Tsunami Impact on Buildings

Oral

1259 - Experimental Study On Transport Characteristics Of Coastal Boulders By Tsunami And High Waves

Presenting Author(s)

• SK

  Satoshi Kiso

  Student
  Kansai University

Additional Author (s)

• AK

  Andrew Kennedy, PhD

  Associate Professor
  University of Notre Dame

Additional Author #1(s)

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  Tomohiro Yasuda, PhD

  Associate Professor
  Kansai University

Additional Author #2(s)

• NM

  Nobuhito Mori, PhD

  Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University

This study experiments to know transport characteristics of coastal boulders by tsunami and high waves: which are known as tsunami boulder and storm boulder. Results shows that in case of tsunami, transport distance is increasing when the reef is dry. Transport distance is strongly affected by wave breaking point in case of tsunami. In case of high waves, transport distance increases when the reef is wet. Transport distance is strongly affected by buoyancy in case of high waves. The force required to transport the boulder is calculated from fluid force