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Tsunami run-up (3)


  • Tsunami run-up (3)

Description
The photo shows a tsunami run-up onto a 1:10 sloping beach with a offshore still water depth of 0.150 m in a hydraulic model at VAW. The dark area of the back wall shows the wave envelope. The top of the wave curls over and captures air in the “tube”.

Copyright
Hubert Chanson, Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, Australia




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