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Zou, P. (author), Bricker, J.D. (author), Uijttewaal, W.S.J. (author)A submerged floating tunnel’s (SFT) cross-sectional geometry is one of the main factors influencing its hydrodynamic characteristics. Minimizing the drag and lift is important for reducing the displacement of the structure and load on the mooring system. In this study, a parametric cross-section design method based on the Bézier curve is used...conference paper 2020
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Parodi, Matteo U. (author), Giardino, Alessio (author), Van Dongeren, Ap (author), Pearson, S.G. (author), Bricker, J.D. (author), Reniers, A.J.H.M. (author)Considering the likely increase in coastal flooding in small island developing states (SIDSs) due to climate change, coastal managers at the local and global levels have been developing initiatives aimed at implementing disaster risk reduction (DRR) and adaptation measures. Developing science-based adaptation policies requires accurate...journal article 2020
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Zou, P. (author), Bricker, J.D. (author), Uijttewaal, W.S.J. (author)A submerged floating tunnel (SFT) is a promising alternative to conventional bridges and tunnels, and can be potentially built in the Qiongzhou Strait in China. However, this area is under the threat of disasters including mega tsunamis and severe storm surges. To evaluate the hydrodynamic loads of the SFT in this hazardous zone subject to...journal article 2020
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Chaivutitorn, Tanaporn (author), Tanasakcharoen, Thawalrat (author), Leelawat, Natt (author), Tang, Jing (author), Caro, Carl Vincent C. (author), Lagmay, Alfredo Mahar Francisco A. (author), Suppasri, Anawat (author), Bricker, J.D. (author), Roeber, Volker (author), Yi, Carine J. (author), Imamura, Fumihiko (author)In November 2013, Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) hit the Philippines. It caused heavy loss of lives and extensive damages to buildings and infrastructure. When collapsed buildings are focused on, it is inter-esting to find that these buildings did not collapse for the same reasons after the landfall of the typhoon and storm surge. The...journal article 2020
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Yagisawa, Junji (author), van Damme, M. (author), Pol, J.C. (author), Bricker, J.D. (author)Apart from the soil erodibility parameter, the critical shear stress is the most important parameter in predicting erosion rates. On the basis of experiments several empirical formulas have already been de-veloped which relate the critical shear stress to soil properties. Based on these findings and supported by new large scale experiments, a...conference paper 2019
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Ke, Q. (author), Bricker, J.D. (author), Ye, Qinghua (author)The coupled Delft3D Flexible Mesh (D3D FM) - SWAN model with an unstructured grid has been developed recently to simulate storm surge and waves; and another open source model, Telemac-Tomawac, has been widely used for storm surge and wave propagation simulation in coastal areas for more than 20 years. However, the choice of a hydrodynamic model...poster 2019
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Krishnan, S. (author), Lin, Jiabiao (author), Simanjuntak, Johannes (author), Hooimeijer, F.L. (author), Bricker, J.D. (author), Daniël, Maäyan (author), Yoshida, Y. (author)Engineering for flood resilience of dense coastal regions often neglects the resultant impact on urban design quality. Vital subsurface infrastructure such as hydraulic systems, water networks, civil construction, transport, energy supply and soil systems are especially important in shaping the urban environment and integrating resilience....journal article 2019
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Lowe, R. J. (author), Buckley, M. L. (author), Altomare, C. (author), Rijnsdorp, D. P. (author), Yao, Y. (author), Suzuki, T. (author), Bricker, J.D. (author)In this study we investigated the capabilities of the mesh-free, Lagrangian particle method (Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, SPH) to simulate the detailed hydrodynamic processes generated by both spilling and plunging breaking waves within the surf zone. The weakly-compressible SPH code DualSPHysics was applied to simulate wave breaking over...journal article 2019
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Li, Z. (author), Huo, Jixiang (author), Bricker, J.D. (author)Focusing on the sediment in Suyahu Reservoir (a typical plain reservoir in Henan Province, China), concentrations of eutrophication-causing substances (TOC, TN and TP) and heavy metal contamination (Zn, Pb, Cd, Cu, Cr, Ni, As and Hg) were measured. Spatial distribution of these contaminants and the resulting potential ecological risk were...review 2019
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Lowe, Ryan J. (author), Buckley, Mark L. (author), Altomare, Corrado (author), Rijnsdorp, Dirk P. (author), Suzuki, T. (author), Bricker, J.D. (author)In this study we assess the capabilities of the mesh-free, Lagrangian particle method (Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics, SPH) method to simulate the detailed hydrodynamic processes generated by both spilling and plunging breaking waves within the surf zone, and present how the approach can be used to predict a broad spectrum of hydrodynamic...conference paper 2019
