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Research article
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12 Oct 2020
Research article |
| 12 Oct 2020
| 12 Oct 2020
The mechanical origin of snow avalanche dynamics and flow regime transitions
Xingyue Li
School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland
Betty Sovilla
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, SLF, Davos, Switzerland
Chenfanfu Jiang
Computer and Information Science Department, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, SLF, Davos, Switzerland
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- Potential and challenges of depth-resolved three-dimensional MPM simulations: a case study of the 2019 ‘Salezer’ snow avalanche in Davos M. Kyburz et al.
- Spatial heterogeneity and temporal tendency of channeled snow avalanche activity retrieved from Landsat images in the maritime snow climate of the Parlung Tsangpo catchment, southeastern Tibet H. Wen et al.
- ADA-Net: Avalanche Differential Attention Network With Covariance Correlation Differential Transformer for Multimodal Snow Avalanche Susceptibility Mapping I. Kulsoom et al.
- Different erosion and entrainment mechanisms in snow avalanches X. Li et al.
- 3D Numerical modeling of compressible and cohesive granular flow impact on narrow obstacles M. Kohler et al.
- Detrainment and braking of snow avalanches interacting with forests L. Védrine et al.
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- Brief communication: Weak control of snow avalanche deposit volumes by avalanche path morphology H. Kern et al.
- Topoclimatic factors create favourable conditions for carbon-dense forests in the Central Himalayas S. Khanal et al.
- Climate change impacts on snow avalanche activity and related risks N. Eckert et al.
- Numerical modelling of waves in snow avalanches over an erodible bed: Effect of slope angle and erodible thickness C. Yuan et al.
- A critical stateμ(I)-rheology model for cohesive granular flows L. Blatny et al.
- Hazards profile of the Shigar Valley, Central Karakoram, Pakistan: Multicriteria hazard susceptibility assessment M. Afreen et al.
- NSPFEM2D: A lightweight 2D node-based smoothed particle finite element method code for modeling large deformation N. Guo & Z. Yang
- Transient wave activity in snow avalanches is controlled by entrainment and topography X. Li et al.
- A partitioned material point method and discrete element method coupling scheme V. Singer et al.
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- Influence mechanism of local terrain features on snow avalanche dynamics M. GE et al.
- Three-dimensional and real-scale modeling of flow regimes in dense snow avalanches X. Li et al.
- Towards a predictive multi-phase model for alpine mass movements and process cascades A. Cicoira et al.
- Deciphering Snow-cover Dynamics: Terrain Analysis in the Mountainous River Basin, Western Himalayas C. Kant et al.
- Investigating snow avalanche dynamics with a unified critical state μ(I) elastoplastic damage constitutive model P. Chen et al.
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29 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Flow localization and regime transition behavior in gravity-driven granular flows in wide inclines P. Hajizadeh & H. Askari
- MPM-based mechanism and runout analysis of a compound reactivated landslide K. He et al.
- Particle trajectories, velocities, accelerations and rotation rates in snow avalanches M. Neuhauser et al.
- Potential and challenges of depth-resolved three-dimensional MPM simulations: a case study of the 2019 ‘Salezer’ snow avalanche in Davos M. Kyburz et al.
- Spatial heterogeneity and temporal tendency of channeled snow avalanche activity retrieved from Landsat images in the maritime snow climate of the Parlung Tsangpo catchment, southeastern Tibet H. Wen et al.
- ADA-Net: Avalanche Differential Attention Network With Covariance Correlation Differential Transformer for Multimodal Snow Avalanche Susceptibility Mapping I. Kulsoom et al.
- Different erosion and entrainment mechanisms in snow avalanches X. Li et al.
- 3D Numerical modeling of compressible and cohesive granular flow impact on narrow obstacles M. Kohler et al.
- Detrainment and braking of snow avalanches interacting with forests L. Védrine et al.
- Snow avalanche susceptibility mapping from tree-based machine learning approaches in ungauged or poorly-gauged regions Y. Liu et al.
- Application of Explicit-MPS method for snow avalanche simulation Y. SAITO
- Rapid calculation for avalanche maps by GPGPU-based snow avalanche model I. Tsai & T. Nakamura
- Physically based modeling and rendering of avalanches X. Liu et al.
- Brief communication: Weak control of snow avalanche deposit volumes by avalanche path morphology H. Kern et al.
- Topoclimatic factors create favourable conditions for carbon-dense forests in the Central Himalayas S. Khanal et al.
- Climate change impacts on snow avalanche activity and related risks N. Eckert et al.
- Numerical modelling of waves in snow avalanches over an erodible bed: Effect of slope angle and erodible thickness C. Yuan et al.
- A critical stateμ(I)-rheology model for cohesive granular flows L. Blatny et al.
- Hazards profile of the Shigar Valley, Central Karakoram, Pakistan: Multicriteria hazard susceptibility assessment M. Afreen et al.
- NSPFEM2D: A lightweight 2D node-based smoothed particle finite element method code for modeling large deformation N. Guo & Z. Yang
- Transient wave activity in snow avalanches is controlled by entrainment and topography X. Li et al.
- A partitioned material point method and discrete element method coupling scheme V. Singer et al.
- Evaluating novel hybrid models based on GIS for snow avalanche susceptibility mapping: A comparative study P. Yariyan et al.
- Influence mechanism of local terrain features on snow avalanche dynamics M. GE et al.
- Three-dimensional and real-scale modeling of flow regimes in dense snow avalanches X. Li et al.
- Towards a predictive multi-phase model for alpine mass movements and process cascades A. Cicoira et al.
- Deciphering Snow-cover Dynamics: Terrain Analysis in the Mountainous River Basin, Western Himalayas C. Kant et al.
- Investigating snow avalanche dynamics with a unified critical state μ(I) elastoplastic damage constitutive model P. Chen et al.
- Integrating snowpack mechanical properties into snow avalanche susceptibility mapping in continental dry–cold mountain regions H. Li et al.
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Short summary
This numerical study investigates how different types of snow avalanches behave, how key factors affect their dynamics and flow regime transitions, and what are the underpinning rules. According to the unified trends obtained from the simulations, we are able to quantify the complex interplay between bed friction, slope geometry and snow mechanical properties (cohesion and friction) on the maximum velocity, runout distance and deposit height of the avalanches.
This numerical study investigates how different types of snow avalanches behave, how key factors...
