@inproceedings{4149807e301940e18317c623f54d78a5,
title = "Storm surge protection by tsunami seawalls in Sendai, Japan",
abstract = "Storm surge and phase-Averaged wave simulations are run to assess the hypothetical effects of the December 2014 Nemuro extratropical storm and the August 2016 Typhoon Lionrock on Sendai port in northern Japan, by shifting the recorded tracks of these storms. Climate change effects are considered by assuming a stronger storm also hits the region. Results show that each of these storms would cause significant damage to the area surrounding Sendai Port if not for the new tsunami levees built during the reconstruction after the 2011 tsunami. With these levees in place, however, damage is substantially mitigated. Nonetheless, phase-resolving wave modeling shows that port structures substantially modify the nearshore wave field, and that the new levees must be designed to withstand the resulting storm wave forces and scour.",
keywords = "Flooding, Storm surge, Tsunami seawalls, Typhoon",
author = "Bricker, {Jeremy D.} and Volker Roeber and Hitoshi Tanaka",
note = "Funding Information: This work was funded by a Tohoku University IRIDeS Tokutei grant and by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (No. 16H04414 and 15K06224).; 35th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 2016 ; Conference date: 17-11-2016 Through 20-11-2016",
year = "2016",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference",
publisher = "American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)",
editor = "Patrick Lynett",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 2016",
address = "United States",
}
