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Joachim Heierli

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Publications

12

Citations

598

H-Index

11

Active since

2004

Affiliations

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology(Current)

Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials

University of Edinburgh

Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

Joachim Heierli is an author at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology specializing in earth sciences, snow physics, and avalanche science.

Publications per year

2004–2024

12

Publications

12

Anticrack Nucleation as Triggering Mechanism for Snow Slab Avalanches

Joachim Heierli, Peter Gumbsch, Michael Zaiser · Science · 2008 · 195 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Glaciology +16

Measurement of crack‐face friction in collapsed weak snow layers

Alec van Herwijnen, Joachim Heierli · Geophysical Research Letters · 2009 · 83 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Mechanical Behavior Of Materials +16

Measurement of the deformation field associated with fracture propagation in weak snowpack layers

Alec van Herwijnen, Jürg Schweizer, Joachim Heierli · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2010 · 73 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Cryosphere Studies +16

Solitary fracture waves in metastable snow stratifications

Joachim Heierli · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2005 · 51 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Hydrology +17

Failure initiation in snow stratifications containing weak layers: Nucleation of whumpfs and slab avalanches

Joachim Heierli, Michael Zaiser · Cold Regions Science and Technology · 2007 · 47 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Hydrology +17

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