Tensile Strength Properties of Ice Adhering to Stainless Steel.

• Main Author: Jellinek,H. H. G.
• Other Authors: SNOW ICE AND PERMAFROST RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT WILMETTE ILL
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1957
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; (*ICE; TENSILE PROPERTIES); ADHESION4 STAINLESS STEEL; CYLINDRICAL BODIES; LOADS(FORCES); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; TEMPERATURE; DEFECTS(MATERIALS); Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0716663; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0716663

Tensile strength measurements on ice cylinders adhering to stainless steel have been made as a function of rate of loading, thickness and cross-sectional area of specimens, and temperature. The experimental results are interpreted by means of a statistical treatment involving imperfections in the specimens. The statistics for a model consisting of a large number of parallel elements is elaborated. The conclusion reached is that the tensile strength is a statistical function of the volume and cross-sectional area of the specimens due to imperfections. Superimposed on to the statistical effect is a stress distribution effect, which becomes predominant for large volumes. Also available as PB-163 145.