Sensitivity analyses in snow avalanche dynamics modeling and implications when modeling extreme events

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1024-1033

  Borstad, Christopher P ^a   McClung, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avalanche dynamics; Extreme events; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DYNAMICS; COULOMB FRICTION COEFFICIENT; DYNAMICS MODELS; EXTREME EVENTS; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; MAXIMUM SPEED; MODEL INPUTS; MODELING TECHNIQUE; NORMAL FORCES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RESISTANCE MECHANISMS; RUNOUT DISTANCES; SNOW AVALANCHE DYNAMICS; SPEED PROFILE;

FRICTION; SIMULATORS; SNOW; SPEED; TRIBOLOGY;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AVALANCHE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTREME EVENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW;

EID: 70349481152     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T09-042     Document Type: Article

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