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In November 27, 2012, the Ploskii Tolbachik volcano activated. A channel in the form of a giant crack arose on the flank of the volcano, from which about 1200 tons of lava per second were effused. In this paper, a channel through which a magma reached the surface is simulated by a narrow rectangular hole. With the problem thus stated, the solution of the Navier—Stokes equation yields a formula for the lava inflow. Results for the lava inflow per second obtained with this formula are in satisfactory agreement with full-scale observations.
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V. K. Balkhanov, Yu. B. Bashkuev, and N. S. Zhatnuev, Tech. Phys. 56, 1359 (2011).
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Original Russian Text © V.K. Balkhanov, Yu.B. Bashkuev, 2015, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2015, Vol. 85, No. 8, pp. 145–146.
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Balkhanov, V.K., Bashkuev, Y.B. Eruption of the Ploskii Tolbachik volcano (Kamchatka-2012). Tech. Phys. 60, 1247–1248 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784215080034
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784215080034