EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF ICE FLOE UNDER WAVE ACTION.

• Other Authors: NATIONAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE CO PASADENA CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1965
• Subjects: *ICE; WATER WAVES; SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL STRESSES; POLYETHYLENE PLASTICS; BRITTLENESS; MODEL TESTS; TRANSDUCERS; GRAVITY; CRACKING(FRACTURING); FISSURES; GRAVITY WAVES; ICE BREAKUP; SEA ICE; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0456969; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0456969

Report of experimental results on the interaction behavior of floating ice sheets with infinitely deep water gravity waves using model similitude theory. The results indicate a considerable dampening effect on the water wave by the ice sheet. A comparison of experiment results with a mathematical model developed for ice floe behavior indicate a fairly good qualitative agreement but the reaction of the experiment model was below that predicted by the mathematical model. (Author)