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Research article
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05 Aug 2014
Research article |
| 05 Aug 2014
The influence of edge effects on crack propagation in snow stability tests
E. H. Bair
US Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH, USA
Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
R. Simenhois
Southeast Alaska Avalanche Center, Juneau, AK, USA
A. van Herwijnen
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland
K. Birkeland
USDA Forest Service National Avalanche Center, Bozeman, MT, USA
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- The effect of propagation saw test geometries on critical cut length B. Bergfeld et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-321-2025
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- Modeling snow slab avalanches caused by weak-layer failure – Part 2: Coupled mixed-mode criterion for skier-triggered anticracks P. Rosendahl & P. Weißgraeber https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-131-2020
- Temporal evolution of crack propagation characteristics in a weak snowpack layer: conditions of crack arrest and sustained propagation B. Bergfeld et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-293-2023
- Micromechanical modeling of snow failure G. Bobillier et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-39-2020
- Using video detection of snow surface movements to estimate weak layer crack propagation speeds R. Simenhois et al. https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2023.36
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- Dynamic crack propagation in weak snowpack layers: insights from high-resolution, high-speed photography B. Bergfeld et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3539-2021
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- Dynamic Process of Dry Snow Slab Avalanche Formation: Theory, Experiment and Numerical Simulation P. Yue et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences15060201
- Signatures of the sub-Rayleigh to supershear fracture transition in snow avalanche experiments B. Bergfeld et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65825-6
- Stress Concentrations in Weak Snowpack Layers and Conditions for Slab Avalanche Release J. Gaume et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078900
- Modeling of crack propagation in weak snowpack layers using the discrete element method J. Gaume et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1915-2015
- Temporal evolution of crack propagation propensity in snow in relation to slab and weak layer properties J. Schweizer et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2637-2016
- Temporal changes in the mechanical properties of snow related to crack propagation after loading K. Birkeland et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2018.11.007
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