Similarity solutions for a Voellmy model of snow avalanches with finite mass

DOI10.1007/BF01173741zbMath0732.73052MaRDI QIDQ808781

Kolumban Hutter, Yasuaki Nohguchi

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Acta Mechanica (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

two-dimensional flowbasal friction forceCoulomb-type friction forcemass of cohesionless granular materialMohr-Coulomb type componentrough, flat and curved bedssimilarity solutions of parabolic shapeVoellmy-type resistive drag

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Soil and rock mechanics (74L10) Shear flows and turbulence (76F10) Geophysics (86A99)

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Cites Work

• The dynamics of avalanches of granular materials from initiation to runout. I: Analysis
• Similarity solutions for avalanches of granular materials down curved beds
• The motion of a finite mass of granular material down a rough incline

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