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Advisor name: Michael Benson
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Purpose: Although the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was the most devastating in history, tsunamis are a recurring peril for all coastal communities. This experiment evaluated the possibility of using an undersea trench, offset from the shore, to physically reduce wave amplitude at the shoreline.
Procedures: A wave tank of 4.7 x 1 with a depth of 1 meter was utilized. 30 models were created using three different trench depths and widths in all com ...
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