive and/or a hydrophobic cotton-like layer.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein said single barriers comprises said cylinder, and all said front members either penetrate said cylinder or said limiter sections pressed said cylinder against any side o said front members, preferably on front side;
said single barrier, wherein in the case when said cylinder is made in the form of said sleeve intended for filling with water or air, then said sleeve is connected via one or more branch pipes with nipples to air or water source, and when said sleeve can contains a swelling powder, then said sleeve has some means for wetting said powder.

14. The system according to claim 12, comprising said single barrier, wherein:
- said elongated limiter comprising a set of convex, preferably, upwards and forward, oblong sections, connected in series with overlap and is intended to press said cylinder from above;
- said elongated limiter, wherein each said section except in extremes has at least two openings located on opposite ends, at that each said front member (except in extremes if said extreme sections exist) passes through two said openings belonging to pair of adjacent overlapping sections, and further through said cylinder, said curved part of said membrane and securely fastened inside corresponding ground hole;
said system, wherein said single barrier comprises limiting elements located on each said front member and intended for pressing said limiters and/or fixing two adjacent limiters, and wherein said limiting elements are chosen from the group including the following:
(a) stationary limiting elements fastened to corresponding front members made in the form of flanges;
(b) relocatable limiting elements, pressing said sections with fixing and including, but not excluding, nuts or coupling;
(c) movable limiting elements, transferring external pressure and including at least:
spacer, washer, platform on which a load is located;
said single barrier, wherein:
- said stationary elements are able to prevent the expansion of said cylinder caused by either pumping up with air or water or expansion of the swelling powder caused by wetting said powder;
- said relocatable elements pressing said sections and are able to compress said sandwich to increase the pressure up desired level for preventing infiltration;
- said movable elements that are able to transfer said external pressure to compress said sandwich for preventing infiltration;
said single barrier, wherein said limiters are characterized in that each said section, preferably in the case if used cylinder is single, can comprise special support means preventing the skew of said limiter sections.

15. The system according to claim 12, comprising said single barrier, wherein said membranes and said sections of the limiter comprise openings for passing said front members and additionally to facilitate the installation of said barrier:
- said membrane comprises cuts between each said opening for corresponding front member and a rear edge of said membrane, at that all said cuts are parallel to each other approximately;
- each said section of said limiter comprises two slots between each said opening for said front members and a rear edge of said sections, the width of said slots is equal to the diameter of said front members, and all said slots are parallel to each other;
said single barrier, wherein said cuts can be equipped with zippers or adapted for other means that are able to close firmly said cuts after installation, and said slots can comprise jumpers or latches that are able to lock each said front member inside corresponding opening.

16. The system according to claim 12, comprising reliable means for fastening said lower ends of said front members into vertical or slightly inclined ground holes or on hard surface like asphalt, and said means are chosen at least from the followings:
(a) for each detached front member of said single barrier:
(a1) digged hole in the ground for the installation of said lower end of the front member having strengthened walls;
(a2) previously buried anchor concrete or plastic block including built-in socket for easy installation of said front member;
(a3) previously installed buried holder equipped with internal screw intended for fastening said front member;
(a4) bearing plate, the lower surface of which is covered with teeth against slippage, for use as the base for installation of said front or supporting members;
(b) for each detached front members of said single barrier fastened to the hard surface a like the asphalt a base plate fastened to the asphalt by glue or thermoplastic or screws, to which a nest-socket for said front members is fastened;
(c) for a group of said front members of said single barrier:
- buried underground foundation for installing and fixing said front members;

