A preliminary laboratory study of motion of floating debris generated by solitary waves running up a beach

• Main Authors: Shen, Hung-Tao, Huang, Zhenhua, Yao, Yao, Lo, Edmond Yat Man
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Water resources
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101979; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24224
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Destructive tsunamis can destroy coastal structures and move huge amounts of tsunami debris. Our current understanding of motion of tsunami debris in tsunami flows is limited. In this paper, we present a preliminary laboratory study of motion of model debris under the action of solitary waves runnin...