The Savage-Hutter avalanche model: How far can it be pushed?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1832, 2005, Pages 1507-1528

  Hutter, Kolumban ^a   Wang, Yongqi ^a   Pudasaini, Shiva P ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hyperbolic equation; Numerical simulation; Rapid granular avalanches; Savage Hutter avalanche model

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844466604     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2005.1594     Document Type: Conference Paper

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