Evaluation of the criticality of cracks in ice shelves using finite element simulations
The ongoing disintegration of large ice shelf parts in Antarctica raise the need for a better understanding of the physical processes that trigger critical crack growth in ice shelves. Finite elements in combination with configurational forces facilitate the analysis of single surface fractures in i...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:32906 2023-05-15T13:40:26+02:00 Evaluation of the criticality of cracks in ice shelves using finite element simulations Plate, Carolin Müller, Ralf Humbert, Angelika Gross, Dietmar 2012-09-12 application/pdf https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/32906/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/32906/1/Plate_et_al_TC_2012.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.41445 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.41445.d001 unknown Copernicus https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/32906/1/Plate_et_al_TC_2012.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.41445.d001 Plate, C. , Müller, R. , Humbert, A. and Gross, D. (2012) Evaluation of the criticality of cracks in ice shelves using finite element simulations , The Cryosphere, 6 (5), pp. 973-984 . doi:10.5194/tc-6-973-2012 <https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-973-2012> , hdl:10013/epic.41445 EPIC3The Cryosphere, Copernicus, 6(5), pp. 973-984, ISSN: 1994-0416 Article isiRev 2012 ftawi https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-973-2012 2021-12-24T15:38:37Z The ongoing disintegration of large ice shelf parts in Antarctica raise the need for a better understanding of the physical processes that trigger critical crack growth in ice shelves. Finite elements in combination with configurational forces facilitate the analysis of single surface fractures in ice under various boundary conditions and material parameters. The principles of linear elastic fracture mechanics are applied to show the strong influence of different depth dependent functions for the density and the Young’s modulus on the stress intensity factor KI at the crack tip. Ice, for this purpose, is treated as an elastically compressible solid and the conse- quences of this choice in comparison to the predominant in- compressible approaches are discussed. The computed stress intensity factors KI for dry and water filled cracks are com- pared to critical values KIc from measurements that can be found in literature. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Ice Shelf Ice Shelves The Cryosphere Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) The Cryosphere 6 5 973 984 |
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The ongoing disintegration of large ice shelf parts in Antarctica raise the need for a better understanding of the physical processes that trigger critical crack growth in ice shelves. Finite elements in combination with configurational forces facilitate the analysis of single surface fractures in ice under various boundary conditions and material parameters. The principles of linear elastic fracture mechanics are applied to show the strong influence of different depth dependent functions for the density and the Young’s modulus on the stress intensity factor KI at the crack tip. Ice, for this purpose, is treated as an elastically compressible solid and the conse- quences of this choice in comparison to the predominant in- compressible approaches are discussed. The computed stress intensity factors KI for dry and water filled cracks are com- pared to critical values KIc from measurements that can be found in literature. |
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Evaluation of the criticality of cracks in ice shelves using finite element simulations |
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Evaluation of the criticality of cracks in ice shelves using finite element simulations |
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Evaluation of the criticality of cracks in ice shelves using finite element simulations |
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Evaluation of the criticality of cracks in ice shelves using finite element simulations |
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evaluation of the criticality of cracks in ice shelves using finite element simulations |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/32906/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/32906/1/Plate_et_al_TC_2012.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.41445 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.41445.d001 |
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EPIC3The Cryosphere, Copernicus, 6(5), pp. 973-984, ISSN: 1994-0416 |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/32906/1/Plate_et_al_TC_2012.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.41445.d001 Plate, C. , Müller, R. , Humbert, A. and Gross, D. (2012) Evaluation of the criticality of cracks in ice shelves using finite element simulations , The Cryosphere, 6 (5), pp. 973-984 . doi:10.5194/tc-6-973-2012 <https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-973-2012> , hdl:10013/epic.41445 |
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