International Innovation Workshop on Off Shore Tsunami Energy Dissipation and Peak Height Alleviation

Background

  • As one of the most serious natural disaster is Tsunami as can be seen in Fig.1
  • Tens of thousands of people have been loosing their lives periodically.
     
  • Current countermeasure such as global Tsunami Warning system plays more important role in future.
  • Also we may consider more active action to mitigate Tsumani damage to minimize such a periodic tragedy by Science, Technology and Innovation.
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Objectives

  • As an active countermeasure against Tsunami, feasibility study of a new approach for Off-Shore Tsunami energy dissipation and Peak Height Alleviation will be discussed as a main topics of this first Innovative workshop.
  • This new potential countermeasure needs a cross-disciplinary approach with a brain-storming type discussion in depth and this workshop provides a unique opportunity for it to those who should be involved in this new approach.
  • The approach will strengthen a current countermeasure against Tsunami by constructing higher breakwater and higher elevation construction of houses and buildings.
  • Peak Height Alleviation will be effective to minimize a damage by Tsunami for any residences and their properties and any industrial constructions built near the coast.
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Possible ettective energy dissipation at off-shore

  • Mega civil engineering structures such as mega float
  • Possible effects structures in the sea
  • Foamed metals (Float and energy dissipation filter)
  • Formation of air curtain in the sea by bubbling from the bottom of the sea
  • Submarine topography
  • Many others
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Concept of Tsunami Alleviation and Multipurpose Approach

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