Tsunami-driven debris motion and loads: A critical review

I Nistor, N Goseberg, J Stolle - Frontiers in Built Environment, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Recent natural disasters, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean and 2011 Tohoku Tsunami,
exhibited the importance of tsunami-resistant infrastructure in high-risk coastal areas. The …

Coupled SPH–FEM modeling of tsunami-borne large debris flow and impact on coastal structures

A Hasanpour, D Istrati, I Buckle - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Field surveys in recent tsunami events document the catastrophic effects of large waterborne
debris on coastal infrastructure. Despite the availability of experimental studies, numerical …

Engineering lessons from the 28 September 2018 Indonesian tsunami: Debris loading

J Stolle, C Krautwald, I Robertson… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
A field survey team went to Palu City, Indonesia in the aftermath of the September 28th,
2018 earthquake and tsunami to investigate its effects on local infrastructure and buildings …

Experimental study of dam-break-like tsunami loads on vertical structures with overhanging horizontal slabs: Slab with air chamber

C Peng, C Chen, NAK Nandasena, X Deng, F Cai… - Ocean …, 2024 - Elsevier
Tsunamis pose a significant threat to coastal engineering. A comprehensive physical
experiment was conducted to examine the effect of air chambers on vertical structures with …

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 …

Tsunami-driven debris hazard assessment at a coastal community: Focusing on shipping container debris hazards at Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii

MJ Koh, H Park, AS Kim - Coastal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
A framework combining a tsunami flow model and debris (large floating object) transport
model was developed to evaluate the kinematics of multiple debris and sequential hazards …

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) …

Three-dimensional numerical investigation of floating debris effects on bridge superstructures during tsunamis

A Hasanpour, D Istrati, IG Buckle - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Catastrophic tsunamis occur around the world and as coastal communities continue to grow,
consideration of cascading tsunami-borne debris effects on coastal structures becomes …

Experimental investigation of debris damming loads under transient supercritical flow conditions

J Stolle, T Takabatake, I Nistor, T Mikami, S Nishizaki… - Coastal …, 2018 - Elsevier
Debris loading during extreme flooding events has been documented by many post-tsunami
field surveys of disaster-stricken communities and, as such, it is now considered and …

Debris impact under extreme hydrodynamic conditions part 1: Hydrodynamics and impact geometry

C Derschum, I Nistor, J Stolle, N Goseberg - Coastal Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
In field investigations of major flooding events, debris impact has been identified as a critical
load and has thus been included in various building codes, such as FEMA P-646 and …