Pubblicazione scientifica

Potential technique for improving the survival of victims of tsunamis

FILONE TECNOLOGICO	TEMA
economia circolare e sostenibilità

RIASSUNTO

We investigated a method for surviving tsunamis that involved the use of personal flotation devices (PFDs). In our work, we succeeded in numerically demonstrating that the heads of all the dummies wearing PFDs remained on the surface and were not dragged underwater after the artificial tsunami wave hit them. In contrast, the heads of all the dummies not wearing PFDs were drawn underwater immediately; these dummies were subsequently entrapped in a vortex. The results of our series of experiments are important as a first step to preventing the tragedies caused by tsunamis.

DATA

Data di pubblicazione: 23/05/2018

AUTORI

KURISU AKANE
SUGA HISAMI
PROCHAZKA ZDENEK
SUZUKI KOJIRO
OGURI KAZUMASA
INOUE TETSUNORI

ENTE DI AFFERENZA

AKATUTUMI SETAGAYAKU TOKYO JAPAN
DEPT BIOGEOCHEMISTRY JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE & TECH YOKOSUKA KANAGAWA JAPAN
DEPT INFO ENG NATL INST TECH OITA COLLEGE OITA OITA JAPAN
COASTAL & OCEAN ENG DEPT PORT & AIRPORT RSCH INST YOKOSUKA KANAGAWA JAPAN
DEPT MARINE BIODIVERSITY JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE & TECH YOKOSUKA KANAGAWA JAPAN
MARINE INFO & TSUNAMI DEPT PORT & AIRPORT RSCH INST YOKOSUKA KANAGAWA JAPAN
TIANJIN UNIV CHINA

RIVISTA

PLoS ONE, 13(5), e0197498

IMPACT FACTOR

2,870

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