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Professor Herbert Huppert, King's College University of Cambridge
Friday 11 October 2019, 13:00-14:00
Defending against lava flows: theory, experiment and field confirmation
- 👤 Speaker: Professor Herbert Huppert, King's College University of Cambridge
- 📅 Date & Time: Friday 11 October 2019, 13:00 - 14:00
- 📍 Venue: LR5, Baker Building, CUED.
Abstract
World wide, unconstrained lava flows kill people almost each year and cause extensive damage, costing millions of pounds.
Defending against lava flows is possible by using topographic variations sensibly, placing buildings considerately, constructing defending walls of appropriate size and the like.
Hinton, Hogg and Huppert have recently published two rather mathematical papers outlining how viscous flows down slopes interact with a variety of geometrical shapes; evaluating, in particular, the conditions under which “dry zones” form – safe places for people and belongings – and the size of a protective wall required to defend a given size building.
Following a desktop experimental demonstration, we will discuss these analyses and their consequences.
Series This talk is part of the Engineering Fluids Group Seminar series.
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- Acoustics Lab Seminars
- Engineering Department Acoustics/Combustion Student seminars
- Engineering Fluids Group Seminar
- LR5, Baker Building, CUED.
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