Shallow Geophysical Mass Flows Down Arbitrary Topography - Model Equations in Topography-fitted Coordinates, Numerical Simulation and Back-calculation of Disastrous Events

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.

List of contents

Topography-fitted coordinate system.- An alternative of topography-fitted coordinates - unified coordinate system.- Entrainment and deposition at the basal surface.- Continuum mechanical models in a topography-fitted coordinate system.- Numerical examples and experimental validation.- Back-calculation of natural disaster events.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Chih-Yu Kuo, Ioan Luca, Ioana Luca, Yih-Chi Tai, Yih-Chin Tai
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.09.2013
• EAN: 9783319026268
• ISBN: 978-3-31-902626-8
• No. of pages: 282
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 242 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 608 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 282 p. 60 illus., 56 illus. in color.
• Series: Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics; Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics; Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; B, geology, Earth and Environmental Science, Geoengineering, Geology, geomorphology & the lithosphere, Meteorology & climatology, Quantitative Geology, Foundations, Geochemistry, Hydraulics, Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics, Engineering—Geology, Natural disasters, Engineering geology, Natural Hazards, Geology—Statistical methods