Flow experiments with gravel and blocks at small scale to investigate parameters and mechanisms involved in rock avalanches

Engineering Geology

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 146-158

  Manzella, I ^a   Labiouse, V ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

physical modelling; Rock avalanches; Runout; Unconstrained granular flow

Indexed keywords

CENTRE OF MASS; DEPOSIT MORPHOLOGY; DRY GRANULAR AVALANCHES; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FLOW EXPERIMENTS; FRICTION ANGLES; FRINGE PROJECTION METHOD; FRONT VELOCITY; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LANDSLIDE MOBILITY; LARGE TRAVEL; LOOSE MATERIALS; MASS FLOW; OPTICAL TECHNIQUE; PHYSICAL MODELLING; RELATIVE ACCELERATION; ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCK AVALANCHES; ROCK SLOPE FAILURE; ROLE OF WATER; RUNOUT; SLOPE INCLINATION; SMALL SCALE; TRAVEL DISTANCE; UNCONSTRAINED GRANULAR FLOW; VARIED PARAMETERS; VELOCITY-DEPENDENT;

BRICK; BRICKMAKING; BUILDING MATERIALS; CONFINED FLOW; DEBRIS; DENDRITES (METALLOGRAPHY); DEPOSITS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY DISSIPATORS; EXPERIMENTS; FRICTION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRAVEL; LANDSLIDES; TRIBOLOGY; VELOCITY;

ROCKS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAILURE MECHANISM; FLOW VELOCITY; FRICTION; GRAVEL; LANDSLIDE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; ROCK AVALANCHE; SLIDING; SLOPE FAILURE;

EID: 70349758579     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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