Open AccessStructural Behavior Under Impulsive Tsunami Loading
Author(s) -
Taro Arikawa
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of disaster research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.332
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1883-8030
pISSN - 1881-2473
DOI - 10.20965/jdr.2009.p0377
Subject(s) - failure mode and effects analysis , surge , structural engineering , structural failure , geotechnical engineering , geology , tsunami wave , mode (computer interface) , forensic engineering , engineering , seismology , computer science , geomorphology , operating system
This report describes surge front tsunami force using physical model experiments. Failure processes of wooden and concrete walls are examined in the full-scale testing. We found that the failure mode changes depending on the strength of the wall.