UCL AND HR WALLINGFORD COLLABORATE TO CONSTRUCT EUROPE'S LARGEST TSUNAMI SIMULATOR

摘要

UCL and HR Wallingford, the specialist hydraulic research and consultancy, are collaborating to construct the largest tsunami simulator in Europe, to better understand the impact of these devastating natural phenomena on buildings and coastal defences. The facility, which is being funded by a ?1.9 million European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant'URBAN WAVES', will be 70m long and 4m wide, enabling - for the first time-the simulation of a tsunami impact on urban areas, through modelling in detail the effects that tsunamis have on coast defences, and how wateris channelled around clusters of buildings.