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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
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Title: Observer Independent Measures of Snow Instability
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Benjamin Reuter, Jürg Schweizer, Alec van Herwijnen
Description: Observer independent measures of snow instability are a prerequisite for modeling, verifying and improving avalanche forecasts. However, presently no ...
Object ID: ISSW16_O17.02.pdf
Keywords: snow instability, avalanche forecasting, snow micro-penetrometer, avalanche initiation, crack propagation, tensile strength, finite element modeling
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Title: Vulnerability of a Reinforced Concrete Wall Loaded by a Snow Avalanche: Experimental Testing and FEM Analysis
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Ousset I., Bertrand D., Brun M., Limam A., Naaïm M.
Description: In 1999 and 2006, in the Chamonix valley (France,74), a protective device dedicated to deflect and stop snow avalanches was partially destroyed. Exper...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-65.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche defense structure, reinforced concrete, civil engineering, finite element method, vulnerability
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Title: Finite Element Models and Sensitivity Analysis of the Vulnerability of an Avalanche Protection Gallery
Date: 2009
Authors: Dominique Daudon, Julien Baroth, Patrycja Szczurowska, Ma Ying, Pascal Perrotin
Description: Our research work has focused on the Montaulever avalanche protection gallery. Horizontal and vertical structural elements are modelled herein using ...
Object ID: issw-2009-0587-0591.pdf
Keywords: avalanche protection gallery, finite element model, probabilistic sensitivity study
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Title: Interfacial Crack Velocities in a Snow Slab – Numerical Simulation
Date: 2006
Authors: P. Mahajan, S.K. Joshi
Description: A snow pack consists of weak layers embedded in strong layers. The interface bond between a weak layer and layers in between which it is sandwiched m...
Object ID: issw-2006-092-100.pdf
Keywords: cohesive zone, dynamic crack growth, weak layer, snow, finite element
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Title: Modeling the Interface Between Two Layers of Snow
Date: 2002
Authors: H.P. Marshall
Description: Although dry slab avalanches in maritime climates can occur due to failure within a layer, avalanches in more continental climates are often caused by...
Object ID: issw-2002-314-322.pdf
Keywords: snow slope stability, finite element modeling, weak layers, interfaces
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