Laboratory Experiments for Tsunamis Generated by Underwater Landslides: Comparison with Numerical Modeling

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1717-1724

  Enet, François ^a   Grilli, Stéphan T ^a   Watts, Philip ^b  

^a University of Rhode Island   (United States)

^b Applied Fluids Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary Element Method; Experiments; Landslides; Numerical wave tank; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECELERATION; EARTHQUAKES; GAGES; GRAVITATION; LANDSLIDES; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; SURFACE WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

FLOW EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL WAVE TANKS; SLOPE ANGLE;

TSUNAMIS;

EID: 0942266594     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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