Person

Harish Selvam

M.Sc.
Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management

Scientific staff

Address

Building: 2175

Room: 303

Mies-van-der-Rohe Str. 17

52056 Aachen

Contact

WorkPhone
Phone: +49 241 80 25268
Fax Fax: +49 241 80 25750
 

Research areas

  • Research group Coasts and Flood
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Experimental and numerical modelling (OpenFOAM) of tsunami-like bore interaction with structures.
  • Overtopping bore impact on buildings behind sea walls.
  • Floating debris impact on buildings during extreme waves.
  • Hybrid defence for coastal protection.
 

Publications

Title Author(s)
Tsunami-like flow induced forces on the shorefront structures
Dissertation / PhD Thesis (2023)
Selvam, Harish
Evaluation of building damage during the July 2021 flash-flood in the Ahr Valley (Germany)
Abstract (2023)
Selvam, Harish
Oetjen, Jan
Wüthrich, Davide
Korswagen, Paul A.
Schüttrumpf, Holger
A Review of Tsunami Induced Forces on Idealized Onshore Buildings: Improvements in Design Equations
Contribution to a book (2022)
Selvam, Harish (Corresponding author)
Sriram, Venkatachalam
Oetjen, Jan
Schüttrumpf, Holger
Sannasiraj, Sannasi Annamalaisamy
Flow-structure interference effects with the surrounding structure in the choked quasi-steady condition of tsunami: Comparison with traditional obstruction approach
Journal Article (2022)
Selvam, Harish
Sriram, V. (Corresponding author)
Schüttrumpf, Holger
Sannasiraj, S. A.
Tsunami-like Flow-Induced Forces on the Landward Structure behind a Vertical Seawall with and without Recurve Using OpenFOAM
Contribution to a book, Journal Article (2022)
Selvam, Harish (Corresponding author)
Sriram, V.
Schüttrumpf, Holger
Sannasiraj, S. A.
Post-flood field survey of the Ahr Valley (Germany) : Building damages and hydraulic aspects : technical report
Report (2022)
Korswagen, Paul A. (Corresponding author)
Selvam, Harish (Corresponding author)
Oetjen, Jan (Corresponding author)
Wüthrich, Davide (Corresponding author)
Tsunami-like flow induced forces on the structure: Dependence of the hydrodynamic force coefficients on Froude number and flow channel width in quasi-steady flow phase
Journal Article (2021)
Selvam, Harish
Sriram, V. (Corresponding author)
Schüttrumpf, Holger
Sannasiraj, S. A.
Tsunami-like flow induced force on the structure : Prediction formulae for the horizontal force in quasi-steady flow phase
Journal Article (2021)
Selvam, Harish
Sriram, V. (Corresponding author)
Schüttrumpf, Holger
Sannasiraj, S. A.