The rheology of snow in large chute flows

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 181-192

  Kern, M A ^a   Tiefenbacher, F ^a   Mcelwaine, J N ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avalanche dynamics; Channel flows; Snow rheology

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; ELASTICITY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; SNOW; VELOCITY;

AVALANCHE DYNAMICS; BASAL SHEAR STRESS; EFFECTIVE VISCOSITY; HERSCHEL-BULKLEY; OPTO-ELECTRONIC SENSORS; POWER-LAW DEPENDENCES; RHEOLOGICAL MODELING; VELOCITY PROFILES;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 80051767304     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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