Developing effective vegetation bioshield for tsunami protection

Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-180

  Tanaka, N ^a   Nandasena, N A K ^a   Jinadasa, K B S N ^a   Sasaki, Y ^a   Tanimoto, K ^a   Mowjood, M I M ^b  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Casuarina equisetifolia; Coastal vegetation; Numerical simulation; Pandanus odoratissimus; Tsunami protection

Indexed keywords

AERIAL ROOTS; BEACH SAND; BREAKING CONDITIONS; CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA; COASTAL VEGETATION; CURRENT VELOCITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRAG FORCES; DRAG RESISTANCE; FORCE MOMENT; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI; INERTIA MOMENT; INERTIA RESISTANCE; MOMENT EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PANDANUS ODORATISSIMUS; PER UNIT; STAND STRUCTURES; TOTAL FORCE; TREE DIAMETER; TREE SPECIES; TWO LAYERS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VERTICAL DIRECTION; WATER DEPTH;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEBRIS; DRAG; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TSUNAMIS; VEGETATION;

SHORE PROTECTION;

DATA SET; DRAG COEFFICIENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; STORM DAMAGE; TSUNAMI; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BIODIVERSITY; DISASTERS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS; TREES;

CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA; PANDANUS ODORATISSIMUS;

EID: 70449490456     PISSN: 10286608     EISSN: 10290249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10286600802435850     Document Type: Article

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