Varying dam height to shorten the run-out of dense avalanche flows: Developing a scaling law from laboratory experiments

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 24, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 555-568

  Faug, T ^a   Naaim, M ^a   Bertrand, D ^a   Lachamp, P ^a   Naaim Bouvet, F ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Dams; Dimensional analysis; Granular flows; Protection measures; Reduced models; Snow avalanches

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); DAMS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS;

AVALANCHE FLOWS;

GEOPHYSICS;

AVALANCHE; BARRIER (EQUIPMENT); ENERGY DISSIPATION; GRANULAR MEDIUM; SCALE EFFECT; SNOW;

EID: 0347270206     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GEOP.0000006082.64341.80     Document Type: Article

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