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 …

Numerical simulation of merging of two rising bubbles with different densities and diameters using an enhanced Volume-Of-Fluid (VOF) model

F Garoosi, T Merabtene, TF Mahdi - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the transient evolution of two rising bubbles with different densities is
investigated numerically using an enhanced version of the VOF model, aiming to establish …

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 …

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 …

Field survey assessment of flood loads and related building damage from the July 2021 event in the Ahr Valley (Germany)

D Wüthrich, PA Korswagen, H Selvam… - Journal of Flood Risk …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
The July 2021 flood heavily affected many inhabitants, buildings and critical infrastructure
throughout Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Specifically, the Ahr Valley (Germany) …

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 …

Tsunami-like flow induced forces on the structure: Dependence of the hydrodynamic force coefficients on Froude number and flow channel width in quasi-steady flow …

S Harish, V Sriram, H Schüttrumpf, SA Sannasiraj - Coastal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
During the tsunami landfall, the structures near the coast perform like a wall of certain
obstruction, b/W (b= structure width, W= available flow channel width) to the incoming flow …

Mitigating tsunami effects on buildings via novel use of discrete onshore protection systems

G Pringgana, LS Cunningham… - Coastal Engineering …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigates the effectiveness of a new discrete V-shaped coastal barrier (V-wall)
to reduce multiple tsunami-bore impacts on a group of idealized coastal structures. The …

Effect of the buffer blocks in attenuating a tsunami-like flow

VPG Percy, V Sriram, V Sundar, H Schüttrumpf - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The construction of protective structures along the coast constitutes a crucial component of
tsunami mitigation measures. Most commonly adopted tsunami mitigation measures are …

SPH modeling of dam-break bores on smooth and macro-roughness slopes

CC Chang, YT Wu - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the kinematics and hydrodynamics of long waves in nearshore zones is
currently one of the more pressing aims motivating research in the coastal engineering …