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  1. Experimental confirmation of secondary flows within granular media

    Article • Nature Communications, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thierry Faug

  2. Experimental confirmation of secondary flows in granular media

    Article • September 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thierry Faug

  3. Has it really stopped? Interplay between rheology, topography and mesh resolution in numerical modelling of snow avalanches

    Article • July 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Thierry Faug

  4. Air drag controls the runout of small laboratory landslides

    Article • June 2024, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Thierry Faug

  5. Granular Scaling Approach to Landslide Runout

    Article • Physical Review Letters, June 2024, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Thierry Faug

  6. ISeeSnow - initiating an avalanche simulation tool intercomparison

    Article • March 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Thierry Faug

  7. Predisposition and triggering conditions at a permafrost-affected rock avalanche site in the French Alps (Étache, June 2020)

    Article • March 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Thierry Faug

  8. Back analysis of a building collapse under snow and rain loads in a Mediterranean area

    Article • Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, November 2023, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Thierry Faug

  9. A scaling law for the length of granular jumps down smooth inclines

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, October 2023, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Thierry Faug

  10. Back analysis of a building collapse under snow and rain loads in Mediterranean area

    Article • April 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Thierry Faug

  11. X-ray study of fast and slow granular flows with transition jump in between

    Article • Granular Matter, December 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thierry Faug

  12. Dense avalanches hitting structures: demarcating depth-dependent impact pressures from velocity-squared impact pressures

    Article • March 2021, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Thierry Faug

  13. Numerical simulations of wet snow avalanches: interplay between cohesion and friction

    Article • March 2021, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Thierry Faug

  14. Can earthquakes lead to delayed avalanche release ?

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Thierry Faug

  15. Impact of dense avalanches on civil engineering structures: demarcating depth-dependent from velocity-squared impact forces

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Thierry Faug

  16. Simulating the propagation of wet snow avalanches: challenges and perspectives

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Thierry Faug

  17. The mechanism of delayed release in earthquake-induced avalanches

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, July 2019, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Thierry Faug

  18. Mean force and fluctuations on a wall immersed in a sheared granular flow

    Article • May 2019, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Thierry Faug

  19. Impact of a flow against a wall: mass conservation across the discontinuity formed

    Article • November 2018, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Thierry Faug

  20. Response to last comment by Perry Bartelt and co-authors: mass conservation

    Article • October 2018, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Thierry Faug

  21. Review of the paper entitled "Avalanche Impact Pressures on Structures with Upstream Pile-Up/Accumulation Zones of Compacted Snow" by Perry Bartelt et al.

    Article • October 2018, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Thierry Faug

  22. Looking Beyond the Powder/Dense Flow Avalanche Dichotomy

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, June 2018, Wiley

    Dr Thierry Faug

  23. Dry granular avalanche impact force on a rigid wall: Analytic shock solution versus discrete element simulations

    Article • May 2018, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Thierry Faug

  24. Force fluctuations on a wall in interaction with a granular lid-driven cavity flow

    Article • October 2017, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Thierry Faug

  25. Jumps in hydraulic and granular flows

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, March 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Thierry Faug

  26. Discrete Element Method simulations of standing jumps in granular flows down inclines

    Article • EPJ Web of Conferences, January 2017, EDP Sciences

    Dr Thierry Faug

  27. Force fluctuations experienced by a boundary wall subjected to a granular flow in two distinct systems

    Article • EPJ Web of Conferences, January 2017, EDP Sciences

    Dr Thierry Faug

  28. Dry granular avalanche impact force on a rigid wall of semi-infinite height

    Article • EPJ Web of Conferences, January 2017, EDP Sciences

    Dr Thierry Faug

  29. Impact du réchauffement climatique sur l'activité avalancheuse et multiplication des avalanches humides dans les Alpes françaises

    Article • La Houille Blanche, December 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Thierry Faug

  30. Gravitational wet avalanche pressure on pylon-like structures

    Article • Cold Regions Science and Technology, June 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Thierry Faug

  31. Avalanche risk evaluation and protective dam optimal design using extreme value statistics

    Article • Journal of Glaciology, May 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Thierry Faug

  32. Depth-averaged analytic solutions for free-surface granular flows impacting rigid walls down inclines

    Article • Physical Review E, December 2015, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Thierry Faug

  33. Numerical investigations of the force experienced by a wall subject to granular lid-driven flows: regimes and scaling of the mean force

    Article • Computational Particle Mechanics, August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thierry Faug

  34. Standing jumps in shallow granular flows down smooth inclines

    Article • Physics of Fluids, July 2015, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Thierry Faug

