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Research article
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20 Oct 2015
Research article |
| 20 Oct 2015
Microstructure-based modeling of snow mechanics: a discrete element approach
P. Hagenmuller
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Météo-France – CNRS, CNRM-GAME, UMR 3589, CEN, 38400 Saint Martin d'Hères, France
Irstea, UR ETGR Erosion torrentielle, neige et avalanches, 38402 Saint Martin d'Hères, France
Université Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
G. Chambon
Irstea, UR ETGR Erosion torrentielle, neige et avalanches, 38402 Saint Martin d'Hères, France
Université Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
M. Naaim
Irstea, UR ETGR Erosion torrentielle, neige et avalanches, 38402 Saint Martin d'Hères, France
Université Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
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This paper deals with a mechanical model that exploits a granular description of the snow microstructure. Its originality is that the geometry of the snow grains and of the inter-granular bonding system are explicitly defined from microtomographic data. It enables to model large deformations controlled by grain-rearrangements, which is of particular interest to study the collapse of weak layers or the characterization of the snowpack with an indenter.
This paper deals with a mechanical model that exploits a granular description of the snow...
