Centrifuge model tests and large deformation analyses of a breakwater subject to combined effects of tsunami

• Published in: Soil dynamics and earthquake engineering (1984) Vol. 91; pp. 294 - 303
• Main Authors: Ueda, Kyohei, Iai, Susumu, Tobita, Tetsuo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Barking Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2016; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Breakwalls; Breakwater; Breakwaters; Centrifuge model; Centrifuge model test; Centrifuges; Computer simulation; Damage prevention; Deformation; Deformation effects; Earthquake damage; Earthquakes; Effective stress; Effective stress analysis; Effects; Finite strain theory; Mathematical models; Pore water; Seepage; Seepage control; Seismic activity; Strain; Strain space multiple mechanism model; Stress analysis; Stresses; Tsunami; Tsunamis; INW, Japan; Strain space multiple mechanism model; Tsunami; Effective stress analysis; Finite strain theory; Centrifuge model test; Breakwater

In this study, centrifuge model tests and effective stress analyses are performed on a tsunami-affected breakwater similar to those that were seriously damaged during the magnitude-9.0 East Japan Earthquake in 2011. The centrifuge model tests are performed at a scale of 1/200 to simulate the failure...