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Introduction of Tsunami Disaster Mitigation

Course Description

Various features of tsunamis are explained with hydrodynamic principles. Many kinds of tsunami disasters are shown by examples in the past, and possible disasters in the future are also estimated. Usefulness and limit of tsunami numerical simulation is discussed. The disaster mitigation manual in Japan is briefly introduced.

Lecturer

Nobuo SHUTO (Advanced Research Institute for Sciences and Humanities, Nihon University)

Days

1 day(s)

Syllabus

(1) Kind of disasters
(2) Degree of damage in terms of tsunami intensity.
(3) Necessary conditions to be fulfilled in numerical simulation, and examples.
(4) Use of tsunami animation in public education.
(5) Design manual for tsunami mitigation; hard-wares, urban planning and soft wares.

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