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The strength of snow in compression

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Subjectsnow loads; yield strength; compression; properties of materials
Abstract
The hardness observations taken in the Canadian Snow Survey are analysed and found to depend on snow density, temperature, and crystal size. This strength property of the snow is found to be highly variable and the variability is attributed to unstable bonding between individual snow grains.
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  • Journal of Glaciology 2, no. 20 (October 1956): 719–725.
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
IdentifierDBR-RP-29
NRC numberNRCC 3930
NRC-IRC-245
NPARC number20374684
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