Basal shear and normal stresses of dry and wet snow avalanches after a slope deviation

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-25

  Platzer, K ^a   Bartelt, P ^a   Jaedicke, C ^b  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Avalanche dynamics; Chute experiments; Coefficient of friction; Energy dissipation; Slush flows; Snow shed

Indexed keywords

FORCE MEASUREMENT; FRICTION; SHEAR STRESS; SLOPE STABILITY;

AVALANCHE DYNAMICS; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION; SLUSH FLOWS; SNOW SHED;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

AVALANCHE; BASAL ICE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLOW VELOCITY; FRICTION; SHEAR STRESS; SLIDING; SLOPE ANGLE; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SNOW;

EID: 34248573463     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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