Experimental study of dense snow avalanches: velocity profiles in quasi-permanent and fully-developed flows

International audience In order to study channelled snow flows over rough surfaces, a laboratory scale experiment was installed at the col du lac blanc, a 2800 m high pass in the French Alps, near the Alpe d'Huez ski resort. It consists of a 0.2 m wide channel fed with snow by a motorized hoppe...

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Main Authors: Bouchet, Anne-Sophie, Naaim, Mohamed, Bellot, H., Ousset, F.
Other Authors: Érosion torrentielle, neige et avalanches (UR ETGR (ETNA)), Centre national du machinisme agricole, du génie rural, des eaux et forêts (CEMAGREF)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2004
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Online Access:https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02586331