Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters Joint Conference 2015
A Method for Estimating the Reflected Tsunami Inundation Depth at the Front of an RC Building with an Aperture
Publication: Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2015: Tsunamis
ABSTRACT
When the reflected tsunami inundation depth at the front of RC building is estimated, it can be possible to roughly estimate the horizontal and vertical tsunami forces acting on the RC building. Two methods using the incident tsunami inundation depth and flow velocity are developed for estimating the inundation depth at the front of RC building with an arbitrary width, connection space, and aperture. The energy loss coefficient in a broad sense, newly defined in one of the developed methods, and the validity of the method are examined through a comparison between the inundation depth estimated and that obtained in the past laboratory experiments. The validity of another proposed method is also examined through a comparison between the inundation depth estimated and that newly experimentally obtained, and it is confirmed that both methods are valid for estimating the reflected inundation depth.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This work was supported by the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (No. 24510244).
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Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2015: Tsunamis
Pages: 258 - 268
Editors: Louise Wallendorf, U.S. Naval Academy and Daniel T. Cox, Ph.D., Oregon State University
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8031-1
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