The tsunami wave loads on a submerged rigid breakwater are inertial. It is the result arising from the simple calculation method here proposed, and it is confirmed by the comparison with results obtained by other researchers. The method is based on the estimate of the speed drop of the tsunami wave passing over the breakwater. The calculation is rigorous for a sinusoidal wave interacting with a rigid submerged obstacle, in the framework of the linear wave theory, This new approach gives a useful and simple tool for estimating tsunami loads on submerged breakwaters. An unexpected novelty come out from a worked example: assuming the same wave height, storm waves are more dangerous than tsunami waves, for the safety against sliding of submerged breakwaters.

On the tsunami wave - submerged breakwater interaction / Filianoti, P.; Piscopo, R.. - 1020:Part 1(2008), pp. 260-269. (Intervento presentato al convegno 2008 Seismic Engineering International Conference Commemorating the 1908 Messina and Reggio Calabria Earthquake, MERCEA 2008 nel July, 2008).

On the tsunami wave - submerged breakwater interaction

Filianoti P.
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2008-01-01

Abstract

The tsunami wave loads on a submerged rigid breakwater are inertial. It is the result arising from the simple calculation method here proposed, and it is confirmed by the comparison with results obtained by other researchers. The method is based on the estimate of the speed drop of the tsunami wave passing over the breakwater. The calculation is rigorous for a sinusoidal wave interacting with a rigid submerged obstacle, in the framework of the linear wave theory, This new approach gives a useful and simple tool for estimating tsunami loads on submerged breakwaters. An unexpected novelty come out from a worked example: assuming the same wave height, storm waves are more dangerous than tsunami waves, for the safety against sliding of submerged breakwaters.
2008
978-0-7354-0542-4
tsunami; solitary wave; submerged breakwater; wave loads
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