  35. The full-scale avalanche test-site at Lautaret Pass (French Alps)

    Article • Cold Regions Science and Technology, July 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Thierry Faug

  36. Macroscopic force experienced by extended objects in granular flows over a very broad Froude-number range

    Article • The European Physical Journal E, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thierry Faug

  37. Granular force on objects and correlation length: Drag coefficient enhancement in low Froude number flow regimes

    Article • January 2013, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Thierry Faug

  38. Jumps and bores in bulky frictional granular flows

    Article • January 2013, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Thierry Faug

  39. A scaling law for impact force of a granular avalanche flowing past a wall

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, December 2012, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Thierry Faug

  40. Quantitative risk and optimal design approaches in the snow avalanche field: Review and extensions

    Article • Cold Regions Science and Technology, August 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Thierry Faug

  41. Small-scale tests to investigate the dynamics of finite-sized dry granular avalanches and forces on a wall-like obstacle

    Article • Granular Matter, July 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thierry Faug

  42. Equation for the force experienced by a wall overflowed by a granular avalanche: Experimental verification

    Article • Physical Review E, November 2011, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Thierry Faug

  43. Experiments on a dry granular avalanche impacting an obstacle: dead zone, granular jump and induced forces

    Article • May 2011, WITPRESS LTD.

    Dr Thierry Faug

  44. Granular forces from steady and avalanche flows on a wall-like obstacle: contribution to avalanche dam design

    Article • May 2011, WITPRESS LTD.

    Dr Thierry Faug

  45. Time-varying force from dense granular avalanches on a wall

    Article • Physical Review E, October 2010, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Thierry Faug

  46. Large mobility of dry snow avalanches: Insights from small-scale laboratory tests on granular avalanches of bidisperse materials

    Article • Cold Regions Science and Technology, June 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Thierry Faug

  47. A simple analytical model for pressure on obstacles induced by snow avalanches

    Article • Annals of Glaciology, January 2010, International Glaciological Society

    Dr Thierry Faug

  48. Return period calculation and passive structure design at the Taconnaz avalanche path, France

    Article • Annals of Glaciology, January 2010, International Glaciological Society

    Dr Thierry Faug

  49. Mean steady granular force on a wall overflowed by free-surface gravity-driven dense flows

    Article • Physical Review E, August 2009, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Thierry Faug

  50. Mean Force On A Wall Overflowed By Dense Granular Avalanches: Discrete Numerical Simulations

    Article • January 2009, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Thierry Faug

  51. Bayesian optimal design of an avalanche dam using a multivariate numerical avalanche model

    Article • Stochastic Hydrology and Hydraulics, October 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thierry Faug

  52. Overrun length of avalanches overtopping catching dams: Cross‐comparison of small‐scale laboratory experiments and observations from full‐scale avalanches

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, July 2008, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Thierry Faug

  53. Avalanches overflowing a dam: dead zone, granular bore and run-out shortening

    Article • Annals of Glaciology, January 2008, International Glaciological Society

    Dr Thierry Faug

  54. Dense snow flowing past a deflecting obstacle: An experimental investigation

    Article • Cold Regions Science and Technology, July 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Thierry Faug

  55. An equation for spreading length, center of mass and maximum run-out shortenings of dense avalanche flows by vertical obstacles

    Article • Cold Regions Science and Technology, October 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Thierry Faug

  56. Dense snow avalanche modeling: flow, erosion, deposition and obstacle effects

    Article • Cold Regions Science and Technology, October 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Thierry Faug

  57. Physical modeling of the interaction between mounds or deflecting dams and powder snow avalanches

    Article • Cold Regions Science and Technology, October 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Thierry Faug

  58. Dry Granular Flow Modelling Including Erosion and Deposition

    Article • Surveys in Geophysics, November 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thierry Faug

  59. Numerical and Physical Modelling of the Effect of a Dam on Powder Avalanche Motion: Comparison with Previous Approaches

    Article • Surveys in Geophysics, November 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thierry Faug

  60. Varying Dam Height to Shorten the Run-Out of Dense Avalanche Flows: Developing a Scaling Law from Laboratory Experiments

    Article • Surveys in Geophysics, November 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Thierry Faug

  61. Experimental investigation on steady granular flows interacting with an obstacle down an inclined channel: study of the dead zone upstream from the obstacle. Application to interaction between dense snow avalanches and defence structures

    Article • Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, December 2002, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Thierry Faug

  62. Simulation of the effect of defence structures on granular flows using SPH

    Article • Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, December 2002, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Thierry Faug