Abstract: Research on the influence of tsunamis on bridges has been based almost exclusively on the results of field surveys and of two-dimensional analysis. Although these analyses can provide estimates of forces and moments on the ...

Abstract: A large-scale physical model was constructed in the Large Wave Flume of Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory (HWRL) at Oregon State University to develop a dataset of measured pressures and forces acting on an elevated, coastal ...

Abstract: During a tsunami event, neighboring structures can significantly influence the forces experienced by an individual structure within an urban community. To assess the effects of adjacent structures on the resulting fluid ...

Abstract: The damage caused by tsunamis to coastal communities is often not only the result of the flowing water itself, but also of transported debris. Although there have been efforts to characterize forces from single-debris ...