Flexible retaining barriers for prevention of avalanches on national highway NH-1A

Defence Science Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 191-200

  Chaudhary, Vinay ^a   Singh, Gursharan ^a   Chaudhary, Arun ^a   Singh, Gurpreet ^a  

^a Ministry of Defence   (India)

Author keywords

Avalanche control structures; Avalanche danger; Avalanche hazard; Avalanche prevention; Flexible retaining barriers; Snow bridges; Snow nets; Snow rakes; Snowcover; Swivel posts; Terrain investigation

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; DISASTER PREVENTION; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; SHEAR STRESS; SNOW; TENSILE STRESS;

RETAINING BARRIERS;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

EID: 0036530981     PISSN: 0011748X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14429/dsj.52.2174     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Principles of structural control of avalanches
2. Permanent supporting structures
3. Snow pressure measurements on snow net systems
4. Bureau of Indian standards