Continuum numerical modeling of dynamic crack propagation has been a great challenge
over the past decade. This is particularly the case for anticracks in porous materials, as …

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 …

A snow slab avalanche releases after failure initiation and crack propagation in a highly
porous weak snow layer buried below a cohesive slab. While our knowledge of crack …

Snow slab avalanches, characterized by a distinct, broad fracture line, are released
following anticrack propagation in highly porous weak snow layers buried below cohesive …

Snow slab avalanches start with a failure in a weak snow layer buried below a cohesive
snow slab. After failure, the very porous character of the weak layer leads to its volumetric …

Snow is a highly porous material with properties that may strongly differ depending on the
environmental conditions. On slopes, the layered snowpack may fail and avalanches occur …

Dry-snow slab avalanches are generally caused by a sequence of fracture processes
including (1) failure initiation in a weak snow layer underlying a cohesive slab,(2) crack …

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 …

The criteria for zoning the surface fault rupture hazard (SFRH) along thrust faults are defined
by analysing the characteristics of the areas of coseismic surface faulting in thrust …

For a slab avalanche to release, the system, consisting of a weak layer below a cohesive
slab, must facilitate crack propagation over large distances–a process we call dynamic crack …