Study of Tsunamis by Dimensional Analysis
S. Ghasemi
.
DOI: 10.4236/eng.2011.39111   PDF    HTML     11,573 Downloads   17,697 Views   Citations

Abstract

Tsunamis are among the most terrifying natural hazards known to man and have been responsible for tre-mendous loss of life and property throughout history. In this paper by means of dimensional analysis, important non-dimensional groups in Tsunamis was studied and an equation to calculate the power of tsunamis was obtained. Also by this method and using tsunami basic physics, the height of waves near the coastline was estimated and results were compared by reported values.

Share and Cite:

S. Ghasemi, "Study of Tsunamis by Dimensional Analysis," Engineering, Vol. 3 No. 9, 2011, pp. 905-910. doi: 10.4236/eng.2011.39111.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

References

[1] The Great Earthquake and Tsunami of 26 December,” 2007. http://www.drgeorgepc.com/index.htm.
[2] S. Stein and E. A. Okal, “Size and Speed of the Sumatra Earthquake,” Nature, Vol. 434, 2005, pp. 580-582.
[3] V. V. Titov, A. B. Rabino-vich, H. O. Mofjeld, R. E. Thomson and F. I. González, “The Global Reach of the 26 December 2004 Sumatra Tsunami,” Science, Vol. 309 No. 5743, 2005, pp. 2045-2048
[4] A. Schleicher, “Scientist Explain the Origin of South Asia’s Deadly Tsunami,” MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, Denver, 2004.
[5] M. N. A. Halif and S. N. Sabki, “The Physics of Tsunami: Basic Understanding of the Indian Ocean Disaster,” American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, No. 8, 2005, pp. 1188-1193. doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1188.1193
[6] M. V. Ramanamurthy, S. Sundaramoorthy and Y. Pari, “Inundation of Sea Water in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Parts of Tamil Nadu Coast during 2004 Sumatra Tsunami,” Current Science, Vol. 88, No. 11, 2005, pp. 1736-1740
[7] H. M. Fritz and J. C. Borrero, “Field Surveys of 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami from Sumatra to East Africa”, Third Tsunami Symposium of the Tsunami Society, Honolulu, 23-25 May 2006.
[8] C. Lomnitz and S. Nilsen-Hofseth, “The Indian Ocean Disaster: Tsunami Physics and Early Warning Dilemmas,” Transactions Ameri-can Geophysical Union, Vol. 86, No. 7, 2005, p. 65. doi:10.1029/2005EO070001
[9] I. Fehr , P. Grossi and S. Hernandez, “Managing Tsunami Risk in the Aftermath of 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake & Tsunami,” 2006 Risk Management Solution ,Inc.
[10] “Preliminary Assessment of Impact of Tsunami in Selected Coastal Areas of India,” Department of Ocean Development Integrated Coastal and Marine Area Man-agement Project Directorate Chennai, June 2005.
[11] “2004 Indian Ocean earthquake,” 2005. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake.
[12] “Indian Ocean Earthquake Triggers Deadly Tsunami”. http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2005/01/index.html
[13] J. Floor Anthony, “Oceanography: Waves,” 2005. www.seafriend.org.nz/ocean/waves.htm,
[14] “Tsunami”, 2005. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami.
[15] “Calculating the threat of tsunami,” 2007. http://Science .org. au//aashome.html.
[16] S. Loucaides, “Tsunamis: The Killer Waves,” 2003. http://rover.phy.uncwil.edu/phy475/spring02/students/Loucaides/tsunamipaper.pdf.
[17] “The IOC/UNESCO Indian Ocean Tsunami Post Tsunami field survey,” 2008. http://ioc.unesco.org/iosurveys/seychelles/sey2.htm.
[18] “Intergovernmental oceanographic commission, Tsunami informa-tion,” 2008. http://www.ioc-tsunami.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=29.
[19] “How do tsunamis differ from other water waves?” 2007. http://www.geophys washing-ton.edu/tsunami.htm.
[20] “Water Waves,” 2007. www.alaska.net/~atwc/physics.htm.
[21] “The Nature of a Wave,” 2007. www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbassci/phys/CLass/waves/u10|1c.htm|.
[22] A. Uy, “The Physics of Tsunamis: The Harbor Wave,” UBC Physics 420: Demonstrations. http://outreach.phas.ubc.ca/phys420/p420_05/anthony/The%20Physics%20of%20Tsunamis.htm
[23] B. Lautrup, “Tsunami Physics,” The Niles Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, 2005
[24] “Tsunami Information,” 2007. http://www.bom.gov.au/index.shtml.
[25] “Earth’s Ocean: An introduction,” 2005. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/.
[26] “Dimensional analysis,” 2008. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimensional_analysis.
[27] P. Watts, “Tsunami Features of Solid Block Underwater Land-slides,” Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engi-neering, Vol. 126, No. 3, 2000, pp. 144-152. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(2000)126:3(144)
[28] R. Gutenberg, B. and C. F. Ritcher, “Seismicity of the Earth and Associated Phenomenon”, 2nd Edition, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1954.
[29] M. E. McIntyre, “Tsu-nami”
[30] Answer.com, 2008. http://www.answers.com/topic/soliton?cat=technology.
[31] V. Sergey, J. Biryukov, Fydorova, “Tsunami in DERIVE and TI-92,” (The Workshop “Studding Solitons”)
[32] F. Dias and D. Dutykh, “Dynamic of Tsunami Waves,” Ecole Normale Sup′erieure de Cachan, Springer, New York, 2006.
[33] “Properties of Waves,” 2007. www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbassci/phys/CLass/waves/u10|2c.htm|.
[34] J. Marshall, “2004 Sumatra Earthquake & Indian Ocean Tsunami,” Geological Sciences Department Cal Poly Pomona University, Pomona.
[35] G. Weber, “Earthquake and Tsunami maps, charts and sequence of events,” 2008. http://www.andaman.org/mapstsunami/tsunami.htm.
[36] J. F. Lander, L. S. Whiteside, P. A. Lockridge, “Two Decades of Global Tsunamis 1982-2002,” Vol. 21, No. 1, 2003, p. 3.

Copyright © 2024 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc.

Creative Commons License

This work and the related PDF file are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.