Two-threshold model for scaling laws of noninteracting snow avalanches
Physical Review Letters
By: J. Faillettaz, F. Louchet, and J.-R. Grasso
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Abstract
A two-threshold model was proposed for scaling laws of noninteracting snow avalanches. It was found that the sizes of the largest avalanches just preceding the lattice system were power-law distributed. The proposed model reproduced the range of power-law exponents observe for land, rock or snow avalanches, by tuning the maximum value of the ratio of the two failure thresholds. A two-threshold 2D cellular automation was introduced to study the scaling for gravity-driven systems.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Two-threshold model for scaling laws of noninteracting snow avalanches |
| Series title | Physical Review Letters |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.208001 |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue | 20 |
| Year Published | 2004 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Physical Review Letters |
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