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Title: Modelling Small and Frequent Avalanches: Date: 2014-09-29; Authors: Lisa Dreier, Yves BÃ¼hler,, Walter Steinkogler, Thomas Feistl, Marc Christen, Perry Bartelt; Description: Numerical simulation tools are commonly used to model extreme events, that is avalanches with return periods of 30 years or more. Recently, a new dema...; Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P2.06.pdf; Keywords: avalanche dynamics, avalanche mitigation, hazard assessment, snow entrainment, snow temperature.; View additional details about Modelling Small and Frequent Avalanches

Title: Impressions from Applying ISO 31000 to an Avalanche Mitigation Project: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Bruce Jamieson, Alan Jones; Description: ISO 31000 is an international standard for risk management. It offers standard risk concepts, terminology and processes for diverse organizations and ...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-18.pdf; Keywords: iso 31000, risk management, avalanche risk, avalanche mitigation; View additional details about Impressions from Applying ISO 31000 to an Avalanche Mitigation Project

Title: Re-Evaluation of Avalanche Mitigation Measures for Juneau: Date: 2012; Authors: Stefan Margreth, Tom Mattice; Description: Juneau, Alaskaâ€™s state capital, has a serious avalanche problem. The last major avalanche event in 1962 was the catalyst to propose for the fir...; Object ID: issw-2012-150-156.pdf; Keywords: avalanche mitigation, avalanche dynamics modeling, hazard map; View additional details about Re-Evaluation of Avalanche Mitigation Measures for Juneau

Title: Avalauncher Targeting: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: Frederick W. DuVall, Michael J. Jenkins; Description: This paper describes the development and verification of a basic targeting model for gas pressure launched explosive projectiles used for avalanche mi...; Object ID: P__8083.pdf; Keywords: avalauncher, targeting, gas launched projectiles, avalanche mitigation; View additional details about Avalauncher Targeting

Title: Evolution of the Avalauncher: Date: 2006; Authors: John Brennan; Description: The Avalauncher has been an integral tool for avalanche mitigation work for close to 50 years. With their ability to place a kilogram of high explosi...; Object ID: issw-2006-572-575.pdf; Keywords: avalauncher, avalanche mitigation, avalanche control; View additional details about Evolution of the Avalauncher

Title: Sheet Pile Walls â€“ A Space-Saving Avalanche Defence Structure: Date: 2006; Authors: Ãrni Jonsson, Erik Hestnes; Description: Steel sheet piles, primarily used as retaining walls when excavating soft ground and for stabilizing fills, are introduced as flexible components for ...; Object ID: issw-2006-667-671.pdf; Keywords: avalanche mitigation, steel sheet piles, deflecting dam, catching dam, energy dissipation; View additional details about Sheet Pile Walls â€“ A Space-Saving Avalanche Defence Structure

Title: Reducing Avalanche Hazard to US Route 89/91 in Jackson Wyoming Using Snow Sails: Date: 2004; Authors: Jamie Yount, Rand Decker, Robert Rice, Leroy (Ted) Wells; Description: Snow sails are a form of passive avalanche starting zone defense. A deployment of snow sails work to disrupt the formation of continuous, coherent wi...; Object ID: issw-2004-705-710.pdf; Keywords: passive avalanche mitigation, avalanche engineering, transportation; View additional details about Reducing Avalanche Hazard to US Route 89/91 in Jackson Wyoming Using Snow Sails

Title: Rows of Vertical Steel-Silos Filled with Debris - An Effective and Space-Saving Avalanche Defence Structure: Date: 2002; Authors: Erik Hestnes, Ami Jonsson; Description: Multiplate steel configurations, primarily used for road tunnels and culverts, are introduced as effective, flexible and space-saving avalanche defenc...; Object ID: issw-2002-050-054.pdf; Keywords: avalanche mitigation, defence structure, multiplate steel-silos, breaking mounds, darns, ploughs; View additional details about Rows of Vertical Steel-Silos Filled with Debris - An Effective and Space-Saving Avalanche Defence Structure

Title: Occurrence Conditions of Two Catastrophic Avalanches at Chamonix, France: Date: 2000; Authors: Francois Rapin, Christophe Ancey; Description: In February 1999, in Chamonix, France, a large avalanche destroyed 14 houses and killed 12 people in a village called Montroc and another flowed throu...; Object ID: issw-2000-509-513.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, mitigation, chamonix; View additional details about Occurrence Conditions of Two Catastrophic Avalanches at Chamonix, France