Your search for Subject dynamic avalanche modelingresulted in 1585 records.
Back to Home page
View previous 15 results View next 15 results
- Title: Passive Avalanche Defense for a Domestic Transportation Application: The Milepost 151 Avalanche, Jackson, Wyoming
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Josh Hewes, Rand Decker, Rick Dustin, Scott Merry, James Montuoro, Perry Wood, Jamie Yount
- Description: Despite increasing traffic volumes and all-weather travel demands on the mountain roads of the Western United States, surprisingly few examples of con...
- Object ID: P__8146.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, hazard, mitigation, passive, snow bridge
- View additional details about Passive Avalanche Defense for a Domestic Transportation Application: The Milepost 151 Avalanche, Jackson, Wyoming
- Title: A Basic Study on Technology of Inducing Artificial Avalanche by Explosive Detonation Inside the Snowpack
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Takashi Machida, Lu Minjiao, Isao Kamiishi, Atsushi Sato, Makoto Machida, Norio Hayakawa
- Description: Avalanche inducing technology to ensure the safety of the potentially dangerous area practiced in Japan relies on blasting off the snow layer with the...
- Object ID: P__8102.pdf
- Keywords: explosives, artificial avalanche, wet snow, full depth avalanche
- View additional details about A Basic Study on Technology of Inducing Artificial Avalanche by Explosive Detonation Inside the Snowpack
- Title: New Technical Guideline on Snow Supporting Structures in Avalanche Starting Zones
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Stefan Margreth
- Description: The purpose of snow supporting structures is to stabilize the snow pack so that the release of avalanches is prevented. The structures, which have bee...
- Object ID: P__8015.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche protection, snow supporting structure, snow pressure
- View additional details about New Technical Guideline on Snow Supporting Structures in Avalanche Starting Zones
- Title: Rationale and Models for Transition of Management of Avalanche Rescues from the Three Stage Model to the Incident Command System
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Drew Davis, Dale Atkins
- Description: In 2003, US Presidential Homeland Security Directive 5 created the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and required the use of the Incident Com...
- Object ID: P__8247.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche rescue, nims, incident command system (ics), three stage rescue plan
- View additional details about Rationale and Models for Transition of Management of Avalanche Rescues from the Three Stage Model to the Incident Command System
- Title: Impact of Advanced (Electronic) Technologies Used in Avalanche Probes
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Markus Eck, Michael Schober, Gregor Krenn
- Description: While the necessary time for beacons search had been the major focus of beacons manufacturers and has been reduced to almost a minimum, the time neede...
- Object ID: P__8236.pdf
- Keywords: pinpointing, probing, shovelling, avalanche transceiver, companion rescue, art
- View additional details about Impact of Advanced (Electronic) Technologies Used in Avalanche Probes
- Title: Numerical Simulation of the Survival Chance Optimzied Search Strip Width
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Manuel Genswein, Jürg Schweizer
- Description: When using transceivers (or avalanche beacons) to search for fully buried avalanche victims, the search strategy depends on the signal search strip wi...
- Object ID: P__8262.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche accident, avalanche rescue, numerical simulation
- View additional details about Numerical Simulation of the Survival Chance Optimzied Search Strip Width
- Title: New Trends of Avalanche Accidents in Backcountry Terrain in Switzerland
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Stephan Harvey, Benjamin Zweifel
- Description: In the last 10 years equipment and knowledge of recreationists and organised rescue teams in avalanche terrain has developed. More and more people are...
- Object ID: P__8169.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche accident, avalanche accident statistics, avalanche forecast, avalanche danger degree, avalanche rescue, backcountry
- View additional details about New Trends of Avalanche Accidents in Backcountry Terrain in Switzerland
- Title: Keeping the Tools Sharp: Case Study of Four Avalanche Fatalities During the Snow Season 05-06 in Alaska
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Eeva Latosuo, Paul Brusseau, Bill Romberg
- Description: Each human involved avalanche is unique and the outcomes of subject location and recovery are influenced by the availability of search tools and resou...
