Snow modelling using YADE-OpenFOAM coupling

In this work, snow transport is modeled using a YADE-OpenFOAM coupling approach.

The following problem scheme is considered:

Snow properties are taken from works [2,3]; the wall material is asphalt, the properties of which are taken from work [1].

References

[1] Typical Values of Young’s Elastic Modulus and Poisson’s Ratio for Pavement Materials.

[2] Anders Lind. Dem modeling of snow-wall adhesion. 2016.

[3] Lewis Shapiro, Jerome Johnson, Mathew Sturm , George Blaisdell. Snow mechanics: Review of the state of knowledge and applications. page 40, 08 1997.