ASCE 9780784477663 2013
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Tohoku, Japan, Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011 – Survey of Coastal Structures
Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
ASCE | 2013 | 117 |
Sponsored by the Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute of ASCE; Port and Airport Research Institute of JapanOn March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake rumbled off the east coast of Japan, followed by a tsunami that generated waves more than 18 meters high. The earthquake and tsunami caused devastation throughout the Tohoku and Sendai regions of Japan, killing nearly 16,000 people and causing damage estimated at more than US26 billion.For seven days in May 2011, an ASCE/COPRI Coastal Structures Team investigated the earthquake and tsunami effects specific to engineered coastal structures, coastal landforms, and coastal processes in northeast Japan. Joined by colleagues from Japan
PDF Catalog
PDF Pages | PDF Title |
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1 | Cover |
4 | Contents |
6 | Preface |
11 | Contributors |
12 | 1 BACKGROUND AND SCOPE 1.1 Introduction |
13 | 1.2 Purpose of the Field Investigation |
14 | 1.3 Event Summary and Consequences |
26 | 1.4 Tectonic and Geologic Setting |
34 | 1.5 Tsunami Generation, Propagation, and Runup |
44 | 2 ITINERARY AND STRUCTURES OBSERVED 2.1 Itinerary |
45 | 2.2 Types of Coastal Areas Visited |
47 | 2.3 Coastal Structures |
55 | 3 MECHANISMS FOR DAMAGE AND FAILURE FROM THE GREAT EAST JAPAN TSUNAMI |
58 | 3.1 Tsunami Overtopping without Structural Failure |
59 | 3.2 Tsunami Overtopping with Structural Damage or Failure |
61 | 3.3 Tsunami Uplift Forces |
63 | 3.4 Movement of Structure from Its Foundation due to Sliding, Rotation, and Overturning 3.5 Impact Loads |
66 | 3.6 Hydrostatic Pressures |
67 | 3.7 Supercritical Flows |
68 | 3.8 Scour |
71 | 3.9 Erosion |
73 | 3.10 Abutments and End Effects |
74 | 3.11 Subsidence: Regional and Local |
75 | 4 LESSONS LEARNED 4.1 Contingency Planning |
76 | 4.2 Scour 4.3 Abutments and Tie-ins |
77 | 4.4 Foundations 4.5 Structural Connections 4.6 Overtopping and Supercritical Flow 4.7 High Profile and Low Profile Bridge Structures |
78 | 4.8 Vertical Uplift Forces 4.9 Armor Units 4.10 Subsidence |
79 | 4.11 Vegetated Barriers 4.12 Sharp Wall Angles |
80 | 5 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION 5.1 Structural Response to Dynamic Tsunami Forces 5.2 Beach Responses 5.3 Scour |
81 | 5.4 Performance of Different Armor Units 5.5 Performance of Vegetated Barriers 5.6 Incorporating Contingency Planning into Projects and Communities |
82 | Appendix 1: Blog from the Coastal Structures Team |
100 | Appendix 2: The Great East Japan Tsunami: One Year Later |
108 | References and Works Cited |
114 | Index A B C D E F |
115 | G H I J K L M |
116 | N O P R S |
117 | T U V W |