Numerical model for a failure process of an ice sheet

• Published in: Computers & Structures
• Main Author: Polojärvi, Arttu
• Other Authors: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Limited 2022
• Subjects: Combined finite-discrete element method; Discrete element method; Ice mechanics; Ice-structure interaction; Multi-fracture; Numerical modelling; O'Connor; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/116089; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2022.106828

Funding Information: The author is grateful for the financial support from the Academy of Finland research project (309830) Ice Block Breakage: Experiments and Simulations (ICEBES). Dr. Janne Ranta and Dr. Devin O’Connor are thanked for the insightful discussions on the contact force model, its parameterization, and estimates on added mass. The research leading to this article was partly performed while visiting Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH, USA) during spring 2020. Thanks are extended to Prof. Erland Schulson for hosting and the Finnish Maritime Foundation for partial funding of the visit. CSC–IT Center for Science (Finland) is acknowledged for computational resources under the project (2000971) Mechanics and Fracture of Ice. Author also wishes to thank the five anonymous reviewers whose comments helped to improve the manuscript. Funding Information: The author is grateful for the financial support from the Academy of Finland research project (309830) Ice Block Breakage: Experiments and Simulations (ICEBES). Dr. Janne Ranta and Dr. Devin O'Connor are thanked for the insightful discussions on the contact force model, its parameterization, and estimates on added mass. The research leading to this article was partly performed while visiting Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH, USA) during spring 2020. Thanks are extended to Prof. Erland Schulson for hosting and the Finnish Maritime Foundation for partial funding of the visit. CSC–IT Center for Science (Finland) is acknowledged for computational resources under the project (2000971) Mechanics and Fracture of Ice. Author also wishes to thank the five anonymous reviewers whose comments helped to improve the manuscript. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s) Model for describing a three-dimensional continuous failure process of an ice sheet is introduced. The presented model is based on the combined finite-discrete element method. The ice sheet consists of polyhedral rigid discrete elements joined by a ...