Japanese city door typhoon barrier - photo

[Jon]

Japanese city door typhoon barrier.

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Previously:

Tsunami survival capsule - GIF
Bomb truck barrier - GIF
Hesco RAID rapid-deployment barrier - GIF

[shopandmath]

I must be seeing this wrong
The force load is going In the wrong direction
This will stop something from coming out of the doors?

[Frank S]

I must be seeing this wrong
The force load is going In the wrong direction
This will stop something from coming out of the doors?

That is the way I see it, would be more effective to stop a shoplifter from escaping than anything else

[trigger]

Water flooding seals door for ingress only,rubber seal against door frame??

[Frank S]

Water flooding seals door for ingress only,rubber seal against door frame??

Since the barrier is part of the floor when down I don't see the possibility of a rubber seal.
I suspect the barriers are there to prevent the doors from being ripped open by the buffeting of the winds. The rapid and extreme pressure differences have been known to suck windows and doors open in houses