Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Author "Kaihatu, James"
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Chien, Chia-Hung (2017-12-08)This thesis presents a method of applying “Shape Memory Alloy” (SMA) on an overtopping wave energy converter (OWEC). A control system which can fit all sea states is necessary for OWEC to adapt to a mutative wave condition ...
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Bryant, Duncan Burnette (2011-08-08)This dissertation presents the turbulence of multiphase plumes and tidal vortices by studying and quantifying coherent structures that affect the dynamics of the flow. The measurements presented in this dissertation were ...
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Hutschenreuter, Katie Lynn (2017-04-26)Tidal flows through inlets with vortex formation have long been of great environmental importance. The transport mechanisms between the bay and the ocean must be well understood to correctly predict the transport of sediment, ...
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West, Nicholas Allan (2014-12-04)In an effort to protect the Greater Houston Metropolitan Area from hurricane storm surge damage, four Levee-in-Dune concepts are studied as part of the Ike Dike project. The Ike Dike is a proposed hurricane surge barrier ...
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Antoine, Arthur L. (2010-07-14)Structural designs barely consider the dynamic scenario of a well-developed impinging wave hitting the structure. The usual area of focus is on static and stability factors (e.g. drag, inertia, resistive forces related to ...
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Mahmud, Sakib (2022-07-27)This dissertation has combined observations from four Slocum glider missions in the deep Gulf of Mexico to quantify the turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) dissipation rates (ϵ) and diffusive mixing processes in the basin. The ...
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Luai, Andres B (2013-05-03)The conditions of a moored container ship are examined by a physical model in a wave basin and by a numerical simulation. Each condition, wave period, significant wave height and wave direction, was isolated and tested ...
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Beemer, Ryan D (2016-05-05)This dissertation presents initial results from geotechnical centrifuge experiments on squat gravity caissons and monopiles under cyclic eccentric loading in soft clay under undrained conditions. These experiments were ...
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Daniels, Meghan Mary (2019-04-15)Shipping trade routes are seeing an influx of traffic due to the increase in American trade and the ice melt occurring in the Arctic. The global warming effect on the Arctic’s ice has peaked interest for possible trade ...
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Noll, Christian John (2009-05-15)Geophysical, geochemical and geotechnical methods were used to investigate the spatial and temporal aspects of sediment distribution, accumulation, post-depositional alterations, and seafloor response and recovery to major ...
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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 ...
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Hsu, Chih-Hung (2014-08-10)Hurricane surge floods have caused devastating damage along coastal areas all over the world. Yet many recent studies have shown that global warming could increase the hurricane flooding damage by hurricane intensification ...
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Frost, Kevin E (2015-12-16)Follet’s Island is a sand starved barrier island along the Northern coast of Texas. Human interaction has provided this island with an extended history of erosion, with some estimates having the island be completely eroded ...
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Harter, Craig (2015-07-09)In many places along the U.S. East and Gulf Coast, barrier islands are the first line of defense against extreme weather events threatening our coastlines. Follett’s Island is a sediment-starved barrier island located on ...
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Cox, Nicholas Carroll (2012-02-14)Bathymetric features such as nearshore sandbars can alter local nearshore hydrodynamic processes such as the production of infragravity energy. These bathymetric features may act to reduce or increase the amount of ...
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O'Shay, Justin (2012-07-16)Earthquake and submarine mass failure are the most frequent causes of tsunami waves. While the process of the tsunami generation by earthquakes is reasonably well understood, the generation of tsunami waves during submarine ...
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Ruiz Xomchuk, Veronica Isabel (2020-07-21)While the occurrence of seasonal bottom hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico is an extensively studied subject, most research effort has been put on understanding and quantifying hypoxic extent, and little is known about ...
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Anderson, Mary Elizabeth (2011-10-21)Wave attenuation by vegetation is a highly dynamic process and its quantification is important for accurately understanding and predicting coastal hydrodynamics. However, the influence of vegetation on wave dissipation is ...
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Sharma, Abhishek (2015-05-04)Accurate prediction of wave environment is critical to the design of ports, harbors and coastal structures. In this dissertation, two advancements for existing phase-resolving models based on elliptic mild-slope equation ...
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Abada, Bilal Saad Azeez (2022-06-28)This dissertation reports mechanistic investigations of selected technologies employed for physicochemical treatment and reuse of industrial and municipal wastewater. The first part investigates simultaneous biological, ...