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Sponsored by the Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute of ASCE; Port and Airport Research Institute of Japan.On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake rumbled off the east coast of Japan, followed by a tsunami that generated waves more than 18 meters high. The earthquake and tsunami caused devastation throughout the Tohoku and Sendai regions of Japan, killing nearly 16,000 people and causing damage estimated at more than US$126 billion.For seven days in May 2011, an ASCE/COPRI Coastal Structures Team investigated the earthquake and tsunami effects specific to engineered coastal...

Sponsored by the Coastal Zone Management Committee of the Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute of ASCE.

This collection contains 54 papers and articles highlighting the contributions to coastal and offshore engineering by Robert L. Wiegel. His research interests are many and varied, ranging from wave forces on offshore structures and pipelines to ocean wave spectra, from beach erosion control to harbor arrangements, from the operation of amphibious vehicles in surf to tsunamis. During a 57-year career of teaching, research, and practice, he amassed the enormous Coastal Slides...