International Snow Science Workshop Proceedings - Montana State University Library

skip navigation

Digital Collections Home

Your search for Keyword "dry-snow"resulted in 22 records.

Title: A GUIDANCE FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF PROPAGATION SAW TESTS
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Philipp L. Rosendahl, Valentin Adam, Stephan Harvey, Bastian Bergfeld, Florian Rheinschmidt, Melin D. E. Walet, Jakob Schöttner, Alec van Herwijnen, Philipp Weißgraeber
Description: Assessing snowpack stability is crucial for determining the avalanche danger level. In this context, the propagation saw test is a valuable tool, thou...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O3.4.pdf
Keywords: dry-snow slab avalanches, fracture toughness, stability test, propagation saw test, propagation probability, real-time application
View additional details about A GUIDANCE FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF PROPAGATION SAW TESTS

Title: EXPANDING THE KNOWLEDGE OF WEAK-LAYER FRACTURE INTO CROSS-SLOPE DIRECTION
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Florian Rheinschmidt, Valentin Adam, Bastian Bergfeld, Melin D. E. Walet, Jakob Schöttner, Philipp Weißgraeber, Alec van Herwijnen, Philipp L. Rosendahl
Description: Fracture toughness, a critical material parameter for assessing resistance to crack growth, has been extensively studied in weak snow layers for mode ...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O3.5.pdf
Keywords: dry-snow slab avalanches, fracture toughness, cross-slope-propagation, out-of-plane loading, weak snow layers
View additional details about EXPANDING THE KNOWLEDGE OF WEAK-LAYER FRACTURE INTO CROSS-SLOPE DIRECTION

Title: ASYMMETRICAL THREE-POINT BEND TEST FOR INVESTIGATING MIXED-MODE FRACTURE TOUGHNESS IN WELL-BONDED SNOW
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Valentin Adam, Florian Rheinschmidt, Melin D. E. Walet, Jakob Schöttner, Dr.-Ing. Bastian Bergfeld, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Philipp Weißgraeber, Dr. Alec van Herwijnen, Dr.-Ing. Philipp L. Rosendahl
Description: Slab fracture plays a crucial role in the release of dry-snow slab avalanches, affecting the size of the release area. However, there is a lack of fr...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P3.16.pdf
Keywords: dry-snow slab avalanches, fracture toughness, mixed-mode loading, slab fracture, bending test, finite element analysis
View additional details about ASYMMETRICAL THREE-POINT BEND TEST FOR INVESTIGATING MIXED-MODE FRACTURE TOUGHNESS IN WELL-BONDED SNOW

Title: A FIELD TEST FOR THE MIXED-MODE FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF WEAK LAYERS
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Valentin Adam, Bastian Bergfeld, Florian Rheinschmidt, Melin D. E. Walet, Jakob Schöttner, Philipp Weißgraeber, Alec van Herwijnen, Philipp L. Rosendahl
Description: The triggering mechanisms of dry snow slab avalanches are subjected to a mixed-mode loading scenario driven by different dynamic loading conditions an...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O16.05.pdf
Keywords: dry-snow slab avalanches, fracture toughness, anticrack propagation, mixed-mode loading, weak snow layers
View additional details about A FIELD TEST FOR THE MIXED-MODE FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF WEAK LAYERS

Title: SUPERSHEAR CRACK PROPAGATION IN SNOW SLAB AVALANCHE RELEASE: NEW INSIGHTS FROM NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS AND FIELD MEASUREMENTS
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Grégoire Bobillier, Bertil Trottet, Bastian Bergfeld, Ron Simenhois, Alec van Herwijnen, Jürg Schweizer, Johan Gaume
Description: The release process of dry-snow slab avalanches begins with a localized failure within a porous, weak snow layer that lies beneath a cohesive slab. Su...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O2.01.pdf
Keywords: supershear crack propagation, numerical modeling, dry-snow slab avalanche release
View additional details about SUPERSHEAR CRACK PROPAGATION IN SNOW SLAB AVALANCHE RELEASE: NEW INSIGHTS FROM NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS AND FIELD MEASUREMENTS

Title: Modelling the propagation saw test with discrete elements
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Grégoire Bobillier, Johan Gaume, Alec van Herwijnen, Jürg Dual, Jürg Schweizer
Description: Dry-snow slab avalanche release is a multi-scale fracture process. It starts with the formation of a localized failure in a highly porous weak snow la...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P10.23.pdf
Keywords: dry-snow slab avalanche, discrete element method, crack propagation
View additional details about Modelling the propagation saw test with discrete elements

