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Snow medium/material

Posted Mar 14, 2015, 11:13 a.m. EDT Acoustics & Vibrations, Materials Version 4.4 2 Replies

Dr. Mohmmad Wajid Acoustic Signal Processing
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Is snow material available in COMSOL library? If not, how can I generate the same.
2 Replies Last Post Mar 15, 2015, 6:36 a.m. EDT
Lasse Murtomäki
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Posted: 10 years ago Mar 15, 2015, 5:41 a.m. EDT
There are so may types of snow with varying crystal size, moisture and density. I would use properties of ice the properties of which you can google. Snow is "porous ice" with pores filled with water or air.

Interesting question, though :)

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Lasse
There are so may types of snow with varying crystal size, moisture and density. I would use properties of ice the properties of which you can google. Snow is "porous ice" with pores filled with water or air. Interesting question, though :) br Lasse
Edgar J. Kaiser Certified Consultant
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Posted: 10 years ago Mar 15, 2015, 6:36 a.m. EDT

'Porous ice' may be a useful approximation for electromagnetic properties but probably not for acoustic properties.
There is some literature on the topic, e.g. arxiv.org/abs/1502.01284 and eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/20232/1/A20_p23-63.pdf

I am sure you can find a lot more. The last resort is certainly to measure the properties you need in snow samples.

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Edgar

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'Porous ice' may be a useful approximation for electromagnetic properties but probably not for acoustic properties. There is some literature on the topic, e.g. http://arxiv.org/abs/1502.01284 and http://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/20232/1/A20_p23-63.pdf I am sure you can find a lot more. The last resort is certainly to measure the properties you need in snow samples. Cheers Edgar -- Edgar J. Kaiser emPhys Physical Technology http://www.emphys.com

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