Articles | Volume 23, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1257-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1257-2023
Research article
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04 Apr 2023
Research article |  | 04 Apr 2023

Dynamic response and breakage of trees subject to a landslide-induced air blast

Yu Zhuang, Aiguo Xing, Perry Bartelt, Muhammad Bilal, and Zhaowei Ding

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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.
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