The Role of Stress Concentration in Slab Avalanche Release
Abstract Slab avalanches are shown to be released by brittle fracture. An analogy is drawn in which the snow-pack is considered to be a macroscopic, molecular model of glass. The analogy is examined qualitatively from two viewpoints: the Griffith fracture criterion, and stress concentration theory....
Published in: | Journal of Glaciology |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1969
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000027039 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000027039 |