- buried underground foundation for installing and fixing said front members together with mechanisms that are able to lifting lying front members in up-directed position and/or return said front members in the previous position;
said system, wherein soil around said ground holes can be strengthened with the help of chemical or physical means or mechanical elements;
said system, characterized in that said front members previously installed in said ground holes can be additionally strengthened inside said ground holes with the help of special elements, chosen at least from the following:
- rods made from metal, wood, or plastics stuffed into the space inside said hole or around inserted front member and filling said space fully or partially;
- pebbles stuffed into the space inside said hole around inserted front member and filling said space;
- swelling or hardening materials filling the space inside said hole around inserted front member when wetting;
- strengthening said block using mechanical, physical or chemical expanding means;
- docking mechanism;
said system, wherein said ground holes for said front members can include protective cylinders for installation inside said holes and strengthening walls of said holes and wherein said protective cylinders can be made from metallic, ceramic, or plastic, at that the internal cross-section of said cylinders have to as far as possible to correspond the external cross-section of said front members and said or other specialelements;
said system, wherein in the case when said protective cylinder is absent said internal cross-section of said ground holes have to as far as possible to correspond the external cross-section of said front members and said or other specialelements;
said system, wherein said hole and said front members can be used as a base of a fence or, otherwise, said previously buried holes should be covered with a protective cover.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein said single barrier comprises supporting special elements for reducing stresses inside said front members, and said elements are chosen from following group, comprising for each said front member:

1) a supporting block consisting of a flat strong firmly front plate, an upper part of which is located above the ground surface and a lower part is located below the ground surface into said hole, and a flat strong firmly bearing base plate, wherein said front plate is located along said front member above and below said surface between said front member and the wall of said hole on the side of said protective object or area, said bearing base plate is plate located on the ground surface on the side of said protected object or area, said upper and lower parts of said front plate forms a longitudinal plate, and said upper part of said front plate and said base plate are connected to each other by strong firmly stiffening ribs forming "supporting shoe" for single simple barrier;
2) at least two supporting members, one ends of which are hinged to middle third of said front members and the second ends of which are rested on solid blocks buried into the ground (single supporting barrier);
3) any combination thereof;
said system, comprising said longitudinal plates and said base plates and wherein:
(la) said longitudinal plate is characterized in that the shape of the surface adjoining to said front member corresponds to the shape of said front member and the shape of the surface adjoining to said wall corresponds to the shape of said wall;
(lb) the given location of said longitudinal plate requires to place the upper part of said plate above said ground surface and the lower part in said hole;
(1c) between said longitudinal plate and said front member and between said base plate and the ground surface can be placed dense and resilient pads.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein said single barrier comprises additional means for reducing internal stresses inside said front members, and said means are chosen from following group, comprising supporting assemblies of sleeves or bladders inflated with air, water, rubber-like material, or wetting swelling powder located between each said pair of adjacent front members on the ground directly or via a pallet or other anti slip mat so that each said membrane could rest on corresponding assembly;

said system, comprising said single barrier, wherein each said sleeve or bladder include a dense tire a like game ball and an internal balloon, and said balloon can include a branch pipe and be preliminary filled with said filler;
said system, comprising said single barrier, wherein each said pallet can include groups of ledges that are located on upper surface of said pallet to prevent any movement of said sleeves or bladders and groups of teeth that are fastened to lower surface of said pallet to exclude any movement said pallet along the ground surface;
said single barrier, wherein each said assembly of sleeves or bladders can be wrapped into a netlike (or continuous) stocking.

