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3 datasets found

  • Unconfined compression experiments and 3D CT images of spherical model snow and RG snow samples

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    Education, culture and sport

    For the investigation of microstructural and mechanical properties of snow unconfined compression experiments and 3D computed tomography (CT) imaging were performed on sintered...

    Last updated: December 16, 2020

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    • snow-mechanics
    • microstructure
    • spherical-model-snow
    • 3d-ct-images
    • unconfined-compression-experiments
    • discrete-element-modelling
  • Modeling snow failure with DEM

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    Education, culture and sport

    This data set includes the modeling results described in the research article by Bobiller et al. (2020). All the figures in the article can be reproduced with the data provided.

    Last updated: April 20, 2022

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    • snow
    • snow-micro-mechanics
    • snow-failure
    • snow-avalanche
    • discrete-element-modelling
  • Angle of repose experiments with natural and spherical snow

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    Education, culture and sport

    Angle of repose experiments were performed with different snow types at temperatures between -2 and -40°C. They were used to examine granular snow dynamics on the grain-scale with...

    Last updated: April 22, 2020

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    • granular-snow
    • angle-of-repose
    • grain-shape
    • discrete-element-modelling
    • fast-sintering