Rational Evaluation Methods of Topographical Change and Building Destruction in the Inundation Area by a Huge Tsunami
In the case of huge tsunamis, such as the 2004 Great Indian Ocean Tsunami and 2011 Great East Japan Tsunami, the damage caused by ground scour is serious. Therefore, it is important to improve prediction models for the topographical change of huge tsunamis. For general models that predict topographi...
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| description | In the case of huge tsunamis, such as the 2004 Great Indian Ocean Tsunami and 2011 Great East Japan Tsunami, the damage caused by ground scour is serious. Therefore, it is important to improve prediction models for the topographical change of huge tsunamis. For general models that predict topographical change, the flow velocity distribution of a flood region is calculated by a numerical model based on a nonlinear long wave theory, and the distribution of bed-load rates is calculated using this velocity distribution and an equation for evaluating bed-load rates. This bed-load rate equation usually has a coefficient that can be decided using verification simulations. For the purpose, Ribberink’s formula has high reproducibility within an oscillating flow and was chosen by the authors. Ribberink’s formula needs a bed-load transport coefficient that requires sufficient verification simulations, as it consumes plenty of time and money to decide its value. Therefore, the authors generated diagrams that can define the suitable bed-load coefficient simply using the data acquired from hydraulic experiments on a movable bed. Subsequently, for the verification purpose of the model, the authors performed reproduced simulations of topography changes caused by the 2011 Great East Japan Tsunami at some coasts in Northern Japan using suitable coefficients acquired from the generated diagrams. The results of the simulations were in an acceptable range. The authors presented the preliminary generated diagrams of the same methodology but with insubstantial experimental data at the time at the International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE), (2018 and 2019). However, in this paper, an adequate amount of data was added to the developed diagrams based on many hydraulic experiments to further raise their reliability and their application extent. Furthermore, by reproducing the tsunami simulation on the Sendai Natori coast of Japan, the authors determined that the impact of total bed-load transport was much bigger than that of suspension loads. Besides, the simulation outputs revealed that the mitigation effect of the cemented sand and gravel (CSG) banks and artificial refuge hills reduced tsunami damage on Japan’s Hamamatsu coast. Since a lot of buildings and structures in the inundation area can be destroyed by tsunamis, building destruction design was presented in this paper through an economy and simplified state. Using the proposed tsunami simulation model, we acquired the inundation depth at any specific time and location within the inundated area. Because the inundation breadth due to a huge tsunami can extend kilometers toward the inland area, the evaluation of building destruction is an important measure to consider. Therefore, the authors in this paper presented useful threshold diagrams to evaluate building destruction with an easy and cost-efficient state. The threshold diagrams of “width of a pillar” for buildings or “width of concrete block walls” not breaking to each inundation height were developed using the data of damages due to the 2011 Great East Japan Tsunami. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-13103ef59ec84ac287adf1b2bb7192072023-11-20T16:15:29ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122020-10-0181076210.3390/jmse8100762Rational Evaluation Methods of Topographical Change and Building Destruction in the Inundation Area by a Huge TsunamiSayed Masihullah Ahmadi0Yoshimichi Yamamoto1Vu Thanh Ca2Graduate School of Science and Technology, Tokai University, Kanagawa 259-1292, JapanDepartment of Civil Engineering, Tokai University, Kanagawa 259-1292, JapanDepartment of Environment, Ha Noi University of Natural Resources and Environment, 41A Phu Dien, Bac Tu Liem, Hanoi, VietnamIn the case of huge tsunamis, such as the 2004 Great Indian Ocean Tsunami and 2011 Great East Japan Tsunami, the damage caused by ground scour is serious. Therefore, it is important to improve prediction models for the topographical change of huge tsunamis. For general models that predict topographical change, the flow velocity distribution of a flood region is calculated by a numerical model based on a nonlinear long wave theory, and the distribution of bed-load rates is calculated using this velocity distribution and an equation for evaluating bed-load rates. This bed-load rate equation usually has a coefficient that can be decided using verification simulations. For the purpose, Ribberink’s formula has high reproducibility within an oscillating flow and was chosen by the authors. Ribberink’s formula needs a bed-load transport coefficient that requires sufficient verification simulations, as it consumes plenty of time and money to decide its value. Therefore, the authors generated diagrams that can define the suitable bed-load coefficient simply using the data acquired from hydraulic experiments on a movable bed. Subsequently, for the verification purpose of the model, the authors performed reproduced simulations of topography changes caused by the 2011 Great East Japan Tsunami at some coasts in Northern Japan using suitable coefficients acquired from the generated diagrams. The results of the simulations were in an acceptable range. The authors presented the preliminary generated diagrams of the same methodology but with insubstantial experimental data at the time at the International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE), (2018 and 2019). However, in this paper, an adequate amount of data was added to the developed diagrams based on many hydraulic experiments to further raise their reliability and their application extent. Furthermore, by reproducing the tsunami simulation on the Sendai Natori coast of Japan, the authors determined that the impact of total bed-load transport was much bigger than that of suspension loads. Besides, the simulation outputs revealed that the mitigation effect of the cemented sand and gravel (CSG) banks and artificial refuge hills reduced tsunami damage on Japan’s Hamamatsu coast. Since a lot of buildings and structures in the inundation area can be destroyed by tsunamis, building destruction design was presented in this paper through an economy and simplified state. Using the proposed tsunami simulation model, we acquired the inundation depth at any specific time and location within the inundated area. Because the inundation breadth due to a huge tsunami can extend kilometers toward the inland area, the evaluation of building destruction is an important measure to consider. Therefore, the authors in this paper presented useful threshold diagrams to evaluate building destruction with an easy and cost-efficient state. The threshold diagrams of “width of a pillar” for buildings or “width of concrete block walls” not breaking to each inundation height were developed using the data of damages due to the 2011 Great East Japan Tsunami.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/8/10/762tsunami inundation simulationtopography change due to a huge tsunamiwall/pillar resistance against tsunamiCSG dike |
| spellingShingle | Sayed Masihullah Ahmadi Yoshimichi Yamamoto Vu Thanh Ca Rational Evaluation Methods of Topographical Change and Building Destruction in the Inundation Area by a Huge Tsunami Journal of Marine Science and Engineering tsunami inundation simulation topography change due to a huge tsunami wall/pillar resistance against tsunami CSG dike |
| title | Rational Evaluation Methods of Topographical Change and Building Destruction in the Inundation Area by a Huge Tsunami |
| title_full | Rational Evaluation Methods of Topographical Change and Building Destruction in the Inundation Area by a Huge Tsunami |
| title_fullStr | Rational Evaluation Methods of Topographical Change and Building Destruction in the Inundation Area by a Huge Tsunami |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rational Evaluation Methods of Topographical Change and Building Destruction in the Inundation Area by a Huge Tsunami |
| title_short | Rational Evaluation Methods of Topographical Change and Building Destruction in the Inundation Area by a Huge Tsunami |
| title_sort | rational evaluation methods of topographical change and building destruction in the inundation area by a huge tsunami |
| topic | tsunami inundation simulation topography change due to a huge tsunami wall/pillar resistance against tsunami CSG dike |
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