Title: Thermal Temperature in Avalanche Flow
Date: 2012
Authors: Cesar Vera Valero, Thomas Feistl, Walter Steinkogler, Othmar Buser, Perry Bartelt
Description: The thermal temperature of snow greatly influences the flow behaviour of avalanches. It is even common to implicitly characterize avalanche flow with ...
Object ID: issw-2012-032-037.pdf
Keywords: wet-snow avalanche, dry snow avalanche, temperature environment, snowpack temperature
View additional details about Thermal Temperature in Avalanche Flow

Title: How Snow Fails
Date: 2010
Authors: Ingrid Reiweger, Jürg Schweizer
Description: Dry-snow slab avalanches start with a failure in a weak layer below a cohesive slab. Avalanche release models start with an initial crack which may pr...
Object ID: ISSW_O-039.pdf
Keywords: dry-snow slab, cohesive slab, surface hoar
View additional details about How Snow Fails

Title: On Surface Warming and Snow Instability
Date: 2010
Authors: Jürg Schweizer, Bruce Jamieson
Description: Warming is believed to be one of the most prominent causes of snow instability – although experimental evidence is rare. We know that – ...
Object ID: ISSW_P-058.pdf
Keywords: surface warming, slab avalanches, dry-snow, near-surface layers
View additional details about On Surface Warming and Snow Instability

Title: Fracture Energy of Weak Snowpack Layers
Date: 2010
Authors: Jürg Schweizer, Alec van Herwijnen, Benjamin Reuter
Description: Recent experimental and theoretical work has provided new insight into weak layer fracture in view of dry-snow slab avalanche release. The two main pa...
Object ID: ISSW_P-079.pdf
Keywords: snowpack layers, fracture, dry snow
View additional details about Fracture Energy of Weak Snowpack Layers

Title: Some Insights Into Fracture Propagation in Weak Snowpack Layers
Date: 2010
Authors: Joachim Heierli, Alec van Herwijnen, Peter Gumbsch, Michael Zaiser
Description: Dry snow slab avalanches form when fracture, once initiated in a weak snowpack layer, propagates over large distances, progressively debonding a vast ...
Object ID: ISSW_P-078.pdf
Keywords: dry snow, weak snowpack layers, fracture
View additional details about Some Insights Into Fracture Propagation in Weak Snowpack Layers

Title: Force-Controlled Shear Experiments With Snow Samples
Date: 2009
Authors: Ingrid Reiweger, Robert Ernst, Jürg Schweizer, Jürg Dual
Description: Natural dry-snow slab avalanches start with a failure within a weak snow layer. In order to understand the mechanical behaviour and the failure mechan...
Object ID: issw-2009-0120-0123.pdf
Keywords: snow mechanical properties, shear strength, acoustic emission, dry-snow slab avalanche, piv
View additional details about Force-Controlled Shear Experiments With Snow Samples

Title: Measurement of Dynamic Water-Entry Value for Dry Snow
Date: 2009
Authors: Takafumi Katsushima, Satoru Yamaguchi, Toshiro Kumakura, Atsushi Sato
Description: In soil physics, many people have discussed about mechanisms of developing preferential flow based on porous media hydraulics. In snow science, there ...
Object ID: issw-2009-0248-0251.pdf
Keywords: preferential flow, water-entry value, homogeneous dry snow
View additional details about Measurement of Dynamic Water-Entry Value for Dry Snow

Title: Comparison of Velocities of the Dry and Wet Snow Avalanches at Makunosawa Valley in Myoko, Japan
Date: 2002
Authors: Y. Takeuchi, K Yamanoi, Y. Endo, S. Murakami, S. Niwano, S. Watanabe, K Izumi, T. Takeshi
Description: Large-scale natural avalanches of dry and wet snow were occurred at Makunosawa valley in Myoko, Japan. The both avalanches started in the same zone an...
Object ID: issw-2002-008-012.pdf
Keywords: avalanche velocity, dry snow avalanche, wet snow avalanche, makunosawa valley
View additional details about Comparison of Velocities of the Dry and Wet Snow Avalanches at Makunosawa Valley in Myoko, Japan

Title: Study of an Avalanche in the Northeastern Part of Japan - The Estimated Intensity of an Avalanche by Destroyed Trees
Date: 2000
Authors: Oohara Hideki
Description: An avalanche occurred at the foot on the south slope of Mt. Yakeishi in 1997. The avalanche started at an altitude of 1,1 OOm. The debris point was at...
Object ID: issw-2000-481-485.pdf
Keywords: dry snow avalanche, destroyed trees, intensity of avalanche
View additional details about Study of an Avalanche in the Northeastern Part of Japan - The Estimated Intensity of an Avalanche by Destroyed Trees