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dc.contributor.authorBaldock, Tom E
dc.contributor.authorKarampour, Hassan
dc.contributor.authorSleep, Rachael
dc.contributor.authorVyltla, Anisha
dc.contributor.authorAlbermani, Faris
dc.contributor.authorGolshani, Aliasghar
dc.contributor.authorCallaghan, David P
dc.contributor.authorRoff, George
dc.contributor.authorMumby, Peter J
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:27:26Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:27:26Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.issn0025-326X
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.07.038
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/64220
dc.description.abstractMeasurements of coral structural strength are coupled with a fluid dynamics-structural analysis to investigate the resilience of coral to wave loading under sea level rise and a typical Great Barrier Reef lagoon wave climate. The measured structural properties were used to determine the wave conditions and flow velocities that lead to structural failure. Hydrodynamic modelling was subsequently used to investigate the type of the bathymetry where coral is most vulnerable to breakage under cyclonic wave conditions, and how sea level rise (SLR) changes this vulnerability. Massive corals are determined not to be vulnerable to wave induced structural damage, whereas branching corals are susceptible at wave induced orbital velocities exceeding 0.5 m/s. Model results from a large suite of idealised bathymetry suggest that SLR of 1 m or a loss of skeleton strength of order 25% significantly increases the area of reef flat where branching corals are exposed to damaging wave induced flows.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom91
dc.relation.ispartofpageto101
dc.relation.ispartofissue1-2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalMarine Pollution Bulletin
dc.relation.ispartofvolume86
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOcean engineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode401503
dc.titleResilience of branching and massive corals to wave loading under sea level rise – A coupled computational fluid dynamics-structural analysis
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorKarampour, Hassan


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