Air Currents Arising During Movement of Avalanche Snow

Snow avalanches bring loss and destruction to objects located in their path not only as a result of the direct action of the snow masses on these objects, but in a considerable degree also as a result of the impact of a powerful flow of compressed air moving ahead of the avalanche the so-called ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gvinchidze,N. M.
Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1966
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
(*AVALANCHES
ATMOSPHERIC MOTION)
DAMAGE
STRUCTURES
MOUNTAINS
MOTION
USSR
TRANSLATIONS
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0715030
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0715030
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Summary:Snow avalanches bring loss and destruction to objects located in their path not only as a result of the direct action of the snow masses on these objects, but in a considerable degree also as a result of the impact of a powerful flow of compressed air moving ahead of the avalanche the so-called 'air wave' or 'avalanche blizzard' which sweeps away everything in its path. The article discusses this problem. Trans. of Priroda (USSR) v39 n6 p67-69 1950.

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