@article{0272d1413ff24c35adf88c303eb7cab6,
title = "Evaluation of force exerted by tetrapods displaced by tsunami on caisson breakwater return wall",
abstract = "Tsunamis can cause large damage to breakwaters and other protection structures placed along the coastline. The strong flows generated by such waves can move the armor units of composite breakwaters, leading to large impact forces on the caissons behind them. In the present work laboratory experiments were carried out in a flume to determine the forces that can result from such impacts. Then, an empirical equation that would allow the estimation of these forces was proposed, with the aim of facilitating the construction of returning walls and parapets situated on top of caissons.",
keywords = "Tsunami, composite breakwater, impact forces, return wall, tetrapod",
author = "Go Hamano and Hidenori Ishii and Kotaro Iimura and Tomoyuki Takabatake and Jacob Stolle and Miguel Esteban and Tomoya Shibayama",
note = "Funding Information: The present work was performed as a part of activities of Research Institute of Sustainable Future Society, Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University. Penta-Ocean?s financial support for this project is kindly appreciated. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020, {\textcopyright} 2020 Japan Society of Civil Engineers.",
year = "2020",
month = apr,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1080/21664250.2020.1723194",
language = "English",
volume = "62",
pages = "170--181",
journal = "Coastal Engineering Journal",
issn = "2166-4250",
publisher = "World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd",
number = "2",
}