Instability of a caisson-type breakwater induced by an earthquake-tsunami event
Instability of a caisson-type breakwater induced by an earthquake-tsunami event
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地震海啸事件引起的沉箱式防波堤失稳
DOI:
10.1061/9780784413388.055
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发表时间:
2016
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通讯作者:
Kazuhiro Tsurugasaki
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作者:
Tatsuya Matsuda;Kenichi Maeda;Michio Miyake;Junji Miyamoto;Hiroko Sumida;Kazuhiro Tsurugasaki
A coastal area in the Tohoku District was fatally damaged by the Great Tohoku Earthquake that occurred in Japan. However, the mechanism of the tsunami disaster for the coastal structure has not yet been completely revealed. In this paper, we discuss the tsunami disaster and how the multi-scaling problems and multi-phase interactions among the soil and water affect structures. Based on centrifuge tests and smoothed-particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations with tsunami-soil-structure interactions, the breakwater caused destabilization by scouring the seabed soil, which was a result of the tsunami seepage flow and, consequently, the ground strength decreased. Therefore, a bearing-capacity failure may occur in a breakwater exposed to long-acting tsunami forces due to the decrease in the rigidity of the seabed soil.