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Title: STOPPING SLUSHFLOWS: SMALL-SCALE LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS AND FULL-SCALE NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS: Date: 2024-09-23; Authors: Kristín M. Hákonardóttir, Hafþór Ö. Pétursson, Reynir L. Guðmundsson, Áki Thoroddsen, Tómas Jóhannesson; Description: The study addresses the challenge of stopping slushflows above the village Patreksfjörður in Northwestern Iceland. Residential houses are threatened...; Object ID: ISSW2024_O6.7.pdf; Keywords: slushflow, dam, braking mounds, laboratory experiments, numerical simulations.; View additional details about STOPPING SLUSHFLOWS: SMALL-SCALE LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS AND FULL-SCALE NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS

Title: LESSONS FROM SEVERAL AVALANCHES IMPACTING AVALANCHE PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES IN ICELAND IN JANUARY 2020 AND MARCH 2023: Date: 2024-09-23; Authors: Tómas Jóhannesson, Harpa Grímsdóttir, Kristín Martha Hákonardóttir, Sveinn Brynjólfsson, Óliver Hilmarsson, Alexander H. Jarosch; Description: Seven snow avalanches from two recent avalanche cycles in Iceland, that interacted with snow supporting structures, braking mounds, deflecting dams an...; Object ID: ISSW2024_O7.4.pdf; Keywords: avalanche protection measures, avalanche dams, dam overflow, rest risk, fluidized flow; View additional details about LESSONS FROM SEVERAL AVALANCHES IMPACTING AVALANCHE PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES IN ICELAND IN JANUARY 2020 AND MARCH 2023

Title: Damalanche: Avalanche Dammed River: Date: 2014-09-29; Authors: Sarah Carter, Peter Carter; Description: January 2014 brought an unseasonably warm and prolonged low-pressure system to Alaska. Heavy precipitation associated with above freezing temperatures...; Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P1.04.pdf; Keywords: avalanche dam, wet snow avalanche, entrainment, outburst flooding; View additional details about Damalanche: Avalanche Dammed River

Title: Influence of Upstream Catching Dam Slope on Powder Avalanche: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Caccamo P., Naaim-Bouvet F., Faug T.; Description: The influence of an obstacle on the dynamics of a finite-volume density current modelling a powder-snow avalanche was investigated. A constant volume ...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-16.pdf; Keywords: powder snow avalanche, density current, water tank, catching dam, 3d acoustic velocimeter; View additional details about Influence of Upstream Catching Dam Slope on Powder Avalanche

Title: Wet-Snow Avalanche Interacting With a Deflecting Dam: Field Observations: Date: 2010; Authors: Betty Sovilla, Ilaria Sonatore, Stefan Margreth, Marc Christen; Description: In 2008 a large wet-snow avalanche occurred in the region of Klosters, Switzerland. The avalanche reached the valley bottom and interacted with a defl...; Object ID: ISSW_P-081.pdf; Keywords: wet-snow avalanche, avalanche deflecting dam, airborne laser-scanning; View additional details about Wet-Snow Avalanche Interacting With a Deflecting Dam: Field Observations

Title: The Upgraded Full-Scale Avalanche Test-Site Ryggfonn, Norway: Date: 2010; Authors: Peter Gauer, Hedda Breien, Dieter Issler, Krister Kristensen, Kalle Kronholm, Erik Lied, Karstein Lied; Description: Measurements of full-scale avalanches are expensive and time consuming, but are indispensable to gain in-depth understanding of the flow behavior of a...; Object ID: ISSW_P-084.pdf; Keywords: test site, catching dam, runout zone, slf full-scale tests; View additional details about The Upgraded Full-Scale Avalanche Test-Site Ryggfonn, Norway

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