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Engineering Department, Geotechnical and Environmental Research Group.
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Engineering Department, Geotechnical and Environmental Research Group
A high speed (1000 frames/s) video camera was used to capture the tsunami wave as it hits and propagates pass the model house. Miniature pressure sensors fixed to the walls of the building facing the wave front provides pressure exerted by the tsunami wave on the building walls. Wave loading destroys the typical house New design withstands the wave loading