Characterization of avalanche loading on impacted structures: A new approach based on inverse analysis

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 185, 2008, Pages 324-332

  Berthet Rambaud, Philippe ^a,c,d   Limam, Ali ^b   Baroudi, Djebar ^b   Thibert, Emmanuel ^a   Taillandier, Jean Michel ^a  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c Centre d'Etude des Tunnels   (France)

^d MND Engineering   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; CIVIL ENGINEERING; ICE MECHANICS; IMPACT; IN SITU TEST; INVERSE ANALYSIS; LOADING; SNOW;

EID: 46949102465     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214308784886090     Document Type: Article

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