Akbar A Javadi

Abstract Natural coastal blowholes are rare geomorphological features in which incident waves induce oscillatory motion within coastal cavities, compressing and venting air through a surface outlet and forming a naturally integrated analogue of an oscillating water column. This study evaluates natural blowholes as a nature-based solution for low-impact wave-energy extraction using a combined experimental-numerical-probabilistic framework, with Chabahar Bay in the Oman Sea as a case study.

Practical Applications Buried plastic pipes, such as polyvinyl chloride, are widely used in water distribution networks. However, assessing their condition and predicting failures without digging them up remains a major challenge for utility companies. This research presents a practical solution by developing a simple, fast, and noninvasive model that predicts how these pipes respond to internal water pressure, soil loads, and surface traffic.

Get full access to this article View all available purchase options and get full access to this article. Data Availability Statement Some or all data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. Author Contributions Laura Perrotta: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Methodology; Software; Validation; Writing – original draft.