Development Report:
Structural Behavior Under Impulsive Tsunami Loading
Taro Arikawa
Tsunami Research Center, Port and Airport Reseach Institute 3-1-1 Nagase, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 236-0021, Japan
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.
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