Three-dimensional waves beneath an ice sheet due to a steadily moving pressure

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
• Main Authors: Părău, Emilian I., Vanden-Broeck, Jean-Marc
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2011
• Subjects: Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2011.0115; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsta.2011.0115; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsta.2011.0115

Solutions of the nonlinear water wave equations under an ice sheet are computed using a boundary integral equation method. The ice sheet is modelled as a thin elastic plate and the fluid equations are nonlinear. Depending on the velocity of the moving disturbance generating the flow, different types of responses of the floating ice sheet are discussed.