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Numerical Investigation of Waves Interacting with Rigid and Flexible Plates (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Attili, T., Heller, V., & Triantafyllou, S. (2022). Numerical Investigation of Waves Interacting with Rigid and Flexible Plates. In Proceedings of the 39th IAHR World Congress (Granada, 2022) (4438-4447). https://doi.org/10.3850/IAHR-39WC252171192022912

The physics governing the impact of waves on coastal structures, referred to as wave-structure interaction (WSI), pose a serious challenge for a range of coastal applications such as oil and gas rigs, offshore wind turbine platforms, breakwaters, flo... Read More about Numerical Investigation of Waves Interacting with Rigid and Flexible Plates.

Analytical and Numerical Study of Novel Scaling Laws for Air-Water Flows (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Catucci, D., Briganti, R., & Heller, V. (2022). Analytical and Numerical Study of Novel Scaling Laws for Air-Water Flows. In Proceedings of the 39th IAHR World Congress (Granada, 2022) (4551-4560). https://doi.org/10.3850/IAHR-39WC252171192022202

Physical modelling in the laboratory is widely used for hydraulic investigations. Froude similarity results in significant scale effects in small models for flows involving air-entrainment. Such air-water flows are essential for many hydraulic applic... Read More about Analytical and Numerical Study of Novel Scaling Laws for Air-Water Flows.

New Physical Insight into Landslide-Tsunamis Using Non-Linear Wave Decomposition (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Constance, B., & Heller, V. (2022). New Physical Insight into Landslide-Tsunamis Using Non-Linear Wave Decomposition. In Proceedings of the 39th IAHR World Congress (Granada, 2022) (6234-6243). https://doi.org/10.3850/IAHR-39WC2521711920221094

Potentially devastating tsunamis are generated by landslides impacting into water bodies. Such subaerial landslide-tsunamis are typically predicted with empirical equations, which, however, fail to appropriately capture some of the underlying physics... Read More about New Physical Insight into Landslide-Tsunamis Using Non-Linear Wave Decomposition.

Numerical Investigation of Landslide-Tsunamis Generated by Different Mass Movement Types (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Liu, J., Heller, V., & Wang, Y. (2022). Numerical Investigation of Landslide-Tsunamis Generated by Different Mass Movement Types. In Proceedings of the 39th IAHR World Congress (Granada, 2022) (4148-4157). https://doi.org/10.3850/IAHR-39WC2521716X20221680

Landslide-tsunamis, also called impulse waves, are generated by mass movements, such as landslides, rock falls or iceberg calving, impacting into a water body. Past cases such as the Vajont landslide-tsunami event, which caused approximately 2000 cas... Read More about Numerical Investigation of Landslide-Tsunamis Generated by Different Mass Movement Types.

Numerical Investigation of Impulse Waves Impacting on Dams (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Attili, T., Heller, V., & Triantafyllou, S. (2022). Numerical Investigation of Impulse Waves Impacting on Dams. In Proceedings of the 39th IAHR World Congress (Granada, 2022) (2222-2229). https://doi.org/10.3850/IAHR-39WC252171192022107

Impulse waves are generated by landslides, rockfalls and iceberg calving in water bodies such as lakes and reservoirs. These waves represent a persistent danger for dams, e.g. in the 1963 Vajont disaster an impulse wave impacted and overtopped the Va... Read More about Numerical Investigation of Impulse Waves Impacting on Dams.

The need for a paradigm shift in subaerial landslide-tsunami research (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Heller, V. (2020). The need for a paradigm shift in subaerial landslide-tsunami research. In Proceedings of virtual Conference on Coastal Engineering, 2020. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v36v.currents.36

Subaerial landslide-tsunamis (SLTs) are caused by mass movements such as landslides, rock falls or glacier calving. Research into SLTs is ongoing for many decades, however, the advancement in the physical understanding and reliability of hazard asses... Read More about The need for a paradigm shift in subaerial landslide-tsunami research.

Large-scale Experiments of Tsunamis Generated by Iceberg Calving (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Heller, V., Attili, T., Chen, F., Brühl, M., Gabl, R., & Fuchs, H. (2019). Large-scale Experiments of Tsunamis Generated by Iceberg Calving. . https://doi.org/10.3850/38WC092019-0800

Iceberg calving at outlet glaciers contributes to global sea-level rise in the context of climate change. This study investigates tsunamis generated by iceberg calving, so-called iceberg-tsunamis. Such tsunamis reached amplitudes of 50 m in the recen... Read More about Large-scale Experiments of Tsunamis Generated by Iceberg Calving.

Composite modelling of the effect of the water body geometry on landslide-tsunamis
Conference Proceeding
Heller, V. (in press). Composite modelling of the effect of the water body geometry on landslide-tsunamis.

Subaerial landslide-tsunamis (impulse waves) are generated by mass movements such as landslides, rock falls or glacier calving interacting with a water body. Preliminary landslide-tsunami hazard assessment is commonly based on empirical equations der... Read More about Composite modelling of the effect of the water body geometry on landslide-tsunamis.