The Technical Avalanche Protection Handbook
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The Technical Avalanche Protection Handbook

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The Technical Avalanche Protection Handbook

About this book

Snow avalanches can have highly destructive consequences in developed areas. Each year, avalanche catastrophes occur in mountain regions around the globe and cause unnecessary fatalities and severe damage to buildings and infrastructure. In some mountainous regions, especially in the European Alps, technical avalanche defence structures are built to increase the level of safety for inhabited areas; however, new infrastructure such as roads, railway lines and tourist facilities cause new risk potential in hazardous areas. As a result, the demand is increasing for technical avalanche protection solutions.

Avalanche defence structures and protection systems are used in most inhabited mountain regions worldwide. During the last decades, technical avalanche protection has evolved from a specialist field to an independent engineering branch that has gained importance in alpine countries such as Austria, Italy, France and Switzerland, as well as in other countries such as Canada, Iceland, Norway and USA.

This work is the first comprehensive, English-language overview of technical avalanche protection and establishes state-of-the-art best practices in the field. It covers the fundamentals of avalanche protection technology and includes plans, dimensions, construction and maintenance of defence structures. The editors have collaborated with an international team of experts from Austria, Canada, France, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Norway, Switzerland and USA to produce this landmark handbook.

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Yes, you can access The Technical Avalanche Protection Handbook by Florian Rudolf-Miklau, Siegfried Sauermoser, Arthur Mears, Florian Rudolf-Miklau,Siegfried Sauermoser,Arthur Mears, Monica Boensch in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Civil Engineering. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Preface
  5. List of Contributors
  6. Chapter 1: Introduction
  7. Chapter 2: Avalanches: Evolution and Impact
  8. Chapter 3: Avalanche Dynamics: Models and Impact
  9. Chapter 4: Avalanche Hazard Assessment and Planning of Protection Measures
  10. Chapter 5: Structural avalanche protection: defense systems and construction types
  11. Chapter 6: Structural avalanche defense: design and construction
  12. Chapter 7: Construction Work and Maintenance of Structural Avalanche Control
  13. Chapter 8: Building Protection (Direct Protection) Measures
  14. Chapter 9: Artificial Release and Monitoring Technology for Avalanches
  15. Chapter 10: Technical avalanche protection international: facts and figures
  16. Literature
  17. Index
  18. Advertiser Index
  19. EULA