Impact of a snow avalanche against an obstacle. Formation of shock waves

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 86-96

  Eglit, M E ^a   Kulibaba, V S ^a   Naaim, M ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Compression shock waves; Equation of state; Impact; Obstacles; Snow avalanches

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; EQUATIONS OF STATE; MACH NUMBER; PRESSURE; SHOCK WAVES; THERMODYNAMICS;

AVALANCHE FLOW; COMPRESSION SHOCK WAVES; HIGH PRESSURE PEAKS; THERMODYNAMICAL EQUATIONS;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

AVALANCHE; COMPRESSIBILITY; DESIGN; EQUATION OF STATE; FROUDE NUMBER; ICE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; IMPACT; SHOCK WAVE; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 34548755104     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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