Port Infrastructure Resilience through Combined Wind-Surge Demand Characterization

This project aims to understand the interactive effects of severe wind and storm surge demands on port infrastructure and to develop hazard demand models to aid improvements to infrastructure design. An integrated analytical and experimental research approach is proposed herein, combining information from detailed fluid-structure-interaction simulations and scaled wind-wave experiments. Additionally, review of historical wind-surge events within the literature will be used to validate and assess the demand models developed. It is anticipated that at least one graduate student will be trained on the project, gaining experience in both computational and experimental research.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $224104
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747130

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center

  University of Arkansas
  Fayetteville, AR  United States  72701
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

  4190 Bell Engineering
  Civil Engineering
  Fayetteville, Arkansas  United States  72701
• Principal Investigators:

  Prinz, Gary

• Start Date: 20200701
• Expected Completion Date: 20230831
• Actual Completion Date: 20230831
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disaster resilience; Infrastructure; Ports; Simulation; Storm surges; Validation; Wind
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01752831
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747130
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Sep 24 2020 3:05PM