Modelling tsunami bore-induced pressures on various seawall types

• Main Author: Mokhtar, Zaty Aktar
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Ocean waves; Sea-walls - Design and construction; Breakwaters
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/83140/1/FK%202019%2069%20-%20ir.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/83140/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Catastrophic failures of many tsunami seawalls along the affected coasts during the 2011 Japan Tsunami has prompted extensive investigation into improving and revising design codes for tsunami defence structures. To date, researchers and coastal engineers are investigating to understand the failure...