Cicoira, A.Blatny, L.Li, X.Trottet, B.Gaume, J.2022-11-072022-11-072022-11-072022-12-0510.1016/j.enggeo.2022.106866https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/192006WOS:000874810900003Alpine 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.Engineering, GeologicalGeosciences, MultidisciplinaryEngineeringGeologyprocess cascadesmaterial point methodvajontpiz cengalofl?ela wisshornwhympher hanging glacierdense snow avalancheslandslideicesimulationflowsdeformationrockfallsmountaindynamicsimpacttext::journal::journal article::research article