Experimental study of tsunami bore induced forces on vertical seawall

• Main Authors: Mokhtar, Zaty Aktar, Yusuf, Badronnisa, Mohammad Ali, Thamer Ahmad, Hamzah, Saiful Bahri
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/68714/1/9.%20JST%201257-2018.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/68714/; http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JST%20Vol.%2027%20(2)%20Apr.%202019/9.%20JST%201257-2018.pdf

Field surveys of the 2011 Tohoku Tsunami reported massive failures of many seawalls and coastal barriers. The massive damages are vivid evidence that there are flaws in the design of seawalls and barriers. With this as the background, a sequence of laboratory experiments using dam-break waves was pe...