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Modelling and simulation

‘Forest of cylindrical obstacles’ slows avalanche flow

05 May 2023 Isabelle Dumé
The researchers created a slope from a plank 1 m long and 50 cm wide that can be inclined at well-controlled angles
Downslope flow: the researchers in the lab with their experiment. (Courtesy: Université Paris-Saclay/FAST)
The flow rate of avalanches could be reduced by up to two-thirds by covering vulnerable slopes with

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Isabelle Dumé is a contributing editor to Physics World
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