Size independence of the strength of snow

Helmut O K Kirchner, Herwig Peterlik, G Michot

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    Abstract

    The mechanical reliability of 600 randomly taken snow samples was studied. The scale parameter evaluated by the maximum likelihood method increases nearly quadratically with the density of snow but is independent of size and shape of the specimen. It was found that there is no size dependence of the strength of snow. It was also found that Weibull parameter was independent of density, size, and shape of the snow sample.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number011306
    Number of pages8
    JournalPhysical Review E
    Volume69
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2004

    Austrian Fields of Science 2012

    • 1030 Physics, Astronomy

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