COLD REGIONS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING MONOGRAPH 3, SECTION Blb: ICE PRESSURE ON ENGINEERING STRUCTURES

• Main Author: Michel,Bernard
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1970
• Subjects: Civil Engineering; (*STRUCTURES; DAMAGE); (*ICE; PRESSURE); FORCE(MECHANICS); PIERS; DAMS; BRIDGES; ICEBREAKERS; IMPACT; SNOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; CRACKS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; ADHESION; FAILURE(MECHANICS); THERMAL EXPANSION; MODULUS OF ELASTICITY; COASTAL REGIONS; PROTECTION; *SHORE PROTECTION; SEA ICE; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0709625; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0709625

The monograph summarizes existing knowledge on forces exerted by an expanding ice sheet, impact forces of ice on structures, and vertical forces exerted by ice on hydraulic structures. Sections are also devoted to icebreakers and ice models. (Author)