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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1257-2023
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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04 Apr 2023
Research article |
| 04 Apr 2023
| 04 Apr 2023
Dynamic response and breakage of trees subject to a landslide-induced air blast
Yu Zhuang
State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China
State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, Chengdu University
of Technology, Chengdu 610059, PR China
State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China
Perry Bartelt
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Flüelastrasse 11, 7260 Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Muhammad Bilal
State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China
Zhaowei Ding
State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, Chengdu University
of Technology, Chengdu 610059, PR China
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Tree destruction is often used to back calculate the air blast impact region and to estimate the air blast power. Here we established a novel model to assess air blast power using tree destruction information. We find that the dynamic magnification effect makes the trees easier to damage by a landslide-induced air blast, but the large tree deformation would weaken the effect. Bending and overturning are two likely failure modes, which depend heavily on the properties of trees.
Tree destruction is often used to back calculate the air blast impact region and to estimate the...
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