RAPID: Collection of Water Level, Scour and Structural Damage Data from Extreme Storm Surge for the Future Improvement of Structural Systems and Their Resistance to Natural Hazard

这个快速研究资助（RAPID）项目将收集2012年10月29日登陆的飓风桑迪造成的三个社区的易腐风暴潮和结构破坏数据。飓风桑迪影响了纽约和新泽西的大片海岸线。根据风速，风暴被判定为1级。然而，飓风影响了居住在美国东海岸沿着的数百万人。这项研究将记录新泽西沿海地区三个社区的风暴潮和结构性破坏，这些社区位于海岸沿着12公里以内。这三个社区是根据每个社区所经历的不同程度的损害而选择的。这项研究的新奇之处在于它集中在三个沿海社区。这些社区位于海岸线沿着12公里以内，但遭受的破坏程度不同。所收集的数据将提高我们的基本了解涌浪传播的发达海岸，并可以产生有效的沿海减灾战略。将采用基于高分辨率GPS的测量方法来捕获高水位线的位置和高度以及结构物附近的任何冲刷或沉积。高程和位置数据将补充测量位置的数字图像、当地地形变化和结构破坏模式的描述。收集到的数据将为建模人员提供一个机会，以调查陆上波的发展和通过建筑环境的浪涌传播。此外，这将为工程师提供对沿海结构物的水动力荷载的基本见解。

This Rapid Research Grant (RAPID) project will collect perishable storm surge and structural damage data in three communities caused by Hurricane Sandy that made landfall on October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy affected large areas of coastlines of New York and New Jersey. The storm was judged to be Category 1 based on its wind speed. However, the hurricane affected millions of people living along the east coast of the United States. The research will document storm surge and structural damages in three communities in the New Jersey coastal area that are located within 12 km along the coast. The three communities are selected on the basis of different levels of damage experienced by each of the communities.The novelty of this research is in its focus on three coastal communities. The communities are located within 12 km along the coast; however they experienced different levels of damage. The collected data will improve our fundamental understanding of surge propagation over a developed coast and can produce effective coastal hazard mitigation strategies. High-resolution GPS-based surveying methods will be employed to capture the location and elevation of high water marks and any scour or sedimentation adjacent to structures. Elevation and location data will be supplemented with digital images of measurement location, local topographic changes, and a description of structural failure mode. The collected data will provide modelers an opportunity to investigate the development of overland wave and surge propagation through the built environment. In addition, this will provide engineers fundamental insights into the hydrodynamic loads on coastal structures.