International Symposium on Mitigative Measures against Snow ...

<strong>International</strong> <strong>Symposium</strong> on Mitigative Measures against Snow Avalanches
Egilsstaðir, Iceland, March 11–14, 2008
CONTENTS
Foreword …………………………………………………………………………….………. 7
Programme ………………………...……………………………………………….……….... 9
Poster presentations …………………………………………………………………………. 12
Abstracts ………………………………………………………………………….……..........13
(with presenting author underlined if not the first author)
Magnús Jóhannesson .............................................................................................................................. 13
THE ROLE OF THE ICELANDIC AVALANCHE AND LANDSLIDE FUND
Matthias Granig …...………………………………………..………….………………………............ 19
COMPREHENSIVE SNOW NET PROJECT HAFELEKAR/INNSBRUCK
Florian Rudolf-Miklau, Wolfgang Schilcher, Johann Kessler and Jürgen Suda ………………... 24
LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT FOR TECHNICAL AVALANCHE PROTECTION SYSTEMS
Stefan Margreth and Katharina Platzer ……...………………………………………..…………. 32
NEW FINDINGS ON THE DESIGN OF SNOW SHEDS
José A. Vergara ……...………………………………………..……………………………………….. 38
HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH AVALANCHES IN THE ANDES MOUNTAINS
Martin Kern, Marc-André Baillifard, Stefan Margreth and Joseba A. Calvo Soto ……………… 39
ON A NEW SET OF RULES FOR AVALANCHE CATCHING DAM DESIGN IN SWITZERLAND
Elisabeth Rainer, Lambert Rammer and Thomas Wiatr ……………..………………………….… 40
SNOW LOADS ON DEFENSIVE SNOW NET SYSTEMS
Matthias Granig and Stefan Oberndorfer ……...……………………………..…………………….. 48
DEVELOPMENT OF THE DENSE AND POWDER SNOW AVALANCHE MODEL SAMOSAT
Erik Hestnes and Tore Valstad …...………………………………………..………………………… 52
LIGHT ROCKFALL PREVENTION MESH USED AS RETENTION STRUCTURE
IN SNOWPACKS OF LIMITED HEIGHT
Manfred Pittracher ……...………………………………………..………….……………………….. 58
DEVELOPMENT, ASSESSMENT AND EFFECT OF A NEW AVALANCHE BRAKING
SYSTEM IN THE MÜHLAUER-KLAMM, INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA
Árni Jónsson, Steinar Bakkehøi and Sigurjón Hauksson ……………………………..………….… 68
AVALANCHE RISK ALONG A 420 kV TRANSMISSION LINE IN ICELAND
Simon Schneiderbauer, Walter Hinterberger, Peter Fischer and Arnold Studeregger ………... 74
SIMULATION OF SNOW DRIFT AS A TOOL FOR OPERATIONAL AVALANCHE WARNING
Kristín Martha Hákonardóttir, Gunnar Guðni Tómasson, Hallgrímur Daði Indriðason and
Flosi Sigurðsson …………………………………………………………………………..…………. 78
THE DESIGN OF AVALANCHE PROTECTION DAMS BASED ON NEW
DESIGN CRITERIA: THREE DIFFERENT CASE STUDIES
Kristín Martha Hákonardóttir, Stefan Margreth, Gunnar Guðni Tómasson,
Hallgrímur Daði Indriðason and Skúli Þórðarson …………………………………..……………… 85
SNOW DRIFT MEASURES AS PROTECTION AGAINST SNOW AVALANCHES IN ICELAND
Philippe Berthet-Rambaud, Louis Noël, Bruno Farizi, Jean-Marc Neuville,
Stéphane Constant and Pascal Roux ……...………………………………………..……………… 91
DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW HELICOPTER GAS DEVICE FOR AVALANCHE PREVENTIVE RELEASE
Ólafur Helgi Kjartansson ……...………………………………………..………….………………… 97
THE AVALANCHES AT SÚÐAVÍK AND FLATEYRI IN 1995.
FIRST ACTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER OF ÍSAFJÖRÐUR
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