RAMMS: Numerical simulation of dense snow avalanches in three-dimensional terrain

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Christen, M ^a   Kowalski, J ^a   Bartelt, P ^a  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Avalanche; Numerical modeling; RAMMS; RKE; Snow; VS

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; AVALANCHE DYNAMICS; COMPLEX TERRAINS; COMPUTER MODELS; DEPTH-AVERAGED EQUATIONS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FRICTION PARAMETERS; GOVERNING DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; HISTORICAL RECORDS; INELASTIC INTERACTION; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; RANDOM MOTIONS; SECOND ORDERS; SIMULATION RESULT; SNOW AVALANCHE; SNOW COVERS; TEST SITE; THREE DIMENSIONAL TERRAIN; VISUALIZATION TOOLS;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); ENGINEERS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LANDFORMS; MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SPECIFICATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISUALIZATION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AVALANCHE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MODELING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; KINETIC ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHEOLOGY; SNOW; SNOW COVER; TERRAIN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

SIONNE VALLEY; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

EID: 77953917238     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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