Maximum fluid forces in the tsunami runup zone

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 496-500

  Yeh, Harry ^a  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Long waves; Overland flow; Tsunamis; Wave forces; Wave runup

Indexed keywords

DRAG; HYDRODYNAMICS; WATER LEVELS; WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; OVERLAND FLOW; WAVE FORCES; WAVE RUNUP;

TSUNAMIS;

DRAG; HYDRODYNAMICS; TSUNAMIS; WATER LEVELS; WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BEACH PROFILE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; FLOW VELOCITY; OVERLAND FLOW; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; TSUNAMI; WAVE FORCE;

EID: 33750139910     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(2006)132:6(496)     Document Type: Article

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