Damage of the Tsunami of the East Japan Earthquake of March 11th, 2011 along the coasts of the Kanto and Tohoku Districts

Course Description

"Damage of the Tsunami of the East Japan Earthquake of March 11th, 2011 along the coasts of the Kanto and Tohoku Districts" is presented as a part of introduction of "Hydrodynamics for Tsunamis."

Lecturer

Yoshinobu TSUJI (Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo)

Days

1 day(s)

Syllabus

・Damage of the Tsunami of the East Japan Earthquake of March 11th, 2011 along the coasts of the Kanto and Tohoku Districts

・Syllabus for "Hydrodynamics for Tsunamis"

  1. Basic Equations of Hydrodynamics
  2. Influence the rotation of the Earth
  3. Small Amplitude Wave Theory
  4. Energy Transport and Group Velocity of Waves
  5. Linear Long Wave
  6. Eigenvalue Oscillation in a Bay
  7. Generation of Tsunami
  8. Tsunami approaching a coast
  9. Edge waves
  10. Non-Linear Wave Theory
  11. KdV Equation and the theory of Solitons
  12. Tsunamis ascending in a river
  13. Damage of the Tsunami of the East Japan Earthquake of March 11th, 2011 along the coasts of the Kanto and Tohoku Districts
  14. Activity Change of Middle Sized Inland Local Earthquakes before the occurrence of a gigantic Nankai Earthquake

Lecture Notes

Lecture ID# Note description Author Slide
Lecture #1 lecture notes ppt Yoshinobu TSUJI (Uni. of Tokyo) web1_EastJapanEarthquakeTsunami(1).pdf

Lecture note files of this course can be downloaded.