Re-evaluation of ice loads on the Molikpaq structure measured during the 1985–86 season

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering
• Main Authors: Jordaan, Ian, Hewitt, Kevin, Frederking, Robert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2018
• Subjects: General Environmental Science; Civil and Structural Engineering; Buttons; Beaufort Sea
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2016-0444; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjce-2016-0444; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjce-2016-0444

The Molikpaq drilling platform, a steel annulus filled with sand, 90 m wide, was deployed at the Amauligak I-65 location in the Beaufort Sea during the 1985–1986 winter. It was heavily instrumented for measurement of ice loads, using strain gauges, extensometers, and Medof panels. The original calib...