The Smith–Morland flow law revisited

2026/02/27 by R. Greve, Ryszard Staroszczyk · 1 voice
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · Medicine · #Cryospheric studies and observations #Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows #Winter Sports Injuries and Performance

paper · doi:10.5281/zenodo.18802437

openalex publication_date 2026/02/27 · openalex created_date 2026/02/28 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

V1: Preprint, submitted to the Journal of Glaciology on 2026-02-27.V2: Revision R1 submitted on 2026-07-28.

Discussions

• New preprint, submitted to @igsoc.bsky.social Journal of #Glaciology: "The Smith-Morland flow law revisited". We offer a singularity-free alternative to Nye-Glen, avoiding the infinite-viscosity limit [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]

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