Browsing by Subject "surge"

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    • HURRICANE INDUCED WAVE AND SURGE FORCES ON BRIDGE DECKS 
      McPherson, Ronald L. (2010-01-16)
      The damaging effects of hurricane landfall on US coastal bridges have been studied using physical model testing. Hurricane bridge damage and failure susceptibility has become very evident, especially during hurricane ...
    • Impact of Tsunamis on Near Shore Wind Power Units 
      Parambath, Ashwin (2011-02-22)
      With the number of wind power units (WPUs) on the rise worldwide, it is inevitable that some of these would be exposed to natural disasters like tsunamis and it will become a necessity to consider their effects in the ...
    • Studies on Hazard Characterization for Performance-based Structural Design 
      Wang, Yue (2010-07-14)
      Performance-based engineering (PBE) requires advances in hazard characterization, structural modeling, and nonlinear analysis techniques to fully and efficiently develop the fragility expressions and other tools forming ...