Field measurement and numerical simulation of snow deposition on an embankment in snowdrift |
Ma, Wenyong
(State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and System Safety of Traffic Engineering Structures, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University)
Li, Feiqiang (School of Civil Engineering, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University) Sun, Yuanchun (China Railway Design Corporation) Li, Jianglong (School of Civil Engineering, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University) Zhou, Xuanyi (State Key Laboratory of Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering, Tongji University) |
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