Volcano modeling
Compressible gas dynamics codes are being developed to model explosive
eruptions of volcanos.
Some links to our work:
- Simulation of
volcanic plumes and pyroclastic flows
Some results obtained by Marica Pelanti using a
dusty gas model.
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High-Resolution Finite Volume Methods for Dusty Gas Jets and Plumes
by M. Pelanti and R. J. LeVeque,
SIAM J. Sci. Comput., to appear.
Info/Download
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Wave Propagation Algorithms for Multicomponent Compressible Flows with
Applications to Volcanic Jets Marica Pelanti's thesis, 2005.
thesis.pdf
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Initial blast wave over Mount St. Helens
Some preliminary results using three-dimensional Euler equations on an
adaptively-refined hexahedral grid over realistic topography.
Some other sites about volcano modeling:
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