Creep rates of spray ice

• Published in: Canadian Geotechnical Journal
• Main Authors: Shields, D., Domaschuk, L., Funegard, E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1990
• Subjects: Civil and Structural Engineering; Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology; Mars Island; Beaufort Sea
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/t90-022; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/t90-022

Mars Island, a man-made spray ice island, was constructed in January and February 1986, and was used as a drill platform for petroleum exploration in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea. A series of pressuremeter creep tests was run in the spray ice of Mars Island in March 1986. Individual constant-pressure te...