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

• Main Authors: Luca, Ioana (Author), Tai, Yih-Chin (Author), Kuo, Chih-Yu (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Geology > Statistical methods.; Natural disasters.; Engineering geology.; Engineering > Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Earth Sciences.; Quantitative Geology.; Natural Hazards.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.
• Physical Description: XIV, 282 p. 60 illus., 4 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319026275
• ISSN: 1866-8348

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.