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Show : • •• • . - : . ; • iW'- itiim. :^£; 4J Fig. 14. Condition of the partition wall on the second floor. Direction of the avalanche from right to left. For the event the following evidence is important: the sheet metal covering the exposed side of the locomotive was undamaged, just as the sides and window panes of the railway coaches on the side toward the avalanche were intact. It is concluded from this evidence that jio shock load worthy of mentioning occurred when the avalanche front struck. According to testimony from the occupants of the first coach, which was transported the farthest, the incident took place very slowly. This testimony was verified by the nature of the injuries to the travelers, which generally were harmless and consisted mainly of scrapes and cuts, the last originating in part from breaking the windows to escape. The assumption previously deduced from the building damage at Blons, that the destructive process starts so slowly that the force actions can be estimated statically, has been verified by these statements. To tip the locomotive weighing force on its side, at least 51 tons es at least 18 tons or 300 kg/ m2. after being tipped, was pushed onto snow pressing underneath, the lifti tons or 660 kg/ m2. But, if it is a rolled on a snow cushion onto the r with the wheels upward, a force of ing it onto the ramp on the underly 120 tons, assuming a uniformly distributed or 850 kg/ m2 was required; to tip the coach- Under the extreme assumption that the coach, the ramp and only then was raised by the ng force would have amounted to at least 41 ssumed that the coach has been pushed or amp, which is indicated by the final position from 400 to 500 kg/ m2 is necessary for raising snow wedge at an angle of 45°. 13 |
