Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.17559/TV-20150122115308

Analysis of tsunami effect and structural response

Tiecheng Wang ; School of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, Key Laboratory of Coast Civil Structure Safety (Tianjin University), Ministry of Education, 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300072, China
Tao Meng ; School of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300072, China
Hailong Zhao ; School of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, Key Laboratory of Coast Civil Structure Safety (Tianjin University), Ministry of Education, 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300072, China

Abstract

Tsunami is one of the serious natural disasters in the world, which produce huge horizontal thrust on costal buildings, resulting in a large number of houses collapsed instantaneously, causing serious casualties and economic losses. In this paper, based on support from the hydrodynamic software FLOW-3D, the method of Volume of Fluid (VOF) is utilized to capture free interface, and the ideal solitary wave model is applied to simulate tsunami waves. Based on simulating and analysing the three-dimensional numerical model of reinforced concrete frame structure under the impact of tsunami waves, the magnitude and distribution of tsunami forces can be obtained. Moreover, the finite element analysis software ANSYS is adopted to set up finite element model for the frame structure, so as to analyse the response of the reinforced concrete frame structure under the impact of tsunami forces, and to put forward related structural countermeasures, engineering prevention and control measures to resist tsunami forces.

Keywords

tsunami disaster; tsunami forces; numerical simulation; structural response; prevention and control measures

Hrčak ID:

149363

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/149363

Publication date:

14.12.2015.

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