Tsunami - Planning and design for disaster mitigation

Structural Engineer

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 25-29

  Dias, W P S ^a   Mallikarachchi, H M Y C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Case studies; Performance; Planning; Recommendations; Schools; Sri Lanka; Structures; Tsunamis; Waves

Indexed keywords

COASTAL FLOODING; DISASTER MITIGATION; SRI LANKA; STRUCTURAL RECOMMENDATIONS;

COASTAL ZONES; DISASTERS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLOOD DAMAGE; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

TSUNAMIS;

EID: 33947384160     PISSN: 14665123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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