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Lecture tip | Johan Gaume at ÖGSL schnee.semmelnar

Fracture mechanics and risk management

by PowderGuide 04/02/2022
In the monthly "schnee.semmelnar" of the Austrian Society for Snow and Avalanches (ÖGSL), avalanche researcher Johan Gaume will be appearing next Monday to explain (in English) what "supershear avalanches" are and what a better understanding of the trigger mechanisms means for risk management.

Gaume is a professor at EPFL in Lausanne, a guest scientist at the SLF, a former professional snowboarder, has made a significant contribution to the realistic depiction of avalanches in animated films (Frozen!) with his avalanche modeling and is one of the leading experts on the subject of fracture mechanics.

The schnee.semmelnare are aimed at a mixed audience and are usually designed in such a way that you can pick up some input even without a physics doctorate. There is also the opportunity to ask questions in the YouTube stream chat.

If you have no other plans on Monday, April 4, during the lunch break (12:00-13:00), take a look!

YT stream:

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