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Title: Testing a New Shear Loading Apparatus for In-Situ Studies of Weak Snow Layers
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Evgeny A. Podolskiy, Monica Barbero, Fabrizio Barpi, Mauro Borri-Brunetto, Oronzo Pallara, Barbara Frigo, Bernardino Chiaia, Guillaume Chambon, Mohamed Naaim
Description: Here we show preliminary results of shear tests carried out with a new shear test apparatus designed and constructed by Politecnico di Torino, DISEG (...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-27.pdf
Keywords: snow, mechanics, instrument, weak layer, avalanche
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Title: Geotechnical and Ecological Aspects of Locasing Snow Fields on the Urbanized Territory (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Yu. V. Gensiorovsky, V.A.Lobkina, N.N. Ukhova
Description: One of the difficult geological and environmental problems is the selection of the areas for the snow fields. At present, this problem is not solved s...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-36.pdf
Keywords: snow, snowy ground, yuzhno-sakhalinsk, snow clearing of streets, snow density, the amount of snow, the chemical composition of the soils, cation exchange capacity, particle size distribution, swelling, the degree of water saturation, soil
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Title: Shear Deformation of Radiation Recrystallized Near Surface Facets
Date: 2010
Authors: David J. Walters, Edward E. Adams, Patrick J. Staron, Ladean R. McKittrick
Description: A layer of radiation recrystallized near surface facets was produced in a controlled environmental chamber at Montana State University. Environmental...
Object ID: ISSW_O-015.pdf
Keywords: radiation recrystallization, shear, strain, optical, mechanics, snow
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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
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Title: Associations Between Shear Strength of a Buried Surface Hoar Layer and Stratigraphic, Topographic and Vegetation Characteristics on a “Uniform” Slope
Date: Unknown
Authors: Eric Lutz, Karl W. Birkeland, Martin Schneebeli, Kathy J. Hansen, Kalle Kronholm
Description: Extended Abstract. In this study we quantify 1) changes in spatial and aspatial characteristics of the shear strength of a buried surface hoar layer,...
Object ID: issw-2006-027-028.pdf
Keywords: shear strength, snow stratigraphy, snow microstructure, slope uniformity
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Title: Relating Wet Loose Snow Avalanching to Surficial Shear Strength
Date: 2006
Authors: Simon Trautman, Eric Lutz, Karl W. Birkeland, Stephan G. Custer
Description: Wet loose snow avalanches are a significant hazard within many ski areas. Wet snow stability changes dramatically over short time periods which typic...
Object ID: issw-2006-071-078.pdf
Keywords: wet snow, shear strength, wet avalanche
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Title: Shear Strength of Natural and Artificial Depth Hoar Layers
Date: 2006
Authors: Osamu Abe, Junrong Xu, Jian Liu, Hiroyuki Hirashima, Shigeto Mochizuki, Satoru Yamaguchi, Takeshi Sato, Atsushi Sato
Description: Many data on shear strength and density of natural depth hoar layers were collected from Japan, west China and Alaska. Snow metamorphism experiments u...
Object ID: issw-2006-007-014.pdf
Keywords: shear strength, depth hoar, avalanche occurrence
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Title: Evolving Shear Strength, Stability and Snowpack Properties in Storm Snow
Date: 2006
Authors: Catherine Brown, Bruce Jamieson
Description: There is a lack of measurements on the rapidly changing mechanical and physical properties of non-persistent instabilities in storm snow. Given the i...
Object ID: issw-2006-015-021.pdf
Keywords: non-persistent weak layers, storm snow, shear strength, stability indices
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Title: Associations Between Shear Strength of a Buried Surface Hoar Layer and Stratigraphic, Topographic and Vegetation Characteristics on a “Uniform” Slope
Date: 2006
Authors: Eric Lutz, Karl W. Birkeland, Martin Schneebeli, Kathy J. Hansen, Kalle Kronholm
Description: In this study we quantify 1) changes in spatial and aspatial characteristics of the shear strength of a buried surface hoar layer, and 2) identify ch...
Object ID: issw-2006-027-028.pdf
Keywords: shear strength, snow stratigraphy, snow microstructure, slope uniformity
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Title: Relating Wet Loose Snow Avalanching to Surficial Shear Strength
Date: 2006
Authors: Simon Trautman, Eric Lutz, Karl W. Birkeland, Stephan G. Custer
Description: Wet loose snow avalanches are a significant hazard within many ski areas. Wet snow stability changes dramatically over short time periods which typic...
Object ID: issw-2006-071-078.pdf
Keywords: wet snow, shear strength, wet avalanche
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Title: Study of Layered Snow Under Shear and Tension
Date: 2006
Authors: S.K.Joshi, P.Mahajan, Agraj Upadhyay
Description: Natural avalanche release involves the failure by both tension and shear. Clear illustration of this failure phenomenon individually or as a combinat...
Object ID: issw-2006-165-173.pdf
Keywords: tensile failure, shear failure, layered snow, interface, fine grained snow, melt- freeze snow
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Title: Glacier Snow Bridge Mechanics
Date: 2006
Authors: Rick R. Rochelle, Rodger D. Rochelle, PE
Description: The vocabulary of avalanche mechanics is useful in describing the mechanics of glacier snow bridges. We calculate the forces involved in isotropic sno...
Object ID: issw-2006-193-202.pdf
Keywords: snow bridge, glacier, shear, tension, flexure, toughness
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Title: On Avalanche Measurements at the Norwegian Full-Scale Test-Site Ryggfonn
Date: 2006
Authors: Peter Gauer, Karstein Lied, Krister Kristensen
Description: Avalanche measurements and observations that were carried out at the Ryggfonn test site, Norway, on 16 April 2005 are analyzed. The data include pulse...
Object ID: issw-2006-086-091.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, full-scale measurements, velocity, acceleration, impact pressure, shear stress
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Title: Correlating Snow Micro-Structure with Snow Shear Strength
Date: 2004
Authors: Eric R. Lutz, Karl W. Birkeland, Kalle Kronholm, Kathy Hansen, Richard Aspinall
Description: Extended Abstract. Researchers and avalanche forecasters have used an array of probes over the years to quickly analyze snow structure with the goal ...
Object ID: ISSW-2004-008.pdf
Keywords: snow microstructure, shear strength, stability, persistent weak layer
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Title: Temporal Changes in the Spatial Variability of Shear Strength and Stability
Date: 2004
Authors: Spencer Logan, Karl Birkeland, Kalle Kronholm, Kathy Hansen
Description: Avalanche forecasting involves the prediction of spatial and temporal variability of the snowpack. To predict avalanches with more accuracy it is impo...
Object ID: ISSW-2004-009.pdf
Keywords: spatial variability, avalanches, avalanche forecasting, temporal change
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