From constitutive modelling of a snow cover to the design of flexible protective structures Part II––Some numerical aspects

The mechanical modelling proposed in Part I has led to the development of computational software allowing easy design of avalanche nets. This tool provides for the evolving forces acting on several parts of the net as a function of the snow situation. Some important numerical aspects are considered here, confirming the relevance of the proposed approach. To exemplify the capability of the software, a complete simulation is presented. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]