Abstract: The aim of this work is to investigate the behavior of a 96-m-high gravity dam (the prototype) with a preexisting crack. For this purpose, four different gravity dam models were simulated through the cohesive crack model ...

Abstract: This paper introduces a three-dimensional model for simulating dense-snow avalanches, based on the numerical method of cellular automata. This method allows one to study the complex behavior of the avalanche by dividing ...