The 11 March 2011 East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: Tsunami Effects on Coastal Infrastructure and Buildings

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 170, Issue 6-8, 2013, Pages 1019-1031

  Yeh, Harry ^a   Sato, Shinji ^b   Tajima, Yoshimitsu ^b  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

breakaway wall; fluidization; scour; seawall; tsunami

Indexed keywords

AIR; COASTAL ENGINEERING; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE SLABS; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKES; FLOODS; FLUIDIZATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; RETAINING WALLS; SCOUR; SOIL LIQUEFACTION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; TSUNAMIS; UNDERWATER FOUNDATIONS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BREAKAWAY WALL; COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE; EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; SOIL INSTABILITIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; SURROUNDING BUILDINGS; TSUNAMI INUNDATION;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

BREAKWATER; COASTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUND MOTION; LIQUEFACTION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; TSUNAMI; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

HONSHU; IWATE; JAPAN; SANRIKU; TOHOKU;

EID: 84882974389     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-012-0489-1     Document Type: Article

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