Verification of the destruction mechanism of structures in Sri Lanka and Thailand due to the Indian Ocean tsunami

Coastal Engineering Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-145

  Yamamoto, Yoshimichi ^a   Takanashi, Hiroaki ^a   Hettiarachchi, Samantha ^b   Samarawickrama, Saman ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Destruction mechanism of structures; Hazard; Inundation depth; Inundation height; The Indian Ocean tsunami

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DISASTERS; HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

DESTRUCTION MECHANISM OF STRUCTURES; INUNDATION DEPTH; INUNDATION HEIGHT; THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI;

TSUNAMIS;

EID: 33646412027     PISSN: 21664250     EISSN: 17936292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0578563406001374     Document Type: Article

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