Avalanches.

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Avalanches BBC Worldwide Ltd.

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Prince Avalanche.

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Operation Avalanche.

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The pebble and the avalanche : how taking things apart creates revolutions / Moshe Yudkowsky. by Yudkowsky, Moshe, 1965-

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The pebble and the avalanche : how taking things apart creates revolutions / Moshe Yudkowsky. by Yudkowsky, Moshe, 1965-

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Avalanche Dynamics Dynamics of Rapid Flows of Dense Granular Avalanches / by Shiva P. Pudasaini, Kolumban Hutter. by Pudasaini, Shiva P.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction, Conception and Importance of Avalanche Research -- Part II. A Continuum Mechanical Theory for Dense Avalanches Down Non-Trivial Topographies -- Part III. …”
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Rockets and avalanches moving bodies with variable mass / EBS Trust (Firm).

Table of Contents: “…(4:49) -- Problem: Can a Skier Outrun an Avalanche? (4:42) -- Solution to the Take-off Time of a Rocket Problem (12:10) -- Solution to the Landing of a Rocket Problem (8:03) -- Solution to the Avalanche Problem (10:08)…”
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Rockslides and avalanches by Barry Voight (editor). 1, Natural phenomena.

Table of Contents: “…Little Tahoma Peak Rockfalls and Avalanches, Mount Rainier, Washington, U.S.A -- Chapter 6. …”
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Alpine Avalanches BBC Worldwide Ltd.

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Horizon. making a deadly snowstorm / producer, Ian White ; written and directed by Michael Lachmann.

Subjects: “…Avalanches.…”
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The technical avalanche protection handbook / edited by Florian Rudolf-Miklau, Siegfried Sauermoser, Arthur I. Mears.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction; 1.1 Avalanche hazards; 1.1.1 Overview and terminology; 1.1.2 Avalanche hazards: historical and geographical relevance; 1.2 Technical avalanche defense: classification; 1.2.1 Classification scheme of defense measures and their effects; 1.2.2 Permanent technical avalanche protection (defense structures); 1.2.3 Technical avalanche defense with temporary effects; 1.3 Avalanche disasters, development of avalanche defense: historical overview; 1.3.1 Chronicle of avalanche catastrophes.…”
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Secrets of the snow : visual clues to avalanche and ski conditions / Edward R. LaChapelle. by LaChapelle, Edward R.

Table of Contents: “…Large-Scale Features -- Wind on Snow -- Local Wind Features -- Small-Scale Wind Features -- Other Snow-Surface Features -- Avalanche-Related Features -- Snow in Trees -- Melting Snow -- Other Snow Features.…”
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Encounters in avalanche country : a history of survival in the Mountain West, 1820-1920 / Diana L. Di Stefano. by Di Stefano, Diana L.

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Mountain Windstorms and Avalanches.

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Volcanic Debris Avalanches From Collapse to Hazard / edited by Matteo Roverato, Anja Dufresne, Jonathan Procter.

Table of Contents: “…Volcanic Debris Avalanches: An Introduction -- A Historical Perspective on Lateral Collapses and Volcanic Debris Avalanches -- Terminology and Strategy to Describe Large Volcanic Landslides and Debris Avalanches -- Distribution and Geometric Parameters of Volcanic Debris Avalanche Deposits -- Factors Contributing to Volcano Lateral Collapse -- Climatic Influence on Volcanic Landslides -- Volcanic Debris Avalanche Transport and Emplacement Mechanisms -- Sedimentology of Volcanic Debris Avalanche Deposits -- Volcanic debris-avalanche deposits in the context of volcaniclastic ring-plain successions –A case study from Mt. …”
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Snow Avalanche Hazards and Mitigation in the United States. by Research, Committee on Ground Failure Hazards Mitigation

Table of Contents: “…""Snow Avalanche Hazards and Mitigation in the United States""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Snow Avalanche Problems ""; ""2 The Avalanche Phenomenon ""; ""AVALANCHESâ€?…”
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Avalanches in Functional Materials and Geophysics edited by Ekhard K.H. Salje, Avadh Saxena, Antoni Planes.

Table of Contents: “…Statistical mechanics perspective on earthquakes -- Mean-field approach to avalanches -- From labquakes in porous materials to earthquakes -- Rocks and earthquakes -- Modeling avalanches in martensites -- Experiments on pinning in ferroelastics -- Numerical simulation of avalanches in ferroelastics -- Microstructural length scales and crackling noise -- Avalanches in fracture -- Avalanches in metallic glasses -- Shear banding in amorphous solids -- Yield and irreversibility in amorphous solids -- Characterization of granular, porous and cellular materials -- Avalanches in fluid imbibition.…”
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The technical avalanche protection handbook / edited by Florian Rudolf-Miklau, Siegfried Sauermoser, Arthur I. Mears.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Siegfried Sauermoser, Florian Rudolf-Miklau, Stefan Margreth -- Avalanches: evolution and impact / Patrick Nairz, Art Mears, Siegfried Sauermoser, Karl Gabl, Markus Stoffel, Stefan Margreth -- Avalanche dynamics: models and impact / Siegfried Sauermoser, Matthias Granig, Karl Kleemayr, Stefan Margreth -- Avalanche hazard assessment and planning of protection measures / Florian Rudolf-Miklau, Christoph Skolaut, Siegfried Sauermoser -- Structural avalanche protection: defense systems and construction types / Wolfgang Schilcher, Stefan Margreth, Siegfried Sauermoser, Christoph Skolaut, Michael M?…”
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Debris-flow hazards mitigation : proceedings of first international conference : sponsored by the Technical Committee on Hydromechanics, Subcommittee on Mechanics of Non-Newtonian...

Subjects: “…Debris avalanches Congresses. sh 88004660…”