Fracture toughness of snow in tension

Authors
Kirchner, HOK Michot, G Suzuki, T
Citation
Hok. Kirchner et al., Fracture toughness of snow in tension, PHIL MAG A, 80(5), 2000, pp. 1265-1272
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE A-PHYSICS OF CONDENSED MATTER STRUCTURE DEFECTS ANDMECHANICAL PROPERTIES
ISSN journal
13642804 → ACNP
Volume
80
Issue
5
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1265 - 1272
Database
ISI
SICI code
1364-2804(200005)80:5<1265:FTOSIT>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Notched cantilever beams of snow were broken under their own weight to dete rmine the fracture toughness of snow with densities between 100 kg m(-3) an d 540 kg m(-3). It varies with the relative density according to K-Ic = 7.8 4 (rho(snow)/rho(ice))(2.3) kPa m(1/2). Snow in tension is one of the most brittle materials known to man.