Title: Developing and Testing Algorithms for Generating Leading Tsunami Waves (NEES-2010-0924)

Year Of Curation: 2012

Description: During the last forty years, solitary waves have been used as surrogate leading tsunami waves in laboratory studies. The data taken from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunamis, however, show that the length and time scales for the solitary wave are too small in comparison with those of real tsunamis. This discovery poses a fundamental challenge for the tsunami research community, who currently interpret the existing results based on solitary wave theory. More importantly, this points to the need to investigate the feasibility of generating adequate long waves in a laboratory facility for laboratory research.

Award: http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0960512

PIs & CoPIs: Philip Liu

Dates: September 01, 2009 - August 31, 2011

Organizations: Cornell University, NY, United States

Facilities: Oregon State University, OR, United States

Sponsor: NSF - 0960512 

Keywords: tsunami, runup, solitary wave

Publications: --

• Philip Liu (2017), "Developing and Testing Algorithms for Generating Leading Tsunami Waves (NEES-2010-0924)," https://datacenterhub.org/deedsdv/publications/view/412.