Wave tank model of Seaside, OR

This model was run in the OSU O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory and features a tsunami hitting a scale model of a portion of downtown Seaside, OR.

[Video of the experiment]

It was used in the NTHMP Currents workshop as benchmark problem 4.

GeoClaw 2D shallow water equation results

See GeoClaw results, in particular this animation

OpenFOAM 3D simulations

Performed by Xinsheng Qin and Mike Motley.

Paper comparing 2D and 3D results

A comparison of a two-dimensional depth averaged flow model and a three-dimensional RANS model for predicting tsunami inundation,
by X. Qin, M. R. Motley, R. J. LeVeque, F. I. Gonzalez, and K. Mueller, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 18 (2018) , pp. 2489-2506, DOI 10.5194/nhess-18-2489-2018