The Effect of Slab and Bed Surface Stiffness on the Skier-Induced Shear Stress in Weak Snowpack Layers
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Abstract
A finite element model was developed to simulate a snowpack with localized surface loading\nof a skier on a slab of varying stiffness overlaying a thin, weak layer. The goals of this study were (1) to\ndetermine the effect of average slab thickness on stress concentrations in the underlying weak layer, and\n(2) to determine the effect of the stiffness of the slab and the bed surface under the weak layer on stress\nwithin the weak layer. The model simulates a snowpack with a slab varying from 0.1 to 0.7 m thick, and\nwith stiffness ratios between the Young’s modulus for the slab, weak layer and bed surface varying from 1\nto 25. The two-dimensional model assumes snow behaves as a linear-elastic, compressible material, and\nthat a static skier load is applied. The model results for a homogeneous snowpack had peak stresses\nwithin 2.5% of the analytical solution for a strip load. The effect of average slab stiffness on the shear\nstress within the weak layer was assessed by varying the slab stiffness from a soft slab to a stiff slab for\nvarious slab thicknesses. The peak shear stress in the weak layer was highest for the softest slab and\ndecreased with increasing slab stiffness. Stress through the snowpack decreased non-linearly with\nincreasing depth.
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