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Microscopic origin of nonlocal rheology in dense granular materials 2020, Johan Gaume, Guillaume Chambon, Mohamed Naaim Physical Review Letters
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The mechanical origin of snow avalanche dynamics and flow regime transitions 2020, Xingyue Li, Betty Sovilla, Chenfanfu Jiang, Johan Gaume, The Cryosphere
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Microstructural controls of anticrack nucleation in highly porous brittle solids. 2020, Jonas Ritter, Henning Löwe, Johan Gaume, Scientific Reports     PDF Doc
Decoupling the Role of Inertia, Friction, and Cohesion in Dense Granular Avalanche Pressure Build‐up on ObstaclesMicromechanical modeling of snow failure. 2020, Gregoire Bobillier, Bastian Bergfeld, Achille Capelli, Jürg Dual, Johan Gaume, Alec van Herwijnen, Jürg Schweizer, The Cryosphere

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Micromechanical modeling of snow failure. 2020, Gregoire Bobillier, Bastian Bergfeld, Achille Capelli, Jürg Dual, Johan Gaume, Alec van Herwijnen, Jürg Schweizer, The Cryosphere
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Investigating the release and flow of snow avalanches at the slope-scale using a unified model based on the material point method. 2019, Johan Gaume, Alec van Herwijnen, Ted Gast, Joseph Teran, Chenfanfu Jiang, Cold Region Science and Technology     PDF Doc
Cohesion-induced enhancement of aeolian saltation.2019, Francesco Comola, Johan Gaume, Japer Kok, Michael Lehning, Geophysical Research Letters
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Numerical investigation of the mixed-mode failure of snow. 2019, Dominika Mulak, Johan Gaume, Computational Particle Mechanics     PDF Doc
Dynamic anticrack propagation in snow, 2018, Johan Gaume, Ted Gast, Joseph Teran, Alec van Herwijnen, Chenfanfu Jiang, Nature Communications   PDF Doc

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A mechanically-based model of snow slab and weak layer fracture in the Propagation Saw Test, 2019, Lorenzo Benedetti, Johan Gaume, JT Fischer. International Journal of Solids and Structures   PDF Doc
Stress concentrations in weak snowpack layers and condition for slab avalanche release. 2018, Johan Gaume, Guillaume Chambon, Alec van Herwijnen, Jürg Schweizer, Geophysical Research Letters   PDF Doc
Scaling laws for the mechanics of loose and cohesive granular materials based on Baxter’s sticky hard spheres, 2017, Johan Gaume, Henning Löwe, Shurun Tan, Liang Tsang. Physical Review E   PDF Doc
Assessing snow instability in skier-triggered snow slab avalanches by combining failure initiation and crack propagation, 2017, Johan Gaume, Benjamin Reuter, Cold Region Science and Technology   PDF Doc
Fragmentation of wind-blown snow crystals, 2017, Francesco Comola, Jasper Kok, Johan Gaume, Enrico Paterna, Michael Lehning, Geophysical Research Letters.
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Snow fracture in relation to slab avalanche release: critical state for the onset of crack propagation, 2017, Johan Gaume, Alec van Herwijnen, Guillaume Chambon, Nander Wever, Jürg Schweizer, The Cryosphere
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Temporal evolution of crack propagation propensity in snow in relation to slab and weak layer properties, 2016, Jürg Schweizer, Benjamin Reuter, Alec van Herwijnen, Bettina Richter, Johan Gaume, The Cryosphere
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Estimating the effective elastic modulus and specific fracture energy of snowpack layers from field experiments, 2016, Alec van Herwijnen, Johan Gaume, Ned Bair, Ben Reuter, Karl Birkeland, Jürg Schweizer, Journal of Glaciology
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Snow instability evaluation: calculating the skier-induced stress in a multi-layered snowpack, 2016, Fabiano Monti*, Johan Gaume* (co-first authors), Alec van Herwijnen, Jürg Schweizer, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences.
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Modeling of crack propagation in weak snowpack layers using the discrete element method, 2015, Johan Gaume, Alec van Herwijnen, Guillaume Chambon, Karl Birkeland, Jürg Schweizer, The Cryosphere   PDF Doc
Granulation of snow: From tumbler experiments to discrete element simulations, 2015, Walter Steinkogler, Johan Gaume, Henning Löwe, Betty Sovilla, Michael Lehning, Journal of Geophysical Research
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A new mixed mode failure criterion for weak snowpack layers, 2015, Ingrid Reiweger*, Johan Gaume* (co-first authors), Jürg Schweizer, Geophysical research Letters.
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Influence of weak layer heterogeneity and slab properties on slab tensile failure propensity and avalanche release areas, 2015, Johan Gaume, Guillaume Chambon, Nicolas Eckert, Mohamed Naaim, Jürg Schweizer, The Cryosphere
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Evaluating snow weak-layer failure parameters through inverse finite element modelling of shaking-platform experiments, 2015, Evegeniy Podolskiy, Guillaume Chambon, Mohamed Naaim, Johan Gaume, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences   PDF Doc
Evaluation of slope stability with respect to snowpack spatial variability, 2014, Johan Gaume, Jürg Schweizer, Alec van Herwijnen, Guillaume Chambon, Nicolas Eckert, Mohamed Naaim, Journal of Geophysical Research
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A review of finite element modelling in snow mechanics, 2013, Evegeniy Podolskiy, Guillaume Chambon, Mohamed Naaim, Johan Gaume, Journal of Glaciology
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Influence of weak layer heterogeneity on slab avalanche release: Application to the evaluation of avalanche release depths, 2013, Johan Gaume, Guillaume Chambon, Nicolas Eckert, Mohamed Naaim, Journal of Glaciology
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Mapping extreme snowfalls in the French
Alps using max-stable processes
, 2013, Johan Gaume, Nicolas Eckert, Lilianne Bel, Guillaume Chambon, Mohamed Naaim, Water Resources Research
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Relative influence of mechanical and meteorological factors on slab avalanche release depth distributions, 2012, Johan Gaume, Guillaume Chambon, Nicolas Eckert, Mohamed Naaim, Geophysical Research Letters   PDF Doc
Cross comparison of meteorological and avalanche data for characterizing avalanche cycles: the example of December 2008 in the eastern part of the southern French Alps, 2011, Nicolas Eckert, Cécile Coléou, Hélène Castebrunet, Michael dechatres, Gérard Giraud, Johan Gaume, Cold Region Science and Technology
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Using spatial and spatial-extreme statistics to characterize snow avalanche cycles, 2011, Nicolas Eckert, Johan Gaume, Hélène Castebrunet, Procedia Environmental Sciences
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Quasistatic to inertial transition in granular materials and the role of fluctuations, 2011, Johan Gaume, Guillaume Chambon, Mohamed Naaim, Physical Review E
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