Modelling of Tsunami

The Museum of New Zealand (Te Papa) is a landmark building, containing national treasures, and constructed on the edge of Wellington Harbour in a region classified as a tsunami hazard area. Before construction of the museum, Dr Barnett used the modelling techniques incorporated in AULOS to show that tsunami could inundate the proposed site, leading to substantial changes to the site and the location of exhibits on the first floor and higher in the building. A paper based on this study won two major awards from the Institution of Professional Engineers of New Zealand.

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