Experimental determination of drag coefficient for volcanic materials: Calibration and application of a model to Popocatépetl volcano (Mexico) ballistic projectiles

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Alatorre Ibargüengoitia, Miguel A ^a   Delgado Granados, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DRAG; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROJECTILES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WIND TUNNELS;

BALLISTIC EQUATIONS; VOLCANIC PROJECTILES;

VOLCANOES;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID MECHANICS; KINETIC ENERGY; NATURAL HAZARD; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VOLCANIC ROCK;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; POPOCATEPETL; PUEBLA [MEXICO];

EID: 33746467498     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026195     Document Type: Article

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