Potential technique for improving the survival of victims of tsunamis.
We investigated a method for surviving tsunamis that involved the use of personal flotation devices (PFDs). In our work, we succeeded in numerically demonstrating that the heads of all the dummies wearing PFDs remained on the surface and were not dragged underwater after the artificial tsunami wave...
Main Authors: | Akane Kurisu, Hisami Suga, Zdenek Prochazka, Kojiro Suzuki, Kazumasa Oguri, Tetsunori Inoue |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5965854?pdf=render |
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