Abstract: Permanent form periodic waves with zero-average mass flux are generated in a two-dimensional numerical wave tank solving fully nonlinear potential flow equations. An absorbing beach is modeled at the end of the tank in ...

Abstract: Numerical simulations are performed with a two-dimensional (2D) fully nonlinear potential flow (FNPF) model for tsunami generation by two idealized types of submarine mass failure (SMF): underwater slides and slumps. These ...

Abstract: Large scale, three-dimensional, laboratory experiments are performed to study tsunami generation by rigid underwater landslides. The main purpose of these experiments is to both gain insight into landslide tsunami generation ...

Abstract: Laboratory experiments are presented for the breaking of solitary waves over breakwaters. A variety of behaviors is observed, depending on both breakwater and incident wave height: for emerged breakwaters, waves may collapse ...

Abstract: Based on numerical simulations presented in Part I, we derive predictive empirical equations describing tsunami generation by submarine mass failure (SMF) that are only valid in the vicinity of the tsunami sources. We give ...

Abstract: The December 26, 2004 tsunami was perhaps the most devastating tsunami in recorded history, causing over 200,000 fatalities and widespread destruction in countries bordering the Indian Ocean. It was generated by the third ...

Abstract: Storm-surge and wave models are routinely used to assess the impact of hurricanes/cyclones for emergency preparedness. Although these models are forced by wind fields, generated by meteorological models in hindcast or ...

Abstract: Extending an earlier two-dimensional (2D) implementation, a novel method is introduced for both detecting the onset of wave breaking and simulating the resulting energy dissipation in limited water depth, in a three-dimensional ...