Building Resilient Coastal Communities: The NHERI Experimental Facility for Surge, Wave, and Tsunami Hazards
Through the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure program (NHERI) established by the National Science Foundation in the United States, a suite of experimental facilities has been made available to the research community to advance the resilience of civil infrastructure and communities...
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| author | Pedro Lomonaco Pedro Lomonaco Daniel Cox Daniel Cox Christopher Higgins Christopher Higgins Timothy Maddux Timothy Maddux Bret Bosma Bret Bosma Rebekah Miller Rebekah Miller James Batti James Batti |
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| description | Through the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure program (NHERI) established by the National Science Foundation in the United States, a suite of experimental facilities has been made available to the research community to advance the resilience of civil infrastructure and communities to coastal storm and earthquake hazards. A NHERI Experimental Facility, hosted at the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory at Oregon State University (HWRL EF), was created through this program that serves as a state-of-the-art engineering research, education, and outreach center related to tsunamis caused by earthquakes and coastal waves and surge caused by windstorms. HWRL EF includes two specialized large-scale resources for physical model testing of coastal systems: a large wave flume (LWF) and a directional wave basin (DWB). These facilities are available to the research community to address grand challenges relating to tsunami and coastal windstorm surge and wave hazards impacting the built and natural environments. This paper describes the capabilities of the HWRL EF and presents 10 example projects conducted under NHERI since 2016. The research projects highlight the broad scientific interest and potential application of physical model testing in multi-hazard mitigation and resilience in coastal communities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-add5ba92bcc6421a90f62cd34d2ad6352022-12-21T22:44:58ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Built Environment2297-33622020-10-01610.3389/fbuil.2020.579729579729Building Resilient Coastal Communities: The NHERI Experimental Facility for Surge, Wave, and Tsunami HazardsPedro Lomonaco0Pedro Lomonaco1Daniel Cox2Daniel Cox3Christopher Higgins4Christopher Higgins5Timothy Maddux6Timothy Maddux7Bret Bosma8Bret Bosma9Rebekah Miller10Rebekah Miller11James Batti12James Batti13O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United StatesSchool of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United StatesO.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United StatesSchool of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United StatesO.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United StatesSchool of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United StatesO.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United StatesSchool of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United StatesO.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United StatesSchool of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United StatesO.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United StatesSchool of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United StatesO.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United StatesSchool of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United StatesThrough the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure program (NHERI) established by the National Science Foundation in the United States, a suite of experimental facilities has been made available to the research community to advance the resilience of civil infrastructure and communities to coastal storm and earthquake hazards. A NHERI Experimental Facility, hosted at the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory at Oregon State University (HWRL EF), was created through this program that serves as a state-of-the-art engineering research, education, and outreach center related to tsunamis caused by earthquakes and coastal waves and surge caused by windstorms. HWRL EF includes two specialized large-scale resources for physical model testing of coastal systems: a large wave flume (LWF) and a directional wave basin (DWB). These facilities are available to the research community to address grand challenges relating to tsunami and coastal windstorm surge and wave hazards impacting the built and natural environments. This paper describes the capabilities of the HWRL EF and presents 10 example projects conducted under NHERI since 2016. The research projects highlight the broad scientific interest and potential application of physical model testing in multi-hazard mitigation and resilience in coastal communities.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbuil.2020.579729/fullcoastal structureswavessurgetsunamiexperimentation (laboratory tests)resilience |
| spellingShingle | Pedro Lomonaco Pedro Lomonaco Daniel Cox Daniel Cox Christopher Higgins Christopher Higgins Timothy Maddux Timothy Maddux Bret Bosma Bret Bosma Rebekah Miller Rebekah Miller James Batti James Batti Building Resilient Coastal Communities: The NHERI Experimental Facility for Surge, Wave, and Tsunami Hazards Frontiers in Built Environment coastal structures waves surge tsunami experimentation (laboratory tests) resilience |
| title | Building Resilient Coastal Communities: The NHERI Experimental Facility for Surge, Wave, and Tsunami Hazards |
| title_full | Building Resilient Coastal Communities: The NHERI Experimental Facility for Surge, Wave, and Tsunami Hazards |
| title_fullStr | Building Resilient Coastal Communities: The NHERI Experimental Facility for Surge, Wave, and Tsunami Hazards |
| title_full_unstemmed | Building Resilient Coastal Communities: The NHERI Experimental Facility for Surge, Wave, and Tsunami Hazards |
| title_short | Building Resilient Coastal Communities: The NHERI Experimental Facility for Surge, Wave, and Tsunami Hazards |
| title_sort | building resilient coastal communities the nheri experimental facility for surge wave and tsunami hazards |
| topic | coastal structures waves surge tsunami experimentation (laboratory tests) resilience |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbuil.2020.579729/full |
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