Shallow Geophysical Mass Flows down Arbitrary Topography

Part I. Introduction

1. Introduction
Ioana Luca, Yih-Chin Tai, Chih-Yu Kuo

Part II. A Topography-Fitted Coordinate System and Related Issues

2. A Topography-Fitted Coordinate System
Ioana Luca, Yih-Chin Tai, Chih-Yu Kuo

3. Differential Operators and Balance Laws in the Topography-Fitted Coordinates
Ioana Luca, Yih-Chin Tai, Chih-Yu Kuo

Part III. Model Equations for Shallow Geophysical Mass Flows down Arbitrary Topographies

4. Depth-Averaged Modelling Equations forSingle-Phase Material Flows
Ioana Luca, Yih-Chin Tai, Chih-Yu Kuo

5. Closure Relations for the Depth-Averaged Modelling Equations
Ioana Luca, Yih-Chin Tai, Chih-Yu Kuo

6. Conclusions and Discussions
Ioana Luca, Yih-Chin Tai, Chih-Yu Kuo

Part IV. Numerical Implementation, Simulations and Applications

7. Numerical Implementation of the Model Equations
Ioana Luca, Yih-Chin Tai, Chih-Yu Kuo

8. Numerical Tests and Simulations of Granular Avalanches
Ioana Luca, Yih-Chin Tai, Chih-Yu Kuo

9. Applications to Avalanching Landslides in Taiwan
Ioana Luca, Yih-Chin Tai, Chih-Yu Kuo

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