Laboratory experiments
Laboratory experiments
On avalanches
Reports and papers about laboratory experiments on the flow of snow avalanches agains dams and retarding obstacles:
- A laboratory study of the interaction between supercritical, shallow flows and dams (IMO Int. Rep. 03038, 2003, authors K. M. Hákonardóttir, A. Hogg and T. Jóhannesson) (pdf 1.3 Mb)
- Avalanche braking mound experiments with snow. Switzerland − March 2002 (IMO Int. Rep. 03023, 2003, authors K. M. Hákonardóttir, T. Jóhannesson, F. Tiefenbacher and M. Kern) (pdf 0.5 Mb)
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A laboratory study of the retarding effect of breaking mounds in 3, 6 and 9 m long chutes (IMO Int. Rep. 01007, 2001, authors K. M. Hákonardóttir,
T. Jóhannesson, F. Tiefenbacher and M. Kern) (pdf 0,6 Mb) [abstract] (html)
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