Shallow Geophysical Mass Flows Down Arbitrary Topography: Model Equations in Topography-Fitted Coordinates, Numerical Simulation and Back-Calculations (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783319026268)

Geophysical mass flows, such as landslides, avalanches or debris flows, are frequent mass movement processes in mountain areas and often cause disastrous damage. This book lays a foundation for formulating the depth-averaged equations describing the shallow geophysical mass flows over non-trivial topography. It consists of the detailed derivation of the model equations. The stimulating numerical examples demonstrate how the proposed models are applied. All this make this book accessible to a wide variety of readers, especially senior undergraduate and graduate students of fluid mechanics, civil engineering, applied mathematics, engineering geology, geophysics or engineers who are responsible for hazard management.

Author: Ioana Luca,Yih-Chin Tai,Chih-Yu Kuo
ISBN-10: 3319026267
ISBN-13: 9783319026268
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 03/02/2016
Pages: 282
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.57lbs
Size: 9.49h x 6.19w x 0.84d