Recent natural disasters, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean and 2011 Tohoku Tsunami,
exhibited the importance of tsunami-resistant infrastructure in high-risk coastal areas. The …

Laboratory experiments of dam-break flows are extensively used in investigations of
geophysical flows involving flood waves, to provide insight into relevant aspects of the …

Abstract The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the recent 2011 Japan tsunami have
highlighted the need to investigate the interaction between tsunamis and coastal structures …

A large-scale physical model was created in Oregon State University's Large Wave Flume to
collect an extensive dataset measuring wave-induced horizontal and vertical forces on an …

Large-scale experiments on the pressure exerted on a tide wall due to the impact, reflection,
and overflow of tsunami inundation flow were carried out to investigate the characteristics of …

Tsunamis, impulse waves, and dam failures are disasters that challenge humanity, often
leading to massive casualties and extreme economic losses. The highly unsteady flow …

This paper presents an experimentally validated, closed-form set of equations for predicting
forces on rectangular buildings im**ed by nominally unsteady tsunami inundation flows …

This paper presents the results of a comprehensive experimental program focused on the
impact of extreme hydrodynamic forces on structural models generated by a turbulent …

Tsunamis, landslide-generated waves, and dam failures are rare, but highly destructive
phenomena, associated with extreme loading on infrastructure. Recent events showed that …

Tsunami surges are frequently simulated by dam-break flows over dry beds. The purpose of
this study is to quantitatively investigate the flow kinematics and turbulent characteristics of a …