?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Large+Scale+Experiments+on+Tsunami+Impact+with+Vertical+Sea+Walls&rft.creator=McGovern%2C+D&rft.creator=Robinson%2C+T&rft.creator=Rossetto%2C+T&rft.description=The+impact+of+tsunami+with+a+vertical+sea+wall+is+examined+in+a+series+of+large+scale+physical+model+tests.+Of+interest+to%0D%0Athe+design+engineer+is+the+maximum+value+and+time-history+of+the+force+and+moments+recorded+at+the+wall+for+a+given%0D%0Atsunami+wave+amplitude+and+period.+This+paper+presents+preliminary+selected+results+from+an+extensive+test+programme.%0D%0AScaled+trough-led+tsunami+periods+ranging+between+approximately+17+%E2%80%93+79+s+are+generated+using+a+pneumatic+long-wave%0D%0Agenerator.+The+waves+impact+a+model+vertical+sea+wall+which+is+instrumented+with+an+array+of+pressure+transducers+and+a%0D%0Amulti-axis+load+cell.+The+maximum+and+time-history+of+the+loading+is+recorded.+The+results+show+breaking+waves+impart%0D%0Adynamic+loads+while+longer+non-breaking+waves+impart+a+hydrostatic+load.+The+strongest+positive+correlations+between%0D%0Athe+wave+parameters+and+the+maximum+force+and+moment+was+with+amplitude.+Weaker+negative+correlations+with%0D%0Awavelength+are+observed.+Potential+energy+does+not+appear+to+influence+the+force+which+is+proposed+to+be+due+to+the%0D%0Adistribution+of+the+energy+in+the+waveform%2C+implying+wave+steepness+is+more+important.&rft.subject=Tsunami%2C+Wall%2C+Force%2C+Pressure&rft.publisher=Earthquake+Engineering+Research+Institute&rft.date=2016-06-28&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.publisher=1st+International+Conference+on+Natural+Hazards+and+Infrastructure%3A+Protection%2C+Design%2C+Rehabilitation%2C+ICONHIC16&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A++Proceedings+of+1st+International+Conference+on+Natural+Hazards+and+Infrastructure.++++Earthquake+Engineering+Research+Institute%3A+Chania%2C+Greece.+(2016)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10067904%2F1%2FICONHIC%25202016%2520Experiments%2520on%2520Tsunami%2520Impact%2520with%2520Vertical%2520Sea%2520Wall.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10067904%2F&rft.rights=open