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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1969-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1969-2015
Research article
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20 Oct 2015
Research article |  | 20 Oct 2015

Microstructure-based modeling of snow mechanics: a discrete element approach

P. Hagenmuller, G. Chambon, and M. Naaim

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This paper deals with a mechanical model that exploits a granular description of the snow microstructure. Its originality is that the geometry of the snow grains and of the inter-granular bonding system are explicitly defined from microtomographic data. It enables to model large deformations controlled by grain-rearrangements, which is of particular interest to study the collapse of weak layers or the characterization of the snowpack with an indenter.