Experimental measurements of flood-induced impact forces on exposed elements

Torrential flood hazards are a major threat for inhabited alluvial fans. They have the potential to relocate large amounts of sediment from the upper catchments to settlement areas on the alluvial fans where typically distributary processes take place. The approaching water-sediment-mixture impactin...

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Main Authors: Sturm Michael, Gems Bernhard, Keller Florian, Mazzorana Bruno, Fuchs Sven, Papathoma-Köhle Maria, Aufleger Markus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2018-01-01
Series:E3S Web of Conferences
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20184005005