Modeling of crack propagation in weak snowpack layers using the discrete element method
Dry-snow slab avalanches are generally caused by a sequence of fracture processes including (1) failure initiation in a weak snow layer underlying a cohesive slab, (2) crack propagation within the weak layer and (3) tensile fracture through the slab which leads to its detachment. During the past dec...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2015-10-01
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| Series: | The Cryosphere |
| Online Access: | http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/1915/2015/tc-9-1915-2015.pdf |