Review of compressed snow mechanics: Testing methods

dc.contributor.authorShenvi, Mohit Nitinen
dc.contributor.authorSandu, Corinaen
dc.contributor.authorUntaroiu, Costin D.en
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-13T14:29:55Zen
dc.date.available2023-02-13T14:29:55Zen
dc.date.issued2022-04en
dc.description.abstractSnow is a complex material that is difficult to characterize especially due to its high compressibility and temperature-sensitive nonlinear viscoelasticity. Snow mechanics has been intensively investigated by avalanche and army researchers for decades. However, fewer research studies were published for the compacted snow, defined as snow with a density in a range of 370–560 kg/m3. This review focuses on the various testing methods that are used especially to characterize the behavior of compacted snow under compressive and shear loading. The working principles, inherent assumptions, and advantages/disadvantages of the devices are summarized. In addition, some of the important material properties of snow like density, elastic modulus, etc., and their measurement is highlighted. Lastly, a correlation of the testing methods to commonly used approaches in modeling snow is presented. Overall, we believe that this study can help to better understand the existing test data related to compacted snow and guide future testing in this field.en
dc.description.versionAccepted versionen
dc.format.extentPages 25-37en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationShenvi, M. N., Sandu, C., and Untaroiu, C.. "Review of compressed snow mechanics: Testing methods." Journal of Terramechanics, Volume 100, April 2022, Pages 25-37, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jterra.2021.11.006en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jterra.2021.11.006en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/113811en
dc.identifier.volume100en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.subjectCompacted snowen
dc.subjectSnow testingen
dc.subjectSnow material propertiesen
dc.subjectSnow material modelsen
dc.titleReview of compressed snow mechanics: Testing methodsen
dc.title.serialJournal of Terramechanicsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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