Triaxial tests on snow at low strain rate. Part II. Constitutive behaviour

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 49, Issue 164, 2003, Pages 91-101

  Scapozza, Carlo ^a,b   Bartelt, Perry ^a  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; ICE MECHANICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; SNOW; STRAIN RATE; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TRIAXIAL TEST; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0345907922     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756503781830890     Document Type: Article

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