This paper investigates the vulnerability of livestock to flooding. A conceptual model is developed to evaluate the toppling and sliding instability of farm animals exposed to floodwaters. Numerical simulations are also employed to assess the drag, lift and contraction coefficients for some animals among the most commonly farmed. Using the results of the above model together with the few information available in literature, the vulnerability functions for these farm animals exposed to floodwaters are proposed. This is expected to improve flood damage assessment in the agricultural sector, while also enhancing flood risk evaluation and communication to farmers.

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畜牧业易受洪水侵袭


本文调查了牲畜对洪水的脆弱性。开发了一个概念模型来评估暴露于洪水中的农场动物的倾倒和滑动不稳定性。还采用数值模拟来评估一些最常见养殖动物的阻力、升力和收缩系数。利用上述模型的结果以及文献中的少量信息，提出了这些暴露于洪水中的农场动物的脆弱性函数。预计这将改善农业部门的洪水损失评估，同时加强洪水风险评估和与农民的沟通。