Tsunami Impacts on Structures
Event details
| Date | 08.05.2015 |
| Hour | 12:15 › 13:15 |
| Speaker | Prof. Dr Ioan Nistor, Associate Professor at University of Ottawa, Canada |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Abstract:
On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurred along the Sanriku Coast, offshore north-east Japan, at 3:46 p.m. local time. The earthquake generated massive tsunami waves which hit the Japanese coast, reaching up to 45 meters of runup. Significant damage occurred in coastal and inland engineered structures located in several coastal towns that were largely destroyed. The first international research team composed of group of four researchers (three from US and one from Canada), visited the affected area four weeks after the event to conduct reconnaissance field investigations on behalf of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Dr. Ioan Nistor, a coastal engineering professor at the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Ottawa, was a member of this field reconnaissance team and will present findings on the performance of infrastructure and the damage induced by tsunami waves.
The lecture may be of interest to hydraulic, structural and geotechnical engineers interested in disaster prevention and mitigation, with a particular emphasis on the design of structures prone to extreme hydrodynamic loading due to tsunamis, extreme waves, and flash floods.
Bio :
Dr. Ioan Nistor is an Associate Professor of Hydraulic and Coastal Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Ottawa with both academic and consulting engineer experience. He is currently working on hazards associated with extreme hydrodynamic loading on infrastructure (tsunamis, flash floods) as well as blast-induced loading. He obtained his Dipl. Eng. degree in Hydrotechnical Engineering from the Technical University Iasi, Romania in 1991 and his PhD in Coastal Engineering in 1998 from Yokohama National University, Japan. He is currently the Chair of the Maritime and Coastal Division of International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Coastal Science and Engineering Association. He is also a Voting Member of the ASCE7 Tsunami Loads and Effects Subcommittee for the elaboration of New Design Guidelines for Tsunami-Resistant Buildings.
On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurred along the Sanriku Coast, offshore north-east Japan, at 3:46 p.m. local time. The earthquake generated massive tsunami waves which hit the Japanese coast, reaching up to 45 meters of runup. Significant damage occurred in coastal and inland engineered structures located in several coastal towns that were largely destroyed. The first international research team composed of group of four researchers (three from US and one from Canada), visited the affected area four weeks after the event to conduct reconnaissance field investigations on behalf of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Dr. Ioan Nistor, a coastal engineering professor at the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Ottawa, was a member of this field reconnaissance team and will present findings on the performance of infrastructure and the damage induced by tsunami waves.
The lecture may be of interest to hydraulic, structural and geotechnical engineers interested in disaster prevention and mitigation, with a particular emphasis on the design of structures prone to extreme hydrodynamic loading due to tsunamis, extreme waves, and flash floods.
Bio :
Dr. Ioan Nistor is an Associate Professor of Hydraulic and Coastal Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Ottawa with both academic and consulting engineer experience. He is currently working on hazards associated with extreme hydrodynamic loading on infrastructure (tsunamis, flash floods) as well as blast-induced loading. He obtained his Dipl. Eng. degree in Hydrotechnical Engineering from the Technical University Iasi, Romania in 1991 and his PhD in Coastal Engineering in 1998 from Yokohama National University, Japan. He is currently the Chair of the Maritime and Coastal Division of International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Coastal Science and Engineering Association. He is also a Voting Member of the ASCE7 Tsunami Loads and Effects Subcommittee for the elaboration of New Design Guidelines for Tsunami-Resistant Buildings.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- Prof. Dr Nikolas Geroliminis & Katrin Beyer
Contact
- Prof. Dr Anton Schleiss