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Title: MEASURING THE RESISTIVE FORCE OF SHRUBS ACTING ON A GLIDING SNOW SLAB: Date: 2024-09-23; Authors: Takafumi Katsushima, Takane Matsumoto, Kenichi Oda, Ayana Miyashita, Yuta Katsuyama, Katsuhisa Kawashima, Yukari Takeuchi, Tsutomu Iyobe; Description: A glide-snow avalanche is triggered by snow gliding at the interface between the snow and the ground. The roughness of the ground, the presence of veg...; Object ID: ISSW2024_P4.3.pdf; Keywords: glide-snow avalanche, vegetation, resistive force, strain gauge, protection forests; View additional details about MEASURING THE RESISTIVE FORCE OF SHRUBS ACTING ON A GLIDING SNOW SLAB

Title: THE TAP-O-METER: HOW HARD DO WE TAP AND SO WHAT?: Date: 2024-09-23; Authors: Håvard B. Toft, Samuel V. Verplanck, Markus Landrø; Description: The hand-tap loading method is utilized in both Compression Tests (CTs) and Extended Column Test (ECTs). Discrepancy among the written standards of th...; Object ID: ISSW2024_P11.5.pdf; Keywords: stability tests, impact force, hand taps, tap-o-meter, standardization, decision-making; View additional details about THE TAP-O-METER: HOW HARD DO WE TAP AND SO WHAT?

Title: Fast versus slow avalanche impact dynamics: insights from measurements at Lautaret pass avalanche test-site, France: Date: 2018-10-07; Authors: Jonathan Hugueny, HervÃ© Bellot, Thierry Faug, Emmanuel Thibert, Xavier Ravanat, FrÃ©dÃ©ric Ousset, Firmin Fontaine, Florence Naaim-Bouvet; Description: The present paper describes preliminary re-analyses of field-based data on past welldocumented snow avalanches that have impacted an instrumented trip...; Object ID: ISSW2018_P02.9.pdf; Keywords: avalanche dynamics, full-scale test-site, impact force, gravity-dominated regime.; View additional details about Fast versus slow avalanche impact dynamics: insights from measurements at Lautaret pass avalanche test-site, France

Title: Taconnaz Avalanche Path: Pressure and Velocity Measurements on Breaking Mounds: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Bellot H., Naaim-Bouvet F., Naaim M., Caccamo P., Faug T., Ousset F.; Description: This paper describes the instrumentation related to velocity and pressure measurements recently set up in the avalanche protection system of Taconnaz....; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-37.pdf; Keywords: snow, avalanche, protection, taconnaz, force, metrology; View additional details about Taconnaz Avalanche Path: Pressure and Velocity Measurements on Breaking Mounds

Title: Investigation on the Effectiveness of the Catch-Fence â€œSnowcatcherâ€ as Avalanche Protection System: Date: 2009; Authors: Lambert Rammer, Gernot Stelzer, Martin Kern; Description: To date, the only available structures for mitigating avalanches in motion in the track or run-out zones of avalanches have been rigid structures such...; Object ID: issw-2009-0548-0552.pdf; Keywords: avalanche protective structure, snow net system, force measurements; View additional details about Investigation on the Effectiveness of the Catch-Fence â€œSnowcatcherâ€ as Avalanche Protection System

Title: Three Years Snownet Project Hafelekar/ Innsbruck: Date: 2009; Authors: Lambert Rammer, Matthias Granig; Description: This paper gives information about the results of three years Snow Net Project at the Hafelekar at 2250m a.s.l. above Innsbruck/ Tyrol, performed by t...; Object ID: issw-2009-0582-0586.pdf; Keywords: flexible avalanche protection, snow net systems, instrumentation, force monitoring, anchor tests, corrosion of wire ropes; View additional details about Three Years Snownet Project Hafelekar/ Innsbruck

Title: The Avalanche Dummy - Development and Testing of a System to Measure Loads and Forces Experienced by an Avalanche Victim, Using an Automotive Crash Test Dummy: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: Robb Larson, Ed Adams, Robert Marley, Alexander Yudell, Chad McCammon, Scott Larson; Description: Avalanche injury data has generally been derived from medical evaluation of victims, or in the worst case, by autopsy. These post-event examinations e...; Object ID: P__8150.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, crash dummy, human injury, force measurement; View additional details about The Avalanche Dummy - Development and Testing of a System to Measure Loads and Forces Experienced by an Avalanche Victim, Using an Automotive Crash Test Dummy

Title: Decision-Making on Variable Risk Terrain: Date: 1996; Authors: Dick Penniman, Rene Boisselle; Description: The likelihood of severe injury or death increases when avalanche victims encounter strong destructive forces within moving debris, and/or they impact...; Object ID: issw-1996-067-072.pdf; Keywords: backcountry, burial, force, obstacle, risk; View additional details about Decision-Making on Variable Risk Terrain