19. The system according to claim 1, wherein said single surrounding barrier intended for protecting detached building comprises:
- a row of said front members fastened into the ground and installed around said building;
- said membrane in the form of a skirt surrounding said building, the lower edge of which is fastened to said front members;
- said elongated sleeve having an impermeable elastic soft resilient envelope intended for filling with air or water or swelling material or resilient cable that are placed close and pressed to said front members or penetrated with said front members;
said single surrounding barrier, comprising:
(i) a approximately horizontal limiter limiting the expansion of said sleeve or cable, pressing said membrane to the ground to prevent infiltration, and made from one of two following forms:
(ia) architectural or additional cornice surrounding said building at the height of Z, where: 10cm <=Z <= 50 cm approximately, and wherein said additional cornice can comprise separate sections for each said wall, and each said section can be hinged to corresponding wall along entire length of said wall;
(ib) series-connected sections, each of which is hinged fastened to corresponding wall at the height of Z cm along the horizontal perimeter of walls or a part of said perimeter, and that can be turned within less than 90° (between "down" and "outward"), includes openings for passing said front members and forms a sandwich together with said sleeve or cable, at that said curved part of said membrane is located under said limiter and intended for pressing said membrane to the ground surface for preventing infiltration from below;
(ii) a group of step-like motors, one or two of which are fastened to each wall at predetermined height of said building, said motors are intended for pulling cords connected to upper edges of said membrane using capture means;
said system, wherein said step-like motors can be connected to the control panel and are able uniformly lift said membrane or separate sheets of said membrane;
said system, wherein said surrounding barrier comprises a group of screens covering all corners of said building and all protruding elements located on the outer surface of the walls and having a very smooth external surface, and wherein said screens made in the form of plastic panels or mastic levels covering and are not interfere in the membrane lifting;
said single surrounding barrier, wherein said sleeve is connected to air/water source via a pipe branch and a pump and each said front member corresponds a prepared ground hole equipped with a screw or a bayonet socket for fixing said front member;
said system, wherein said single surrounding barrier is configured to execute in the event of an alarm following procedures:
(1) inserting manually said front members penetrating through the lower edge of said membrane into prepared holes in the ground;
(2) capturing the upper edge of said membrane by said capturing means;
(3) placing said sleeve or cable and connecting said sleeve to corresponding source;
(4) installing (turning up) said limiter's sections if necessary;
(5) turning on said step-like motors and lifting said membrane up to the predetermined height;
(6) turning on said air or water pump, filling said sleeve up to grate;
said single surrounding barrier, wherein separate said procedures can be absent, for example, (1) when all said front members are installed once for permanent use, (2) when all said capturing means are fastened once for permanent use.

20. The system according to claim 1, comprising said double and said single barriers that are placed on the base of an analysis of geodesic (or topographic) and soil maps of the protected territory, including maps of road together with types of road covering, the flood prehistory and the weather forecasting together with the cost, the laboriousness and the presence of necessary materials, and wherein:
(1) said double barriers and said single fastened barriers up to 1.5-2.5 meters in length are installed in the paths of strong water flows, removing said flows from protected objects and creating storage traps for water;
(2) said double barriers that are installed in the paths of more strong expected water flows, can be additionally fastened by piles that are driven between said frames of unfolded skeletons (unfolded state) before loading heavy ballast, in particular, concrete;
(3) said single fastened barriers are installed in such places where soil is suitable for installation of said barrier or piles, a foundation can be used, or said soil can be strengthened;
(4) said single fastened barriers are installed mainly on both side or in middle of roads having a strong covering or rather dense can be used for creating canals for water removing;
(5) said single simple and supported barriers are installed to protect small areas and separate homes where strong water flows are not expected and an expected flood water height doesn't exceed one meter approximately;
(6) said simple surrounding barriers are intended to directly protect small buildings;
said barrier system, wherein the soil in places intended for installing said barrier(s) can be strengthened preliminary;
said barrier system, wherein the location of said barriers are defined with consideration the areas having hard surface, including concrete, asphalt (roads, streets) and pre-prepared buried blocks together with sockets for installation of said front members.

21. The system according to claim 1, comprising additional strengthening means that are able to strengthen a soil surrounding said rigid vertical or slightly inclined members in the case of soaking said soil and use particular materials;

said system, wherein said particular materials are chosen from the group including, but not excluding, swelling materials, non-Newton liquids, and/or materials having negative Poisson's coefficient;
said system, wherein (1) said additional strengthening means are made preferably in the form of cylindrical, toroidal or plane containers, each said container has a flexible extendable envelope, in which there are pores or small holes and which partially is filled with powder that is able to swell when soaking;
(2) at least a part of said containers comprises non-extensible collapsible top and bottom bases and one or more non-extendible jumpers that are connected centers of each pair of said bases;
and wherein said additional strengthening means can are located in one or more places chosen from the following: in front of said barriers, behind said barriers, around lower ends of front members directly or around rigid capsules surrounding said lower ends, and under the ground between said front and rear members.
said system, wherein said additional strengthening means can include non-Newton liquid that fills the space between the bottom part of said front member and the surrounding soil and harden with increasing load and firmly fixed in the surrounding soil;
said system, wherein said additional strengthening means can use materials having negative Poisson's coefficient that expand with increasing load and firmly fixed in the surrounding medium;
said system, wherein said additional strengthening means can also be used during the installation of said front member or skeletons.