Load-controlled test apparatus for snow

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 119-125

  Reiweger, Ingrid ^a   Schweizer, Jürg ^a   Ernst, Robert ^a,b   Dual, Jürg ^b  

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

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acoustic emissions; Avalanche; Mechanical properties; Particle image velocimetry; Snow; Strength

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC FAILURES; CONCENTRATION OF; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; CONTROLLED TESTS; COUNT RATES; DISPLACEMENT SENSOR; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FAILURE MECHANISM; LAYERED SAMPLE; LOADING EXPERIMENT; LOCAL DISPLACEMENT; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; SLAB AVALANCHES; SLOPE ANGLES; SNOW LAYER; SNOW SAMPLES; WEAK LAYER;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; AVALANCHE; FAILURE MECHANISM; ICE MECHANICS; LOADING; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; SNOW; STRAIN;

EID: 77952954453     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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