Stochastic reconstruction of the microstructure of equilibrium form snow and computation of effective elastic properties

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 56, Issue 197, 2010, Pages 405-414

  Yuan, Hongyan ^a   Lee, Jonah H ^a   Guilkey, James E ^b  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC PROPERTY; GRAIN SIZE; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SNOW; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 77956954211     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214310792447770     Document Type: Article

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