ESTIMATION AND APPLICATION OF THE LARGEST CLASS STORM SURGE PREDICTED BY SCENARIO TYPHOONS

Abstract

 The technical standards and commentaries for port and harbor facilities in Japan have proposed to make new assumption of two different tsunamis of largest and frequent ones, but they have proposed no new procedures for waves and storm surges. Taking into account the new assumption for tsunamis, it is necessary to introduce the largest classes of waves and storm surges predicted by the biggest scenario typhoon into the design procedures of the port and harbor structures. The present paper has discussed the technical problems which will be encountered at the estimation of the largest wave and storm surge in scenario typhoons and at the application of them to stability check of the structures.