faSavageHutterFOAM 1.0: depth-integrated simulation of dense snow avalanches on natural terrain with OpenFOAM

Rauter, Matthias; Kofler, Andreas; Huber, Andreas; Fellin, Wolfgang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2923-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2923-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2923-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 7

Model description paper

|

23 Jul 2018

Model description paper |

| 23 Jul 2018

faSavageHutterFOAM 1.0: depth-integrated simulation of dense snow avalanches on natural terrain with OpenFOAM

Matthias Rauter, Andreas Kofler, Andreas Huber, and Wolfgang Fellin

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2923-2018-supplement

Model code and software

Avalanche simulation software based on foam-extend M. Rauter https://bitbucket.org/matti2/fasavagehutterfoam

Short summary

We present a physical model for the simulation of dense snow avalanches and other gravitational mass flows. The model is solved with OpenFOAM, a popular open-source toolkit for the numerical solution of partial differential equations. The solver has a modular design and is easy to extend. Therefore, it represents an ideal platform for implementing and testing new model approaches.