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🌋 Volcanic Eruption Column: Plinian Rise Height, Mass Flux and the Collapse Threshold

How high does an eruption column rise, and when does it collapse into pyroclastic flows? A steady 1-D integral plume model with entrainment, mixture density and energy balance in a standard atmosphere, checked against Mastin and Morton-Taylor-Turner scalings.

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How high does an eruption column rise, and when does it collapse into pyroclastic flows? A steady 1-D integral plume model with air entrainment, mixture density and an energy balance in a standard atmosphere, checked against Mastin and Morton-Taylor-Turner scalings.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install