Computing granular avalanches and landslides

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3638-3646

  Pitman, E Bruce ^a   Nichita, C Camil ^a   Patra, Abani ^a   Bauer, Andy ^a   Sheridan, Michael ^a   Bursik, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDSLIDES; RHEOLOGY; ROCKS; SOILS; VOLCANOES;

GEOPHYSICAL MASS FLOWS; INTERSTITIAL FLUIDS;

FLOW OF SOLIDS;

AVALANCHE; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; GRANULAR SOLID; LANDSLIDE; SOLID FLOW;

EID: 0348146502     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1614253     Document Type: Article

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