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Author |
: Alfred Fuchs |
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Total Pages |
: 9 |
Release |
: 1957 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:33370674 |
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: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis Effects of Explosives on Snow by : Alfred Fuchs
Author |
: Edward R. LaChapelle |
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Total Pages |
: 40 |
Release |
: 1956 |
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: OCLC:47936114 |
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: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis Some Effects of High Explosives on Snow by : Edward R. LaChapelle
Author |
: Robyn Elaine Wooldridge |
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Total Pages |
: 186 |
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: 2013 |
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: OCLC:833212901 |
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: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Effects of Explosives on the Physical Properties of Snow by : Robyn Elaine Wooldridge
Explosives are a critically important component of avalanche control programs. They are used to both initiate avalanches and to test snowpack instability by ski areas, highway departments and other avalanche programs around the world. Current understanding of the effects of explosives on snow is mainly limited to shock wave behavior demonstrated through stress wave velocities, pressures and attenuation. This study seeks to enhance current knowledge of how explosives physically alter snow by providing data from field-based observations and analyses that quantify the effect of explosives on snow density, snow hardness and snow stability test results. Density, hardness and stability test results were evaluated both before and after the application of 0.9 kg cast pentolite boosters as surface and air blasts. Changes in these properties were evaluated at specified distances up to 5.5 meters (m) from the blast center for surface blasts and up to 4 m from the blast center for air blasts. A density gauge, hand hardness, a ram penetrometer, Compression Tests (CTs), and Extended Column Tests (ECTs) were used. In addition to the field based observations, the measurement error of the density gauge was established in laboratory tests. Results from surface blasts did not provide conclusive data. Air blasts yielded statistically significant density increases out to a distance of 1.5 m from the blast center and down to a depth of 50 centimeters (cm). Statistically significant density increases were also observed at the surface (down to 20 cm) out to a distance of 4 m. Hardness data showed little to no measurable change. Results from CTs showed a statistically significant decrease in the number of taps needed for column failure 4 m from the blast center in the post-explosive tests. A smaller data set of ECT results showed no overall change in ECT score. The findings of this study provide a better understanding of the physical changes in snow following explosives, which may lead to more effective and efficient avalanche risk mitigation.
Author |
: Alfred Fuchs |
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Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 1957 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:33370674 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis Effects of Explosives on Snow by : Alfred Fuchs
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: Denver Research Institute |
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Total Pages |
: 346 |
Release |
: 1966 |
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: OCLC:23022079 |
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: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Study of the Effects of Snow Cover on High Explosive Blast Parameters by : Denver Research Institute
Author |
: National Research Council |
Publisher |
: National Academies Press |
Total Pages |
: 97 |
Release |
: 1990-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780309043359 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0309043352 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis Snow Avalanche Hazards and Mitigation in the United States by : National Research Council
The present mortality as a result of snow avalanches exceeds the average mortality caused by earthquakes as well as all other forms of slope failure combined. Snow avalanches can range from small amounts of loose snow moving rapidly down a slope to slab avalanches, in which large chunks of snow break off and destroy everything in their path. Although considered a hazard in the United States since the westward expansion in the nineteenth century, in modern times snow avalanches are an increasing concern in recreational mountainous areas. However, programs for snow avalanche hazard mitigation in other countries are far ahead of those in the United States. The book identifies several steps that should be taken by the United States in order to establish guidelines for research, technology transfer, and avalanche legislation and zoning.
Author |
: Roy E. Bates |
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Total Pages |
: 16 |
Release |
: 1968 |
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: OCLC:149040237 |
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: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis Effects of a 20-ton TNT Explosion on a Snow Cover by : Roy E. Bates
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: Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.) |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 130 |
Release |
: 1960 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015086516237 |
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: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cratering from High Explosive Charges by : Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.)
Author |
: David McClung |
Publisher |
: The Mountaineers Books |
Total Pages |
: 350 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0898868092 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780898868098 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Avalanche Handbook by : David McClung
Technical yet accessible, The Avalanche Handbook, 3rd Edition, covers the formation, character, effects, and control of avalanches; rescue techniques; and research on understanding and surviving avalanches. Illustrated with nearly 200 updated illustrations, photos and examples, the revised edition offers exhaustive information on contributing weather and climate factors, snowpack analysis, the newest transceiver search techniques, and preventative and protective measures, including avalanche zoning and control. It contains new information on the unique characteristics of alpine snow, snow slab instability, terrain variables, skier triggering of avalanches, and the nature of avalanche motion. Plus brand-new chapters on the elements of backcountry avalanche forecasting and the decision-making process.
Author |
: Harry Roberts (Jr.) |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 672 |
Release |
: 1925 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015082286629 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Explosives Engineer by : Harry Roberts (Jr.)