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Coastal Protection for Tsunamis
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: Received: 16 September 2024 / Approved: 16 September 2024 / Online: 17 September 2024 (00:39:13 CEST)
How to cite: Santos, A.; Mileu, N. Coastal Protection for Tsunamis. Preprints 2024, 2024091265. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.1265.v1 Santos, A.; Mileu, N. Coastal Protection for Tsunamis. Preprints 2024, 2024091265. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.1265.v1
Abstract
A previous research showed the 1755 tsunami would inundate the Marginal Avenue, the railway and the low ground area of Caxias, Oeiras municipality, Portugal. Thus, in this study several proposals for coastal protection are presented. A new Lidar data of local topography allowed the construction of a more accurate DEM, including the representation of the streets of Caxias downtown, to be used in the tsunami numerical model. The results were combined with field survey on Caxias and other coastal areas of Portugal and Japan. The new calculations show the low ground areas up to 6 m in height area inundated by the tsunami. However, with the new proposal DEM the tsunami inundation is restricted to the beaches. The proposal includes the construction of a new sea wall with 7 m in height at Caxias beach, the increase in height of the Barcarena Stream levees and the elevation of the sidewalk at São Bruno beach, with a gentle slope up to 7 m in height. It is also proposed the construction of a third bridge over the Barcarena Stream for pedestrian ranging from 5 to 7 m in height that will serve as a gate for the incoming tsunami waves.
Keywords
coastal protection; tsunami; field survey; tsunami numerical model; Portugal
Subject
Engineering, Marine Engineering
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