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Snow Compression Property Assessment Using Several Cross-Section Compression Pressure Vessels

Minoru Ishiguro

Abstract


Effects of the cross-section shape of snow compression pressure vessels on snow compression properties between snow compaction density ρ and axial formation pressure pz were investigated to obtain basic data to support snow compression pressure vessel design. Snow compression pressure vessels with cylindrical, square, and rectangular cross sections were used for those experiments. Results show that the axial formation pressure pz changed from 2.0 to 4.0 MPa. The cylindrical cross section shows easier snow compression than that of other cross-section snow compression pressure vessels. Furthermore, the effects of the initial snow filling height H/W on the snow compression properties were investigated using square cross-section pressure vessel. Where H and W are the representative height and bottom length of the pressure vessel. Results show that the pz decreased rapidly at H/W < 1.0. Moreover, snow compression properties between the snow compaction density ρ and axial formation pressure pz exhibit a strong nonlinear relation. Accurate experimental trials must be done using each cross-section pressure vessel to assess cross-section shape effects and the representative dimension ratio H/W

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijmd.v3i2.496

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