Ice sintering: Dependence of sintering force on temperature, load, duration, and particle size

H Bahaloo, T Eidevåg, P Gren, J Casselgren… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We present experiments along with an approximate, semi-analytic, close-form solution to
predict ice sintering force as a function of temperature, contact load, contact duration, and …

A discrete element framework for modeling the mechanical behaviour of snow—Part I: Mechanical behaviour and numerical model

BW Kabore, B Peters, M Michael, F Nicot - Granular Matter, 2021 - Springer
A framework for investigating the mechanics of snow is proposed based on an advanced
micro-scale approach. Varying strain rates, densities and temperatures are taken into …

A study of the compressive mechanical properties of defect-free, porous and sintered water-ice at low and high strain rates

RS Potter, JM Cammack, CH Braithwaite, PD Church… - Icarus, 2020 - Elsevier
The dynamic strength of distilled water ice, porous distilled water ice and sintered ice
powder have been measured in uniaxial compression at a range of temperatures from 173 …

[HTML][HTML] Peridynamic modeling of the micromechanical response of snow under high strain rates

B West, T Hodgdon, D O'Connor, J Parno… - Cold Regions Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Modeling the mechanical response of snow is a challenge due to the wide range of
properties and conditions that impact the mechanics, such as temperature, loading …

[PDF][PDF] Ice spheres in snow mechanics: microstructural analyses, experiments, and simulations

C Willibald - 2021 - research-collection.ethz.ch
Snow fascinates with its tiny crystals of marvelous beauty that together can change our
landscape overnight. Why can we build a snowman on one day but not on another day …

[PDF][PDF] Extracting sintered snow properties from microCT imagery to initialize a discrete element method model

TS Hodgdon, BA West, JT Parno, TW Letcher… - 2022 - erdc-library.erdc.dren.mil
Modeling snow's mechanical behavior is important for many cold regions engineering
problems. Because snow's microstructure plays a significant role in its mechanical response …