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Frederic Raichlen B.E., The Johns Hopkins University, 1953; S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955; Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962 1200 East California Boulevard
Research Professor Raichlen and his students have been involved in a wide range of coastal engineering studies; their program deals mainly with wave mechanics and wave-structure interactions in the nearshore region. One example is the dynamics of harbors exposed to continuous trains of waves (or to transient waves) and their interaction with moored-floating bodies. Results of that research have provided the profession with a means of investigating harbor-ship dynamics in an exploratory or preliminary manner without resorting to more costly laboratory investigations. An important area of research that is of great interest to Professor Raichlen and his students has been the generation, propagation, and coastal effects of tsunamis -- earthquake generated sea-waves. Current research emphasizes the coastal effects of tsunamis, such as their interaction with structures and the run-up of large tsunami-like waves that break near the shoreline. The latter have implications both with respect to run-up and the potential for damage to nearshore structures. Another research interest is in the area of breaking waves. Studies have ranged from an investigation of the action of breaking waves on an armored bottom to the study of the mechanics of plunging breaking waves and the air entrainment by bow waves of ships. A tilting flume and two large wave tanks with glass walls, and equipped with programmable wave generators, are among the major pieces of experimental equipment available for coastal engineering research, along with a wide range of instrumentation.
Selected Publications Waves Propagating on an Adverse Jet, Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Ocean Wave Measurement and Analysis, American Society of Civil Engineers, New Orleans, Louisiana, July 1993 The Effects of Dissipation on Experimental and Numerical Models of Harbor Resonance (with J. J. Lee and T. G. Lepelletier), International Symposium on Waves -- Physical and Numerical Modeling, IAHR, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, August 1994 The Generation of Waves by a Landslide: Skagway, Alaska —A Case Study (with J. J. Lee, C. M. Petroff, and P. Watts), Proceedings of the 25th International Coastal Engineering Conference, Orlando, Florida, 1996 Wave Induced Forces on a Submarine Pipeline (with A. Watanabe), Proceedings of the Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1996 Experimental Simulation of a Bow Wave (with T. A. Waniewski and C. E. Brennen), Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, June 1997 Physical Modeling of Harbor Resonanance, Proceedings of the Third International Symposium, Waves 97, Virginia Beach, Virginia, November 1997 Void Fraction Measurement Beneath a Stationary Breaking Wave (with T. A. Waniewski and C. E. Brennen), Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, June 1998 |
