Dynamic anticrack propagation in snow

J. Gaume; T. Gast; J. Teran; A. van Herwijnen; C. Jiang

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05181-w

Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Dynamic anticrack propagation in snow

J. Gaume,
T. Gast,
J. Teran,
A. van Herwijnen,
C. Jiang

Affiliations

J. Gaume: School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
T. Gast: Department of Mathematics, University of California
J. Teran: Department of Mathematics, University of California
A. van Herwijnen: WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF
C. Jiang: Jixie Effects

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05181-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Anticrack propagation in snow results from the mixed-mode failure and collapse of a buried weak layer and can lead to slab avalanches. Here, authors reproduce the complex dynamics of anticrack propagation observed in field experiments using a Material Point Method with large strain elastoplasticity.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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