Print Email Facebook Twitter Vulnerability of Buildings on Coastal Dikes due to Wave Overtopping Title Vulnerability of Buildings on Coastal Dikes due to Wave Overtopping Author Chen, X. (TU Delft Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk) Jonkman, Sebastiaan N. (TU Delft Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk) Pasterkamp, S. (TU Delft Steel & Composite Structures) Suzuki, T. (TU Delft Environmental Fluid Mechanics; Flanders Hydraulics Research) Altomare, Corrado (Flanders Hydraulics Research; Universiteit Gent) Date 2017 Abstract The vulnerability of buildings on coastal dikes due to overtopping wave impacts is difficult to assess. A method is developed in this paper to quantify the vulnerability of masonry buildings on a coastal dike exposed to wave overtopping. Using previous studies, the accidental loads due to the extreme wave impacts are characterized. Using the approach from Eurocode 6, the strength of masonry buildings under these loads is assessed. Results from a case study in Belgium show that masonry buildings located 10–15 m away from the seafront would suffer from localized damage, such as windows being broken under a 1000 year storm. The building would collapse under a 10,000-year storm. The method can be used to assess the safety of existing buildings on coastal dikes and to design new buildings. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:eb01bdbf-50fc-402b-878e-443d34eea4dc DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/w9060394 ISSN 2073-4441 Source Water, 9 (6) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2017 X. Chen, Sebastiaan N. Jonkman, S. Pasterkamp, T. Suzuki, Corrado Altomare Files PDF water_09_00394.pdf 4.77 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:eb01bdbf-50fc-402b-878e-443d34eea4dc/datastream/OBJ/view