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Title: Cornice Control by Helicopter: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Bruno FARIZY; Description: Cornice control with traditional blasting methods is usually hard and dangerous to implement. TAS has designed and has evaluated an experimental devic...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-54.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, cornice, helicopter; View additional details about Cornice Control by Helicopter

Title: The Effects of Explosives on the Physical Properties of Snow: Date: 2012; Authors: Robyn E. Wooldridge, Jordy Hendrikx, Daniel A. Miller, Karl W. Birkeland; Description: Explosives are a critically important component of avalanche control programs. They are used both to initiate avalanches and to test snowpack instabil...; Object ID: issw-2012-1033-1039.pdf; Keywords: explosives, snow pack, avalanche risk,; View additional details about The Effects of Explosives on the Physical Properties of Snow

Title: Avalanche Protection for Construction Site: Date: 2009; Authors: Thomas Rentsch, Ruedi StÃ¼ssi; Description: â€œLinthal 2015â€ is as more than 1.5 billion project in the eastern Alps of Switzerland to expand an existing hydro power plant. Several con...; Object ID: issw-2009-0592-0596.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, prevention, artificial release, working site, avalanche blasting; View additional details about Avalanche Protection for Construction Site

Title: Explosive Shock Wave Compression in Snow: Effects of Explosive Orientation and Snowpack Compresison: Date: 2006; Authors: Christopher Binger, Jared Nelsen, Kristofor A. Olson; Description: Explosives are crucial in the mitigation of avalanche hazards. A greater knowledge of the compressive effects of snow relative to explosive location ...; Object ID: issw-2006-592-597.pdf; Keywords: explosives, layer compression, blasting cap directionality; View additional details about Explosive Shock Wave Compression in Snow: Effects of Explosive Orientation and Snowpack Compresison

Title: Precision Blasting Techniques for Avalanche Control: Date: 2000; Authors: Kevin M Powell; Description: Experimental firings sponsored by the Center For Snow Science at Alta, Utah have demonstrated the potential of a unique prototype shaped charge devic...; Object ID: issw-2000-325-332.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, explosives, blasting, shaped charges, artillery; View additional details about Precision Blasting Techniques for Avalanche Control

Title: The French Avalancheur: Date: 1994; Authors: Andre R. Eybert Berard, Gilles R. Borrel; Description: The use of military weapons in order to release avalanches has always been prohibited in France. Therefore, at the beginning of the seventies, people ...; Object ID: issw-1994-565-574.pdf; Keywords: blasting, explosives, artillery, avalancheur, arrow; View additional details about The French Avalancheur

Title: A New Blasting Device: The GAZEX: Date: 1990; Authors: Gilles Borrel; Description: CEMAGREF Nivologie has conducted several experiments with the GAZEX system, a new oxygen-propane avalanche blasting device patented and now manufactur...; Object ID: issw-1990-316.pdf; Keywords: gazex, blasting, oxygen-propane, dynamite, ski resort; View additional details about A New Blasting Device: The GAZEX

Title: The French Choices Among the Growing Range of the Avalanche Blasting Techniques: Date: 1990; Authors: Gilles Borrel; Description: In France the ski resort manager, the avalanche expert, and the road maintenance engineer have several different types of avalanche blasting technique...; Object ID: issw-1990-184.pdf; Keywords: french choices, avalanche, blasting techniques, road maintenance engineer, avalanche expert, ski resort manager; View additional details about The French Choices Among the Growing Range of the Avalanche Blasting Techniques

Title: Evolution of Air Blasting Techniques for Avalanche Control at Bridger Bowl Ski Area, Bozeman, Montana: Date: 1990; Authors: Ray Dombroski; Description: Aerial detonation of explosives was not practiced at Bridger Bowl Ski Area ten years ago. Today twelve manually operated "bomb wires" are operational ...; Object ID: issw-1990-185-191.pdf; Keywords: explosives, bomb wires, control, starting zone, pulley; View additional details about Evolution of Air Blasting Techniques for Avalanche Control at Bridger Bowl Ski Area, Bozeman, Montana

Title: Aerial Blasting: Theories and Contraptions: Date: 1986; Authors: Ray Dombroski; Description: Since the 1981-82 ski season the Bridger Bowl ski patrol has been experimenting with aerial detonation of explosives for regular avalanche control wo...; Object ID: issw-1986-069-071.pdf; Keywords: bomb wires, experiments, slopes stability; View additional details about Aerial Blasting: Theories and Contraptions

Title: Comparison of Cornice Control Methods at the Bridger Bowl Ski Area: Date: 1976; Authors: B.J. Burroughs; Description: The formation, structure, and control of cornices in the Bridger Range (near Tozeman, Montana) was studied by Montagne and others (1968). The purpose ...; Object ID: issw-1976-064-066.pdf; Keywords: blasting, cornices, shoveling; View additional details about Comparison of Cornice Control Methods at the Bridger Bowl Ski Area