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Towards a predictive multi-phase model for alpine mass movements and process cascades

Cicoira, A.  
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Blatny, L.  
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Li, X.  
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December 5, 2022
Engineering Geology

Alpine mass movements can generate process cascades involving different materials including rock, ice, snow, and water. Numerical modelling is an essential tool for the quantification of natural hazards. Yet, state-of-the-art operational models are based on parameter back-calculation and thus reach their limits when facing unprece-dented or complex events. Here, we advance our predictive capabilities for mass movements and process cas-cades on the basis of a three-dimensional numerical model, coupling fundamental conservation laws to finite strain elastoplasticity. In this framework, model parameters have a true physical meaning and can be evaluated from material testing, thus conferring to the model a strong predictive nature. Through its hybrid Euler-ian-Lagrangian character, our approach naturally reproduces fractures and collisions, erosion/deposition phe-nomena, and multi-phase interactions, which finally grant accurate simulations of complex dynamics. Four benchmark simulations demonstrate the physical detail of the model and its applicability to real-world full-scale events, including various materials and ranging through five orders of magnitude in volume. In the future, our model can support risk-management strategies through predictions of the impact of potentially catastrophic cascading mass movements at vulnerable sites.

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DOI
10.1016/j.enggeo.2022.106866
Web of Science ID

WOS:000874810900003

Author(s)
Cicoira, A.  
Blatny, L.  
Li, X.  
Trottet, B.  
Gaume, J.  
Date Issued

2022-12-05

Published in
Engineering Geology
Volume

310

Article Number

106866

Subjects

Engineering, Geological

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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

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Engineering

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Geology

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process cascades

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material point method

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vajont

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piz cengalo

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fl?ela wisshorn

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whympher hanging glacier

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dense snow avalanches

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landslide

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ice

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simulation

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flows

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deformation

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rockfalls

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mountain

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dynamics

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impact

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November 7, 2022
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