Dr. Achille Capelli

Fonction

postdoc

Avalanches et prévention

Formation des avalanches

Contact

achille.capelli(at)slfto make life hard for spam bots.ch

+41 81 417 02 52+41 81 417 02 52

Institut fédéral pour l'étude de la neige et des avalanches SLF
Flüelastrasse 11
7260 Davos Dorf

Site

Davos Da B 1 21

Research Interests

Research in snow and cryosphere
Snow properties measurements with radar and GPS sensors
Snow mechanics
Avalanche formation
Fracture mechanics in snow
Acoustic emissions in snow
Acoustic waves propagation in snow

Professional Experience

PostDoc at the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, since October 2018
Doctoral Researcher at the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, 2.2014-6.2018
Scientific Assistant, Internship at the SPF Institute for Solar Technology, HSR Rapperswil, 3.2013-1.2014
Teaching assistant, Department of Mathematics, ETH Zürich, 2008

Academic Education

2018: PhD in Natural Science, ETH Zurich,
Dissertation title: Acoustic Emissions from Progressive Snow Failure

2012: Master in Physics, ETH Zurich

2012: Bachelor in Physics, ETH Zurich

FURTHER INFORMATION

Projects

Schnee mit low-cost GPS Sensoren messen

Low-cost GPS-Sensoren sind eine vielversprechende und ökonomische Alternative zur manuellen Messung des Schneewasserequivalents. Erste Resultate vom Weissfluhjoch auf 2540 m ü.M. sind vielversprechend. Mit drei zusätzliche Stationen wird untersucht, ob diese Methode praxistauglich ist.

Shear apparatus

In the laboratory, researchers are investigating the process which causes snow to fracture. They are endeavoring to establish whether acoustic signals could serve as an early warning.

Publications WSL

Scientific publication article peer reviewed

Bobillier, G.; Bergfeld, B.; Capelli, A.; Dual, J.; Gaume, J.; Van Herwijnen, A.; Schweizer, J., 2020: Micromechanical modeling of snow failure. Cryosphere, 14, 1: 39-49. doi: 10.5194/tc-14-39-2020

Capelli, A.; Reiweger, I.; Schweizer, J., 2019: Modeling snow failure behavior and concurrent acoustic emissions signatures with a fiber bundle model. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 12: 6653-6662. doi: 10.1029/2019GL082382

Capelli, A.; Reiweger, I.; Schweizer, J., 2018: Acoustic emission signatures prior to snow failure. Journal of Glaciology, 64, 246: 543-554. doi: 10.1017/jog.2018.43

Capelli, A.; Reiweger, I.; Lehmann, P.; Schweizer, J., 2018: Fiber-bundle model with time-dependent healing mechanisms to simulate progressive failure of snow. Physical Review E, 98, 2: 023002 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.98.023002

Ruiz, S.; Capelli, A.; Van Herwijnen, A.; Schneebeli, M.; Or, D., 2017: Continuum cavity expansion and discrete micromechanical models for inferring macroscopic snow mechanical properties from cone penetration data. Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 16: 8377-8386. doi: 10.1002/2017GL074063

Tout afficher

Further scientific publications

Capelli, A.; Reiweger, I.; Schweizer, J., 2018: Prediction of snow failure: mission impossible?. In: 2018: International snow science workshop proceedings 2018. International snow science workshop, ISSW 2018, Innsbruck. 930-934.