Describing Snow Instability by Failure Initiation, Crack Propagation, and Slab Tensile Support
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DOI: 10.1029/2018gl078069
Abstract: Snow instability is a generic term describing the propensity of a snow slope to avalanche. In need of a concise mechanics-based concept we suggest a framework based on failure initiation, crack propagation, and slab tensile… read more here.
Keywords: instability; failure initiation; snow instability; crack propagation ... See more keywords