<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Tsunami disasters have frequently occurred in recent years. More and more researchers are focusing on this topic. To investi-gate the tsunami bore impact mechanism on a container model, a multi-functional slope-changing tsunami flume is built in this study. To simulate a tsunami bore, a dam-break wave was generated by a free-falling gate in a reservoir. A needle water level gauge and a high-speed camera were used to measure the tsunami wave heights and velocities for different storage water levels in the test flume, and the corresponding Froude numbers of tsunami waves were also calculated. The factors af-fecting the movement distance of the tsunami wave impacting the container model are explored in this experiment, and the results show that the movement distance is positively correlated with the storage water level, and negatively correlated with the container density and the coast slope.</p></abstract>

Tsunami disasters have frequently occurred in recent years. More and more researchers are focusing on this topic. To investi-gate the tsunami bore impact mechanism on a container model, a multi-functional slope-changing tsunami flume is built in this study. To simulate a tsunami bore, a dam-break wave was generated by a free-falling gate in a reservoir. A needle water level gauge and a high-speed camera were used to measure the tsunami wave heights and velocities for different storage water levels in the test flume, and the corresponding Froude numbers of tsunami waves were also calculated. The factors af-fecting the movement distance of the tsunami wave impacting the container model are explored in this experiment, and the results show that the movement distance is positively correlated with the storage water level, and negatively correlated with the container density and the coast slope.

Experimental Study of Dam-Break-Like Tsunami Bore Impact Mechanism on a Container Model

Key Laboratory of Coastal Disaster and Defence of Ministry of Education

Polish Maritime Research

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Tsunami disasters have frequently occurred in recent years. More and more researchers are focusing on this topic. To investi-gate the tsunami bore impact...

Experimental Study of Dam-Break-Like Tsunami Bore Impact Mechanism on a Container Model

Published Online: Apr 30, 2020

Page range: 53 - 59

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2020-0006

Keywords
tsunami bore, dam break, container, Froude number, movement distance, coast slope

© 2020 Cheng Chen et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Experimental Study of Dam-Break-Like Tsunami Bore Impact Mechanism on a Container Model

Published Online: Apr 30, 2020

Page range: 53 - 59

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2020-0006

Keywordstsunami bore, dam break, container, Froude number, movement distance, coast slope

© 2020 Cheng Chen et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
tsunami bore, dam break, container, Froude number, movement distance, coast slope