Shallow Geophysical Mass Flows Down Arbitrary Topography: Model Equations in Topography-Fitted Coordinates, Numerical Simulation and Back-Calculations

By Ioana Luca, Yih-Chin Tai, Chih-Yu Kuo

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319791354
• ISBN13: 9783319791357
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"