Experimental investigation of tsunami bore impact force and pressure on a square prism

S Shafiei, BW Melville, AY Shamseldin - Coastal Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the recent 2011 Japan tsunami have
highlighted the need to investigate the interaction between tsunamis and coastal structures …

Preliminary tsunami analytical fragility functions proposal for Italian coastal residential masonry buildings

S Belliazzi, GP Lignola, M Di Ludovico, A Prota - Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Scientific community showed particular interest in tsunami risk assessment in the last years
due to several worldwide tsunami events where high damages and human casualties were …

Experimental study on flow kinematics of dam-break induced surge impacting onto a vertical wall

T Tan, Y Ma, J Zhang, X Niu, KA Chang - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Tsunami surges are frequently simulated by dam-break flows over dry beds. The purpose of
this study is to quantitatively investigate the flow kinematics and turbulent characteristics of a …

Smoothed particle hydrodynamics modeling of elevated structures impacted by tsunami-like waves

C Reis, AR Barbosa, J Figueiredo, S Clain… - Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Accurate characterization of the response of coastal structures when subjected to tsunami-
like waves is important for structural engineering assessment and design. The weakly …

Experimental modeling of extreme hydrodynamic forces on structural models

T Al-Faesly, D Palermo, I Nistor… - International Journal of …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper presents the results of a comprehensive experimental program focused on the
impact of extreme hydrodynamic forces on structural models generated by a turbulent …

Classification of tsunami and evacuation areas

T Shibayama, M Esteban, I Nistor, H Takagi, ND Thao… - Natural Hazards, 2013 - Springer
Abstract On March 11, 2011, a large earthquake that occurred offshore the north-east coast
of Japan generated a large tsunami which devastated extensive areas of the Tohoku …

Experimental study on hydrodynamic interaction between dam-break waves and circular pier

S Yang, Z Tan, W Yang, H Imani, D Song, J Luo… - Ocean …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the hydrodynamic interaction between dam-break waves and circular
pier. Firstly, a series of dam-break waves under dry-bed and wet-bed conditions were …

Tsunami-like wave forces on an elevated coastal structure: Effects of flow shielding and channeling

AO Winter, MS Alam, K Shekhar, MR Motley… - Journal of Waterway …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
During a tsunami event, neighboring structures can significantly influence the forces
experienced by an individual structure within an urban community. To assess the effects of …

Experimental analysis of debris motion due the obstruction from fixed obstacles in tsunami-like flow conditions

N Goseberg, J Stolle, I Nistor, T Shibayama - Coastal Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Experimental research was conducted focusing on debris motion over a horizontal apron
featuring vertical obstacles in the path of the debris propagation. The apron was designed …

Spatiotemporal characteristics of the dam-break induced surge pressure on a vertical wall

J Shen, L Wei, D Wu, H Liu… - Coastal Engineering …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, the impact process on a vertical wall due to the dam-break-induced surge was
investigated experimentally. The entire surge impact process is classified into three stages …