Topographic curvature effects in applied avalanche modeling

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 74-75, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-30

  Fischer, Jan Thomas ^a   Kowalski, Julia ^b   Pudasaini, Shiva P ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avalanche; Centrifugal force; Curvature; Dynamics; Friction coefficients; Modeling; Natural terrain; Snow

Indexed keywords

BACK CALCULATION; CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; CLASSICAL APPROACH; CLASSICAL MODEL; COULOMB FRICTIONS; CURVATURE; CURVATURE EFFECT; CURVATURE ENHANCEMENT; EXTENDED MODEL; FLOW DYNAMICS; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; FRICTION PARAMETERS; FRICTIONAL RESISTANCE; MASS MOVEMENT; NATURAL TERRAIN; PHYSICALLY BASED; RESISTANCE COEFFICIENTS; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SNOW AVALANCHE; SNOW AVALANCHE DYNAMICS; SWITZERLAND; VELOCITY-DEPENDENT;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); DRAG; DYNAMICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FRICTION; MODELS; SNOW;

CURVE FITTING;

CENTRIFUGE; CURVATURE; DRAG; FRICTION; MASS MOVEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; SNOW AVALANCHE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84857912264     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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