Working Group on Ice Forces; State-of-the-Art Report (3rd)

• Main Author: Sanderson, T J
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1987
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *SEA ICE; BUCKLING; COMPUTATIONS; FAILURE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; FLOATING BODIES; FORCE(MECHANICS); FRACTURE(MECHANICS); GRAPHS; ICE; INTERACTIONS; LIMITATIONS; LOADS(FORCES); MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL METHODS AND PROCEDURES; PRESSURE; STRUCTURES; UNDERWATER STRUCTURES; WATERFRONT STRUCTURES; ICEBERGS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; SYMPOSIA; *Ice structure interactions; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA191067; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA191067

Topics include: The role of fracture in limiting ice forces; Ice forces on multi-legged structures; Flexural and buckling failure of floating ice sheets against structures; A pressure area curve for ice; Ice scour surveys, statistics and forces; Numerical and finite element techniques in calculation of ice-structure interaction; Field techniques for ice force measurements; Iceberg impact forces. Keywords: Force(Mechanical); Sea ice; Underwater structures; Waterfront structures.