Rapid motions of free-surface avalanches down curved and twisted channels and their numerical simulation

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

Volumn 363, Issue 1832, 2005, Pages 1551-1571

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

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Curved and twisted channels; Free surface motion; Hyperbolic equations; Natural terrains; Numerical simulation; Rapid granular avalanches

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844486721     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2005.1595     Document Type: Conference Paper

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