UK Tsunami Simulator Gives Engineers Data on Long Waves

摘要

With its ability to create shallow waves of great length in a laboratory flume, a new tsunami simulator in the U.K. is helping seismic engineers at University College's EPICentre, London, compute more accurate structural impact models than previously were possible. Led by professor Tiziana Rossetto, the team aims to provide more realistic predictions of tsunami damage to building clusters. By first modeling clusters, it hopes the results may more easily be extended to urban scale to aid disaster management and improve design of critical infrastructure and coastal defences.