Experimental Study on Pressure Distribution along Landward Slope of Coastal Dike Due to Tsunami Overflow

Experimental Study on Behavior of Drifting Boats Due to Tsunami and Their Collision Forces

There are high possibilities in the near future that great earthquakes occur and large-scale tsunamis attack Japan. In fishing ports facing on the ocean where a large number of fishing boats are moored, these boats would be littered in the ports, or drifting boats would collide with back-yard-structures, if such a tsunami attacks, like an event actually happened at Hokkaido in 1993. This is one...

Experimental Study on Tsunami Risk Reduction on Coastal Building Fronted by Sea Wall

This experimental study was conducted to idealize the efficacy of sea wall in controlling the tsunami forces on onshore structures. Different types of sea walls were placed in front of the building model. The tsunami forces and the wave heights were measured with and without the sea wall conditions. Types of sea wall, wall height, and wall positions were varied simultaneously to quantify the fo...

Simulation of Tsunami Impact on Sea Surface Salinity along Banda Aceh Coastal Waters, Indonesia

Probability of dike failure due to uplifting and piping

A methodology is presented for determining the probability of dikes failing due to uplifting and piping using directional sampling. The study concerns one dike section in the lower river area of The Netherlands. For this dike section, the three most important random quantities are: the North-Sea water level, the river Rhine discharge, and the critical head in the event of uplifting and piping. ...

Distribution of Calanus finmarchicus along the Coastal Gulf of Maine