- Object ID: P__8075.pdf
- Keywords: alaska, organized avalanche rescue, avalanche training, avalanche incident case studies, avalanche fatalities
- View additional details about Keeping the Tools Sharp: Case Study of Four Avalanche Fatalities During the Snow Season 05-06 in Alaska
- Title: Are We Ready? A Review of Western Canadian Hospital Resuscitation Capability in Response to Avalanche Victims
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Renata Lewis
- Description: Avalanches are a common risk thread that run throughout the backcountry in Canada, and can affect the safety of both recreational users and commercial...
- Object ID: P__8066.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche rescue, avalanche victim resuscitation, hypothermia, pre-hospital trauma, trauma resuscitation, cardiopulmonary bypass rewarming
- View additional details about Are We Ready? A Review of Western Canadian Hospital Resuscitation Capability in Response to Avalanche Victims
- Title: Improving K-9 Avalanche Team Performance in Backcountry Missions: A Collaborative Approach Between Ski Patrol and K-9 (SAR) Teams
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Susan Purvis, Patti Burnett
- Description: The goal of a K-9 avalanche search team is to find buried victims quickly and efficiently while reducing risk to all involved. Problems arise during b...
- Object ID: P__8089.pdf
- Keywords: k-9 search and rescue, search and rescue dogs, avalanche dogs, avalanche deployment, high altitude rescue dogs
- View additional details about Improving K-9 Avalanche Team Performance in Backcountry Missions: A Collaborative Approach Between Ski Patrol and K-9 (SAR) Teams
- Title: Sidecountry Rescue - Who is Responsible?
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Don Shockey, Chip Morrill, David Immeker
- Description: With more and more ski areas opening their boundaries and commercial and personal videos glamorizing steep descents in untracked powder, an increasing...
- Object ID: P__8035.pdf
- Keywords: sidecountry, off-piste, open boundaries, rescue
- View additional details about Sidecountry Rescue - Who is Responsible?
- Title: Development of a Compact MRI System in Cold Room for Imaging of Structure of Snow and Ice
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Satoru Adachi, Toshihiro Ozeki, Katsumi Kose, Shinya Handa, Tomoyuki Haishi
- Description: We have developed a compact MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) system for visualizing the threedimensional microstructure of snow and ice by using a hig...
- Object ID: P__8264.pdf
- Keywords: compact mri, microstructure, cold room
- View additional details about Development of a Compact MRI System in Cold Room for Imaging of Structure of Snow and Ice
- Title: Study on Snow Type Quantification by Using Specific Surface Area and Intrinsic Permeability
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Hayato Arakawa, Kaoru Izumi, Katsuhisa Kawashima, Toshiyuki Kawamura
- Description: The release mechanism of snow avalanche depends on the mechanical property of snow, which is closely related to snow microstructure. The results of pr...
- Object ID: P__8077.pdf
- Keywords: snow type, permeability, specific surface area
- View additional details about Study on Snow Type Quantification by Using Specific Surface Area and Intrinsic Permeability
- Title: Shear Strength and Snowpack Stability Trends in Non-Persistant Weak Layers
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Catherine Brown, Bruce Jamieson
- Description: Non-persistent weak layers in storm snow exhibit rapidly changing physical and mechanical properties. The shear strength and its rate of change, relev...
- Object ID: P__8266.pdf
- Keywords: shear strength, snow stability, avalanche forecasting, non-persistent weak layers
- View additional details about Shear Strength and Snowpack Stability Trends in Non-Persistant Weak Layers
- Title: Spatial Variability of Snow Characteristics and Snow Stability
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Pavel A. Chernous, Nikolay V. Barashev, Yuri V. Fedorenko
- Description: It is commonly recognized that spatial variability of snow characteristics is an obstacle for precise snow stability assessment. The work has been don...
- Object ID: P__8094.pdf
- Keywords: avalanches, snow variability, stability assessment
- View additional details about Spatial Variability of Snow Characteristics and Snow Stability
View previous 15 results View next 15 results
Back to Home page