The O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory has outstanding capabilities
for research, testing, and education in tsunamis, coastal engineering, and
related areas. Example projects include:
Tsunami Research
- Landslide-generated tsunamis
- Tsunami runup and overland flow
- Tsunami-structure interaction
Sediment Suspension and Transport
- Initiation of sediment suspension
- Cross-shore and longshore sediment transport
- Longshore sediment transport
- Cohesive sediment transport
- Scour around piles and seawalls
Nearshore Hydrodynamics
- Wave transformation
- Wave breaking and surf zone turbulence
- Swash dynamics
- Longshore currents and undertow
- Multiphase flow
| Wave-Structure Interaction
- Coastal structure stability and performance
- Wave runup and overtopping of coastal structures
- Floating breakwaters and mooring systems
- Vessel wake�structure interaction
- Design codes for coastal buildings and infrastructure
Environmental Fluid Mechanics
- Transport and mixing in the nearshore
- Bottom boundary layer dynamics
- Outfalls in waves and currents
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