Run-up related to onshore tsunami flows

• Main Author: Sim, Shawn Yisheng
• Other Authors: Chiew Yee Meng
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Water resources; DRNTU::Science::Physics::Geophysics and geomagnetism
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69623
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The focus of the thesis is on onshore tsunami flows with special attention on tsunami run-up. In the aftermath of a tsunami, the most evident clue on the extent of a run-up is the water marks left behind. The trim-line recorded by surveyors is one of the most valuable pieces of information needed to...