Effects of Specimen Size and Geometry Effects, Loading Rate and Microstructure on the Tensile Fracture of Saline Ice.

• Main Author: Dempsey, John P.
• Other Authors: CLARKSON UNIV POTSDAM NY
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *ICE MECHANICS; *SEA ICE; *PLANE GEOMETRY; TENSILE STRENGTH; MICROSTRUCTURE; LOADS(FORCES); CRACKING(FRACTURING); ICE FORMATION; FRACTURE(MECHANICS); SEASONAL VARIATIONS; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; CYCLIC TESTS; CREEP TESTS; BEAUFORT SEA; ARCTIC OCEAN; CREEP STRENGTH; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Griffith; Beaufort Sea; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA319202; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA319202

This report contains the details of the experimental program on large-scale in-situ arctic sea ice tests. A total of six field trips were completed. The experiments conducted included flexure tests, fracture tests as well as tests where the ice specimen was subjected to cyclic and creep-recovery typ...