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Avalanches of granular geomaterials (rock, soil, snow, ice, etc.) are frequent and pose varying degrees of risk to land use, infrastructure, and personal safety in mountainous areas of the world.One of the main goals of avalanche research is to forecast the flow-obstacle interaction in order to (i) design civil engineering structures able to withstand the impact forces and (ii) assess the physical ...

"Snow avalanche is the most frequent type of slope failure in mountainous areas of the world. In total, approximately 15% of Europe’s and 6% of Earth’s land may be considered as avalanche prone-areas. Avalanches claim hundreds of lives annually worldwide and there have been historical cases with death tolls between hundreds and thousands of people during one event or winter season.One of the main ...