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Title: Slab Fractures during Dynamic Crack Propagation in Dry-Snow Slab Avalanches: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Francis Meloche, Bertil Trottet, Grégoire Bobillier, Johan Gaume; Description: Predicting the size of dry-snow slab avalanches remains difficult, limiting hazard assessment despite major advances in the understanding of crack ini...; Object ID: ISSW2026_O1.7.pdf; Keywords: slab fracture, crack propagation, avalanche size, release size index; View additional details about Slab Fractures during Dynamic Crack Propagation in Dry-Snow Slab Avalanches

Title: Numerical study of the feasibility of a downslope structure to limit avalanche size during avalanche control activity: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Francis Meloche, Ron Simenhois, Don Sharaf, Ethan Greene, Johan Gaume; Description: Avalanche defense structures in starting zones are effective, but they are also expensive and visually intrusive; as a result, many highway programs i...; Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.51.pdf; Keywords: crack arrest, avalanche mitigation structures, release size, numerical modelling, depth-averaged material-point-method.; View additional details about Numerical study of the feasibility of a downslope structure to limit avalanche size during avalanche control activity

Title: INFLUENCE OF SLAB DEPTH SPATIAL VARIABILITY ON THE PROBABILITY AND RELEASE SIZE OF SKIER-TRIGGERED AVALANCHES: Date: 2023-10-08; Authors: Francis Meloche, Louis Guillet, Francis Gauthier, Alexandre Langlois, Johan Gaume; Description: The spatial variability of snowpack properties can create uncertainty when assessing avalanche hazards. We suggest a combined mechanical-statistical a...; Object ID: ISSW2023_O2.04.pdf; Keywords: snow spatial variability, skier-triggering probability, avalanche release size; View additional details about INFLUENCE OF SLAB DEPTH SPATIAL VARIABILITY ON THE PROBABILITY AND RELEASE SIZE OF SKIER-TRIGGERED AVALANCHES

Title: WHAT COULD STOP DYNAMIC CRACK PROPAGATION IN DRY SNOW SLAB AVALANCHES?: Date: 2023-10-08; Authors: Francis Meloche, Grégoire Bobilier, Louis Guillet, Francis Gauthier, Alexandre Langlois, Johan Gaume; Description: Dry snow slab avalanches are difficult to predict. The release process of dry-snow slab avalanche begins with an initial failure within a buried weak ...; Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.57.pdf; Keywords: avalanche release size, dynamic crack propagation, crack arrest, dampm, material point method, weak layer, slab, fracture; View additional details about WHAT COULD STOP DYNAMIC CRACK PROPAGATION IN DRY SNOW SLAB AVALANCHES?