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6 datasets found

  • A grain-size driven transition in the deformation mechanism in slow snow compression

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    We conducted consecutive loading-relaxation experiments at low strain rates to study the viscoplastic behavior of the intact ice matrix in snow. The experiments were conducted...

    Last updated: October 10, 2023

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    • ZIP
    • ice
    • microstructure
    • slow-snow-compression-experiments
    • snow-mechanics
    • x-ray-tomography
  • Fiber Bundle Model for snow failure and concurrent Acoustic Emissions

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    This dataset contains modeled and experimental results for laboratory snow failure experiments and the concurrent acoustic emissions signatures for different loading rates. For...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

    • ZIP
    • acoustic-emissions
    • fiber-bundle-model
    • sintering
    • snow
    • snow-avalanche
    • snow-failure
    • snow-mechanics
    • viscous-deformation
  • Compressive stick slip and snow-micro-quakes

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    Education, culture and sport

    When snow is compressed with a certain speed, micro-snowquakes are triggered in the porous structure of bonded crystals. The present dataset covers uniaxial compression experiments...

    Last updated: October 30, 2025

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    • compression-experiments
    • microstructure
    • snow
    • snow-mechanics
    • x-ray-tomography
  • Unconfined compression experiments and 3D CT images of spherical model snow and RG snow samples

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    For the investigation of microstructural and mechanical properties of snow unconfined compression experiments and 3D computed tomography (CT) imaging were performed on sintered...

    Last updated: October 30, 2025

    • TXT
    • SERVICE
    • 3d-ct-images
    • discrete-element-modelling
    • microstructure
    • snow-mechanics
    • spherical-model-snow
    • unconfined-compression-experiments
  • On the compressive strength of weak snow layers of depth hoar

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    Education, culture and sport

    This repository hosts the experimental data accompanying our publication, “On the compressive strength of weak snow layers of depth hoar,” featured in the Journal of...

    Last updated: November 17, 2025

    • CSV
    • depth-hoar
    • microstructure
    • slab-avalanche
    • snow
    • snow-mechanics
    • strength
  • The influence of snow microstructure on the compressive mechanical properties of weak snowpack layers

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    This repository hosts the experimental data accompanying our publication "The influence of snow microstructure on the compressive mechanical properties of weak snowpack layers"...

    Last updated: November 17, 2025

    • CSV
    • SERVICE
    • lab-experiment
    • snow
    • snow-avalanche
    • snow-mechanics
    • snow-microstructure