Rock glacier dynamics by a thermo-elastic-viscoplastic constitutive relationship
As a result of mountain permafrost creep, rock glaciers are common features in high-altitude periglacial areas. From a practical point of view, beyond their localization and inventorying, both the monitoring and prediction of their evolution due to climate changes are crucial. One of the effects of...
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ftpolimilanoiris:oai:re.public.polimi.it:11311/1188771 2024-02-11T10:07:52+01:00 Rock glacier dynamics by a thermo-elastic-viscoplastic constitutive relationship S. Alberti L. Flessati Alberti, S. Flessati, L. 2021 http://hdl.handle.net/11311/1188771 https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences11100417 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000717018600001 volume:11 issue:10 firstpage:1 lastpage:15 numberofpages:15 journal:GEOSCIENCES http://hdl.handle.net/11311/1188771 doi:10.3390/geosciences11100417 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85117189421 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Climate change Mountain permafrost Rock glacier info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2021 ftpolimilanoiris https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences11100417 2024-01-17T17:58:33Z As a result of mountain permafrost creep, rock glaciers are common features in high-altitude periglacial areas. From a practical point of view, beyond their localization and inventorying, both the monitoring and prediction of their evolution due to climate changes are crucial. One of the effects of climate change is the thickening of the basal shear zone (the portion of the rock glacier where most deformations are localized), eventually leading to the development of unexpected and unprecedented (in terms of location, magnitude, frequency, and timing) instability phenomena. These phenomena bear consequences for the understanding of landscape evolution, natural hazards, and the safe and sustainable operation of high-mountain infrastructures. Most of the studies about active rock glaciers are focused on the analysis of monitoring data, while just a few studies are focused on modeling their behavior to understand their possible further evolution. The active rock glacier response is characterized by a viscous (rate-dependent) behavior, influenced by seasonal temperature oscillations, and characterized by a seasonal transition from slow to fast. In this work, a new thermo-mechanical model based on the delayed plasticity theory and calibrated on experimental results is proposed. The model is employed to evaluate the influence of geometry and forcing (air temperature) on a real rock glacier (Murtèl-Corvatsch rock glacier) creep behavior Article in Journal/Newspaper permafrost RE.PUBLIC@POLIMI - Research Publications at Politecnico di Milano Geosciences 11 10 417 |
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As a result of mountain permafrost creep, rock glaciers are common features in high-altitude periglacial areas. From a practical point of view, beyond their localization and inventorying, both the monitoring and prediction of their evolution due to climate changes are crucial. One of the effects of climate change is the thickening of the basal shear zone (the portion of the rock glacier where most deformations are localized), eventually leading to the development of unexpected and unprecedented (in terms of location, magnitude, frequency, and timing) instability phenomena. These phenomena bear consequences for the understanding of landscape evolution, natural hazards, and the safe and sustainable operation of high-mountain infrastructures. Most of the studies about active rock glaciers are focused on the analysis of monitoring data, while just a few studies are focused on modeling their behavior to understand their possible further evolution. The active rock glacier response is characterized by a viscous (rate-dependent) behavior, influenced by seasonal temperature oscillations, and characterized by a seasonal transition from slow to fast. In this work, a new thermo-mechanical model based on the delayed plasticity theory and calibrated on experimental results is proposed. The model is employed to evaluate the influence of geometry and forcing (air temperature) on a real rock glacier (Murtèl-Corvatsch rock glacier) creep behavior |
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Rock glacier dynamics by a thermo-elastic-viscoplastic constitutive relationship |
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Rock glacier dynamics by a thermo-elastic-viscoplastic constitutive relationship |
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Rock glacier dynamics by a thermo-elastic-viscoplastic constitutive relationship |
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Rock glacier dynamics by a thermo-elastic-viscoplastic constitutive relationship |
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