Hurricane-induced failure mechanisms in low-rise residential buildings and future research directions

M Moeini, AM Memari - Natural hazards review, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Despite recent advancements in hurricane hazard characterization and a better
understanding of the vulnerabilities of the built environment to hurricane-related hazards …

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 …

Leveraging data driven approaches for enhanced tsunami damage modelling: Insights from the 2011 Great East Japan event

M Di Bacco, P Rotello, A Suppasri… - Environmental Modelling & …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aims at developing an empirical, multi-variable tsunami damage model for
buildings, based on machine-learning algorithms which leverage about 250.000 ex-post …

[HTML][HTML] Towards an integrated framework for the risk assessment of coastal structures exposed to earthquake and tsunami hazards

C Reis, M Lopes, MA Baptista, S Clain - Resilient Cities and Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
The spatial distribution of the world population is uneven, with a density of about 40% living
in coastal regions. The trend is expected to continue in both demographic indicators and …

Experimental study of debris transport driven by a tsunami-like wave: Application for non-uniform density groups and obstacles

H Park, MJ Koh, DT Cox, MS Alam, S Shin - Coastal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Water-borne disaster debris can exacerbate the damage on the built-environment through
debris impact and debris damming loads and by decreasing the functionality of infrastructure …

A physical model of tsunami inundation and wave pressures for an idealized coastal industrial site

N Kihara, T Arikawa, T Asai, M Hasebe, T Ikeya… - Coastal …, 2021 - Elsevier
A series of physical model experiments of tsunami inundation over an idealized industrial
site located in a coastal area were performed in this study. Two types of tsunami-like waves …

Elevated light-frame wood residential building physical and numerical modeling of damage due to hurricane overland surge and waves

MS Alam, AR Barbosa, I Mugabo, DT Cox, H Park… - Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
An experimental program of a 1: 6 scale elevated wood frame shear-wall residential building
was developed to model the damage progression of buildings subjected to increasing …

Tsunami wave run-up load reduction inside a building array

JP Moris, AB Kennedy, JJ Westerink - Coastal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The influence of a building array on tsunami-driven run-up loads is studied through
laboratory experiments and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations. Results show …

Tsunami wave loading on a structural array behind a partial wall

Z Zhang, AB Kennedy, JP Moris - Coastal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper examines long wave loading on a building array behind a high-elevation, varying-
length seawall through laboratory experiments conducted in Oregon State University's …

Large-scale physical modeling of broken solitary waves impacting elevated coastal structures

C Krautwald, H Von Haefen, P Niebuhr… - Coastal Engineering …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Amongst extreme hydrodynamic events are bore-and surge-type flow motions that are
observed in the context of storm surges induced by tropical cyclones, but also occur when …