Measurement of crack-face friction in collapsed weak snow layers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Van Herwijnen, A ^a   Heierli, J ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FRICTION ANGLES; FRICTIONAL CONTACT; NORMAL STRESS; PER UNIT; SLIDING PLANES; SNOW LAYER; WEAK LAYER;

CRACKS; DEBRIS; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK; SHEAR STRENGTH; TRIBOLOGY;

FRICTION;

DEBRIS AVALANCHE; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; FRICTION; GRANULAR MEDIUM; SHEAR STRENGTH; SNOWPACK;

EID: 72049100095     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040389     Document Type: Article

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