Tsunami!

[Bill Polhemus]

Does anyone here know of ANY criteria related to design of marine and
coastal protection for tsunamis?

(And no, I'm not joking; a client has asked the question).

William L. Polhemus, Jr. P.E.
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[Jeremy White]

This is a free resource:

http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=3463

It includes:  tsunami depth and velocity; different options for tsunami vertical evacuation structures; guidance on siting, spacing, sizing, and elevation considerations; determining tsunami and earthquake loads and related structural design criteria; and structural design concepts and other considerations.

Hope it helps.

- Jeremy

Quoting Bill Polhemus <bi...@polhemus.cc>:

> Does anyone here know of ANY criteria related to design of marine and
> coastal protection for tsunamis?
>
> (And no, I'm not joking; a client has asked the question).
>
> William L. Polhemus, Jr. P.E.
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[David L. Fisher]

Made me jump, Bill...!

David L. Fisher SE PE
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[Gerard Madden, SE]

ASCE 7-05 has a whole chapter on flood....

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Bill Polhemus <bi...@polhemus.cc> wrote:

Does anyone here know of ANY criteria related to design of marine and coastal protection for tsunamis?

(And no, I'm not joking; a client has asked the question).

William L. Polhemus, Jr. P.E.
Via iPhone 3G

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[bi...@polhemus.cc]

Yeah, flood's good, but you just can't beat a 50-foot wall of water coming down on an unsuspecting beach crowd for sheer fun!

[Gerard Madden, SE]

Well, the first thing to figure out if the Tsumani can even hit your site, it may only cause flooding...

If you're trying to make a protection wall or something, then that's likely not in any code.

[William...@ch2m.com]

I haven't seen the specific criteria, but I know that along the Oregon coast some government structures are being designed as tsunami safe havens.

Bill Sherman
CH2M HILL / DEN
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[Liaquat Ally Akhand]

Dear,

It is possible by providing wave breaker, depneds on investment.

Regards,

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 6:06 AM, Bill Polhemus <bi...@polhemus.cc> wrote:
> Does anyone here know of ANY criteria related to design of marine and
> coastal protection for tsunamis?
>
> (And no, I'm not joking; a client has asked the question).
>
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[Bill Polhemus]

That's what this new FEMA P646 is about, I think.

William L. Polhemus, Jr. P.E.
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[David Topete]

Maybe ASCE 7-05 section 5.4.4 "Wave Loads" is your answer.

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[Harold Sprague]

http://nthmp-history.pmel.noaa.gov/Designing_for_Tsunamis.pdf
 
Develop the waves using the FEMA document and this.  Develop the forces on any structures using ASCE 7. 

Regards, Harold Sprague

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