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Baron-Hyppolite, C.G. (author), Lashley, Christopher H. (author), Garzon, Juan (author), Miesse, Tyler (author), Bricker, J.D. (author)Assessing the accuracy of nearshore numerical models—such as SWAN—is important to ensure their effectiveness in representing physical processes and predicting flood hazards. In particular, for application to coastal wetlands, it is important that the model accurately represents wave attenuation by vegetation. In SWAN, vegetation might be...journal article 2018
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Oudenbroek, Kevin (author), Naderi, Nader (author), Bricker, J.D. (author), Yang, Y. (author), van der Veen, C. (author), Uijttewaal, W.S.J. (author), Moriguchi, Shuji (author), Jonkman, Sebastiaan N. (author)In countries with steep rivers, such as Japan and the United States, bridges fail on an annual basis. Bridges on spread footings are especially susceptible to failure by hydrodynamic loading, often exacerbated by debris damming. Here, such failures are investigated via small scale model laboratory experiments and full scale numerical...journal article 2018
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Esteban, Miguel (author), Portugal-Pereira, Joana (author), Mclellan, Benjamin C. (author), Bricker, J.D. (author), Farzaneh, Hooman (author), Djalilova, Nigora (author), Ishihara, Keiichi N. (author), Takagi, Hiroshi (author), Roeber, Volker (author)In the aftermath of the Paris Agreements, many countries around the globe have pledged to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions being released into the atmosphere. To do so, it is important that the amount of renewable energy in the electricity grid increases. However, there are worries of the capacity of the grid to cope with...journal article 2018
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Hooimeijer, F.L. (author), Bricker, J.D. (author), Iuchi, Kanako (author)Students of hydraulic engineering, geotechnical engineering, transport infrastructure, urban drainage engineering and urbanism studied the recovery of the city of Yuriage using the goal integration method. Much can be learned from the bold approach of the Japanese to disaster reconstruction and fighting shrinkage in regional spatial planning.journal article 2018
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Esteban, Miguel (author), Takabatake, Tomoyuki (author), Glasbergen, Toni (author), Hofland, Bas (author), Nishida, Yuta (author), Nishiazaki, Shinsaku (author), Stolle, Jacob (author), Nistor, Ioan (author), Takagi, Hiroshi (author), Bricker, J.D. (author), Shibayama, Tomoya (author)In the aftermath of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami Japanese tsunami protection philosophy now dictates that coastal defences should prevent the land that they protect from being flooded under a Level 1 event (with a return period in the order of about 100 years). To ascertain the overtopping mechanism and leeward inundation heights of...conference paper 2018
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Esteban, Miguel (author), Bricker, J.D. (author), San Carlos Arce, Ricardo (author), Takagi, Hiroshi (author), Yun, Nam Yi (author), Chaiyapa, Warathida (author), Sjoegren, Alexander (author), Shibayama, Tomoya (author)Awareness about the threats posed by different types of coastal disasters has increased throughout the world, as people are exposed to the nature of these hazards through media reports on events in distant countries. This has resulted in coastal residents being aware about the destructive power of tsunamis, despite no such events having taken...journal article 2018
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Ke, Q. (author), Jonkman, Sebastiaan N. (author), van Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. (author), Bricker, J.D. (author)Shanghai, as a coastal city, is vulnerable to various types of flooding. The floodwalls along the Huangpu River provide protection against typhoon-induced flooding. However, there is limited insight into the actual safety level of the flood defences in Shanghai, and recent failures have highlighted their vulnerability. Therefore, the aims of...journal article 2018
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Patil, A. (author), Mudiyanselage, Sanduni Disanayaka (author), Bricker, J.D. (author), Uijttewaal, W.S.J. (author), Keetels, G.H. (author)Sliding force and punching pressure were contributing factors to widespread breakwater damage caused during the 2011 Great East Japan Tsunami (Takagi and Bricker, 2015), and were dominant factors causing displacement of caissons from the world’s deepest breakwater: the Kamaishi bay-mouth composite tsunami breakwater (Arikawa et al., 2012;...journal article 2018
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Watanabe, Masashi (author), Goto, Kazuhisa (author), Bricker, J.D. (author), Imamura, Fumihiko (author)We examined the quantitative difference in the distribution of tsunami and storm deposits based on numerical simulations of inundation and sediment transport due to tsunami and storm events on the Sendai Plain, Japan. The calculated distance from the shoreline inundated by the 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami was smaller than that inundated by storm...journal article 2018
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Li, Z. (author), Ye, Wei (author), Marence, Miroslav (author), Bricker, J.D. (author)Climate change with extreme hydrological conditions, such as drought and flood, bring new challenges to seepage behavior and the stability of earthfill dams. Taking a drought-stricken earthfill dam of China as an example, the influence of drought-flood cycles on dam seepage behavior is analyzed. This paper includes a clay sample laboratory...journal article 2018