Tsunami wave loading on coastal houses: A model approach

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 77-86

  Thusyanthan, Navaratnam I ^a   Madabhushi, S P Gopal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buildings, structures design; Hydraulics hydrodynamics; Models (physical)

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULICS & HYDRODYNAMICS; TSUNAMI WAVE;

COASTAL ZONES; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE SENSORS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

TSUNAMIS;

COASTAL ZONES; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE SENSORS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TSUNAMIS;

BUILDING; COASTAL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DESIGN; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELING; TSUNAMI; WAVE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 44449115818     PISSN: 0965089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/cien.2008.161.2.77     Document Type: Article

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