A shared vision on the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami in Malaysia: hazard assessments, post-disaster measures and research

WC Moon, LM Sidek, TL Lau, HT Puay… - Journal of Marine …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The tsunami is one of the deadliest natural disasters, responsible for more than 260,000
deaths and billions in economic losses over the last two decades. The footage of the …

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 …

Influence of orientation and arrangement of structures on Tsunami impact forces: Numerical investigation with smoothed particle hydrodynamics

G Pringgana, LS Cunningham… - Journal of Waterway, Port …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
This paper explores the influence of onshore structures' orientations and arrangements
during a tsunami impact using the numerical method of smoothed particle hydrodynamics …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Buffer Blocks as Wave Energy Dissipators: Flow Depth Reduction

P Nageswaran, J Oetjen, S Harish, V Sriram… - Journal of Marine …, 2024 - mdpi.com
High-energy events such as tsunamis pose significant threats to coastal infrastructure and
buildings, necessitating effective mitigation strategies to minimize damage. Compared to …

Numerical investigation on solitary waves traveling over rigid vegetation by a 3D-MPS method

L Wang, M Xu, C Zhang, W Dai - Applied Ocean Research, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, a three-dimensional wave-vegetation numerical model based on the moving
particle semi-implicit (MPS) method is established to investigate the interaction between …

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 …

Physical model comparison of gray and green mitigation alternatives for flooding and wave force reduction in an idealized urban coastal environment

H Van Dang, H Park, S Shin, T Tomiczek, DT Cox… - Coastal …, 2023 - Elsevier
A 1: 16 scaled physical model was constructed to investigate the effectiveness of a seawall,
a submerged breakwater, and mangrove forests to mitigate overland flooding and forces on …

Tsunami loads on slab bridges

Z Xu, B Melville, NAK Nandasena, C Whittaker… - Coastal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Coastal bridges serve as lifelines connecting affected areas to the outside world after
extreme events such as tsunamis. It is thus important to predict tsunami loads applied to …

Flow-structure interference effects with the surrounding structure in the choked quasi-steady condition of tsunami: Comparison with traditional obstruction approach

S Harish, V Sriram, H Schüttrumpf… - Applied Ocean …, 2022 - Elsevier
To understand tsunami flow interaction with the structure occupying a certain percentage of
flow channel width in the field, several authors modelled experiments or numerical …