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Dynamic anticrack propagation in snow

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Gaume, J., Gast, T., Teran, J., van Herwijnen, A., Jiang, C.·2018·Nature Communications
DOI 10.1038/s41467-018-05181-wPMC PMC6076253
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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 reported in sedimentary rocks, deep earthquakes, landslides, and snow avalanches, as material inter-penetration further complicates the problem. Here, on the basis of a new elastoplasticity model for porous cohesive materials and a large strain hybrid Eulerian–Lagrangian numerical method, we accurately reproduced the onset and propagation dynamics of anticracks observed in snow fracture experiments. The key ingredient consists of a modified strain-softening plastic flow rule that captures the complexity of porous materials under mixed-mode loading accounting for the interplay between cohesion loss and volumetric collapse. Our unified model represents a significant step forward as it simulates solid-fluid phase transitions in geomaterials which is of paramount importance to mitigate and forecast gravitational hazards.

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  • Three-dimensional numerical simulations based on the Material Point Method and finite-strain elastoplasticity show that the small-slab avalanche impacted the hikers lying on the tent floor and filled the excavated space but did not have a significant runout, consistent with the reported lack of clear avalanche signs.

    “Three-dimensional numerical simulations based on the Material Point Method (MPM) and finite-strain elastoplasticity 19 (see Methods) show that this small-slab avalanche impacted the hikers lying on the tent floor and filled the excavated space but did not have a significant runout, consistent with the reported lack of clear avalanche signs (Fig. 5).”

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Authors
Gaume, J., Gast, T., Teran, J., van Herwijnen, A., & Jiang, C.
Affiliations
  • WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF (CH)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • University of Pennsylvania (US)
Corresponding author
Gaume, J.
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Nature Communications
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2018-08-03
Volume
9
Issue
1
Pages
3047-3047
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1038/s41467-018-05181-w
PMC
PMC6076253
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W2887575682
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173
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Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (IZK0Z2_174275, PZ00P2_161329)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanics of Materials › Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanics of Materials › Numerical methods in engineering
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanics of Materials › High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior
Keywords
combined loading, cohesion loss, solid-fluid phase transition, avalanches, continuum model

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