The failure of a weak snow layer buried below cohesive slab layers is a necessary, but
insufficient, condition for the release of a dry-snow slab avalanche. The size of the crack in …

Material failure is ubiquitous, with implications from geology to everyday life and material
science. It often involves sudden, unpredictable events, with little or no macroscopically …

Snow failure is the process by which the stability of snow or snow-covered slopes is
destroyed, resulting in the collapse or release of snow. Heavy snowfall, low temperatures …

The failure of a weak snow layer is the first in a series of processes involved in dry‐snow
slab avalanche release. The nature of the initial failure within the weak layer is not yet fully …

Our understanding of dry-snow slab avalanche release improved over the last decade–not
the least by consistently following a fracture mechanical approach. Whether we consider …

Observed snow stratigraphy and snow stability are of key importance for avalanche
forecasting. Such observations are rare and snow cover models can improve the spatial and …

In snow, acoustic emissions originate from the breaking of bonds between snow crystals and
the formation of cracks. Previous research has shown that acoustic signals emanate from a …

The failure of a weak snow layer underlying a cohesive slab is the primary step in the
release process of a dry snow slab avalanche. The complex and heterogeneous …

To investigate the ice resistance of an icebreaker under the influence of snow cover, two
series of tests, ie normal level ice and snow covered level ice, were performed with different …

In order to study the formation of the initial failure leading to dry‐snow slab avalanche
release, we performed loading experiments in a cold laboratory with natural samples …