A Numerical Model for Tsunami Inundation.

Abstract

A two-dimensional and time-dependent numerical model was developed that calculates the land inundation of a tsunami. The model solves long wave equations that include bottom friction terms. A coordinate transformation was used to allow the model to employ a smoothly varying grid that allows cells to be small in the inundation region and large in the ocean. The model was verified by simulating the 1964 Alaskan tsunami at Crescent City, California. An application of the model to calculate inundation in a region of Hawaii is presented. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA065090

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People

  • H. Lee Butler
  • James R. Houston

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Civil Engineering
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Computations
  • Energy
  • Engineers
  • Flood Control
  • Floods
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Simulations
  • Storm Surges
  • Topography
  • Two Dimensional
  • United States
  • Waveforms

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  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)