Compilation of normalized crack propagation speeds

Compilation of normalized crack-propagation speeds (expressed as a fraction of the slab shear-wave speed). The dataset contains crack-propagation speeds from DEM simulations (79 flat and 6 tilted; Bobillier et al., 2024), MPM simulations (48 flat and 191 tilted; Trottet et al., 2022), and field measurements: PSTs (222 data points, including 192 from low-angle terrain < 30°; van Herwijnen et al., 2016) and avalanche-video analyses (6 cross-slope and 5 down-slope speeds; Trottet et al., 2022). The dataset also includes Python scripts that generate the relative-frequency distribution of the compiled, normalized crack-propagation speeds. Bobillier, G., Bergfeld, B., Dual, J., Gaume, J., van Herwijnen, A., 55 and Schweizer, J.: Numerical investigation of crack propagation regimes in snow fracture experiments, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-024-01423-5 2024 Trottet, B., Simenhois, R., Bobillier, G., Bergfeld, B., van Herwijnen, A., Jiang, C. F. F., and Gaume, J.: Transi- 55 tion from sub-Rayleigh anticrack to supershear crack propagation in snow avalanches, Nat. Phys., 18, 1094–1098, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01662-4, 2022. van Herwijnen, A., Gaume, J., Bair, E. H., Reuter, B., Birkeland, K. W., and Schweizer, J.: Estimating the effective elastic modulus and specific fracture energy of snowpack layers from field experiments, J. Glaciol., 62, 997–1007, https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2016.90, 2016a.

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Issued date June 26, 2025
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