Name: Snow Engineering 2000: Recent Advances and Developments
ISBN: 9780203739532

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Snow Engineering 2000: Recent Advances and Developments

ABSTRACT

This volume presents the background to the recently developed European standard (CEN standard) on snow loads. Many of the papers on ""structural engineering"" describe results from a European snow project that was completed in 1999.

part I|2 pages

Invited paper

chapter 1|7 pages

Snow loads on roofs in Europe: Research and standardization

part II|1 pages

Snow technology and science

chapter 2|10 pages

Program Haefeli - Two-dimensional numerical simulation of the creeping deformation and temperature distribution in a phase changing snowpack

chapter 3|9 pages

Triaxial creep tests on snow and a new microstructure-based snow viscosity law

chapter 4|8 pages

Detection and analysis of avalanches using wave measurements

chapter 5|4 pages

The kinetic friction of Polyethylen on snow, comparison between laboratory and field measurements

chapter 6|7 pages

Snow pillows: Use and verification

chapter 7|5 pages

Snow melting system using a conducting pavement and an aquifer penetrating bore-hole

chapter 8|6 pages

Investigations on mechanism of landslide in the snowy regions

chapter 9|9 pages

Drifting snow in complex terrain - Comparison of measured snow distribution and simulated wind field

chapter 10|6 pages

The snowdrift pattern around a small hill in the High Arctic

chapter 11|7 pages

Aerial photogrammetry of roof snow depths using three different aircraft

chapter 12|4 pages

Perspective of earthquake disaster mitigation in snow season - A case study of earthquake at Yuza Town, Yamagata prefecture, Japan

chapter 13|5 pages

Comparison of dry granulation and wet agglomeration of snow

chapter 14|5 pages

Hardening of snow surface - “natural/artificial”

chapter 15|3 pages

Design criteria for cylindrical masts exposed to snow creep forces

chapter 16|4 pages

Design criteria for avalanche supporting structures exposed to snow creep forces in maritime climate

chapter 17|10 pages

Combining snow drift and SNOWPACK models to estimate snow loading in avalanche slopes

chapter 18|6 pages

Characterisation of snow structure in a cross-country race ski track

chapter 19|7 pages

Factors affecting ski base sliding friction on snow

chapter 20|5 pages

Daily observation of snowdrifts around a model cube

chapter 21|6 pages

Estimation of equivalent density of snow accumulation for short period

chapter 22|6 pages

Snow and snowmelt models in Aomori Prefecture

part III|1 pages

Structural engineering

chapter 23|4 pages

Global and European standardization, ISO and CEN

chapter 24|6 pages

Statistics of ground snow loads in Italy

chapter 25|4 pages

Duration of the snow load on the ground in Italy

chapter 26|8 pages

Wind tunnel investigation of snow loads on buildings

chapter 27|7 pages

New ground snow loads for a European standard

chapter 28|7 pages

Snow load serviceability design with focus on the Nordic countries

chapter 29|5 pages

Estimation of snow load on a large-scale inclined roof of Tajima Dome

chapter 30|4 pages

Application of mathematical planning to snow load for structural design

chapter 31|8 pages

European snow loading: Serviceability load criteria

chapter 32|12 pages

Roof design in regions of snow and cold

chapter 33|7 pages

Long term stochastic modeling for combination of snow and wind load effects

chapter 34|6 pages

Code provisions for gable roof drift loads

chapter 35|6 pages

Roof loading due to rain-on-snow

chapter 36|6 pages

Anchor temperatures of avalanche defence snow supporting structures in frozen ground

chapter 37|6 pages

Probabilistic description of ground snow loads for Ukraine

chapter 38|7 pages

European snow loads research project: Recent results

chapter 39|10 pages

Snow distributions on greenhouses

chapter 40|8 pages

European ground snow loads map: Irregular and exceptional snow falls

chapter 41|10 pages

Analysis of roof load data for the European Snow Load Program 1997-1999

chapter 42|6 pages

Statistical investigation on snow load in Germany for verification of serviceability limit states

chapter 43|6 pages

Statistical investigation on ground snow load in Germany

chapter 44|8 pages

Proposal of chart and table to estimate roof snow accumulation on the ground after sliding down

chapter 45|9 pages

Developing ground snow loads for New Hampshire

chapter 46|6 pages

Wind effects on snow accumulation on two-level flat roofs

part IV|60 pages

Housing and residential planning

chapter 47|5 pages

Lessons to be learned from indigenous architecture

chapter 48|6 pages

Information on building in cold climates - Results from research in Northern Norway

chapter 49|5 pages

Utility of Gangi and new design of public apartment houses in cold and snowy region in Japan

chapter 50|6 pages

Evaluation of residential areas in harsh climates, Hammerfest, Norway

chapter 51|7 pages

Wind tunnel modeling of roof snow accumulations and drift snow on gable roofs

chapter 52|6 pages

Changes in the snowdrift pattern caused by a building extension - Investigations through scale modelling and numerical simulations

chapter 53|7 pages

The snowdrift pattern around two cubical obstacles with varying distance - Measurements and numerical simulations

chapter 54|6 pages

Snow drift control in residential areas - Field measurements and numerical simulations

chapter 55|6 pages

A study on the modernization of traditional countermeasures against snow damages in snowy town of Japan

part V|64 pages

Transportation

chapter 56|5 pages

Evaluation of measures for snow avalanche protection of roads

chapter 57|6 pages

Wind effects on snow drifts around two-dimensional fence

chapter 58|5 pages

Forecast model of road surface temperature in snowy areas using neural network

chapter 59|8 pages

Pavement snow-melting system utilizing shallow layer geothermal energy

chapter 60|4 pages

Operation of roads exposed to drifting snow in Northern Europe

chapter 61|6 pages

Optimization of engineering decisions on road protection against snow-banks with snow properties taken into account

chapter 62|9 pages

A new retrospect of snow and ice, tribology and aircraft performance

chapter 63|7 pages

Simulation of two-dimensional wind flow and snow drifting application for roads: Part I

chapter 64|8 pages

Simulation of two-dimensional wind flow and snow drifting application for roads: Part II

Snow Engineering 2000: Recent Advances and Developments