Transient 3D numerical simulations of column collapse and pyroclastic density current scenarios at Vesuvius

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 378-396

  Esposti Ongaro, T ^a   Neri, A ^a   Menconi, G ^a   de'Michieli Vitturi, M ^a   Marianelli, P ^a   Cavazzoni, C ^b   Erbacci, G ^b   Baxter, P J ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b CINECA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D modelling; column collapse; hazard assessment; numerical simulation; pyroclastic density current; Vesuvius

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; FLOW SIMULATION; HAZARDS; PRECISION ENGINEERING; TURBULENCE;

3D MODELLING; COLUMN COLLAPSE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PYROCLASTIC DENSITY CURRENT; VESUVIUS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COLLAPSE; COLUMN; DENSITY CURRENT; FLOW MODELING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL METHOD; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SIMULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MOUNT SOMMA; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VESUVIUS;

PLINIA;

EID: 57149094017     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.06.036     Document Type: Article

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