Suh, S.-W. and Kim, H.-J., 2018. Simulation of wave overtopping and inundation over a dike caused by Typhoon Chaba at Marine city, Busan, Korea. In: Shim, J.-S.; Chun, I., and Lim, H.S. (eds.), Proceedings from the International Coastal Symposium (ICS) 2018 (Busan, Republic of Korea). Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 85, pp. 711–715. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.

This study follows up previous research on simulating the wave-induced overtopping of coastal dikes by incorporating the empirical formulas of EurOtop version 2007 into the storm surge model ADCIRC SWAN. Hindcasting simulations were performed for the wave overtopping and inundation induced by Typhoon Chaba along the dike of Marine City, South Korea, in 2016. The simulation results showed that the wave overtopping and inundation lasted for at least three hours and were spread over the dike. Normal storm surge inundation was not seen because the dike crest height of 4.40 m was higher than the peak water surface elevation (WSE) of 1.13 m and significant wave height of 3.09 m. Near the dike, the wave overtopped maximum inundation height was ~0.7 m and decreased along the overland road to the upper zone, which agrees with the field survey results. This tendency was almost the same as that reported previously regardless of the dike dimensions and incoming wave heights. The reduction factor in EurOtop is an important influence in generating the inundation. Sensitivity tests indicated that a value of 0.63 is appropriate for combining a rising WSE with storm waves and filling gap effects on two-layer tetrapod slopes. This kind of approach to inundation vulnerability is more applicable than the prevailing storm surge inundation for natural or low-lying coastal areas because more than 50% of the South Korean coast is artificial and should help in developing early warning systems and/or vulnerability analyses of mitigation projects at other artificial coasts.