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4 datasets found

  • Data set on snow instability

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    These data on snow instability include three data subsets that were analyzed and the results published by Reuter and Schweizer (2018) who suggest a novel framework on how to...

    Last updated: February 2, 2020

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    • PDF
    • avalanche-forcasting
    • crack-propagation
    • failure-initiation
    • propgatoin-saw-test
    • rutschblock
    • slab
    • slab-tensile-support
    • snow-avalanche
    • snow-stability-evaluation
    • weak-layer
  • 3D_Snow_Models

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    The dataset contains several snow models in the Standard Tesselated Geometry File Format (stl) for 3D visualization, printing and additive manufacturing. Different snow types are...

    Last updated: January 5, 2023

    • XLS
    • ZIP
    • 3d-model
    • 3d-print
    • depth-hoar
    • new-snow
    • rounded-snow
    • snow
    • snow-cast
    • weak-layer
  • Compilation of normalized crack propagation speeds

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    Compilation of normalized crack-propagation speeds (expressed as a fraction of the slab shear-wave speed).

    The dataset contains crack-propagation speeds from DEM simulations (79...

    Last updated: October 28, 2025

    • TXT
    • OCTET
    • crack-propagation
    • crack-speed
    • dry-snow-avalanche
    • field-data
    • numerical-simulations
    • weak-layer
  • Sub-Rayleigh to supershear fracture transition in long Propagation Saw Tests

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    This dataset contains the experimental results described in Bergfeld et al. (2025). It includes three Propagation Saw Test (PST) experiments, each approximately 9 m long, performed...

    Last updated: November 6, 2025

    • TIFF
    • OCTET
    • PDF
    • crack-propagation
    • crack-speed
    • dry-snow-avalanche
    • snow
    • weak-layer