On the role of grain growth, recrystallization and polygonization in a continuum theory for anisotropic ice sheets
AbstractWe outline how to incorporate microscale effects of polycrystalline ice into a continuum description. Actually, analyses of ice cores in Antarctica show that different microstructures generally produce different responses, i.e. a non-uniform distribution of c axes gives rise to anisotropic b...
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ftopenaccessrep:oai:zenodo.org:121951 2023-10-29T02:32:12+01:00 On the role of grain growth, recrystallization and polygonization in a continuum theory for anisotropic ice sheets Sérgio H. Faria Luca Placidi Kolumban Hutter 2004-01-01 https://www.openaccessrepository.it/record/121951 https://doi.org/10.3189/172756404781814410 eng eng url:https://www.openaccessrepository.it/communities/itmirror https://www.openaccessrepository.it/record/121951 doi:10.3189/172756404781814410 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess NEANIAS Atmospheric Research Community Earth-Surface Processes info:eu-repo/semantics/article publication-article 2004 ftopenaccessrep https://doi.org/10.3189/172756404781814410 2023-10-03T22:18:03Z AbstractWe outline how to incorporate microscale effects of polycrystalline ice into a continuum description. Actually, analyses of ice cores in Antarctica show that different microstructures generally produce different responses, i.e. a non-uniform distribution of c axes gives rise to anisotropic behaviour. It has been recognized that, to describe certain microstructural processes, like recrystallization or polygonization, we need a parameter able to switch them on (e.g. dislocation density or its associated lattice distortion energy). With this in mind, balance equations for a continuum theory of an anisotropic ice sheet undergoing recrystallization have been recently proposed. In this work, we examine relations for some constitutive quantities, in order to take into account the effects of grain-boundary migration, nucleation and polygonization. We check our assumptions by explicit comparison with the first 1200 m of the Byrd (Antarctica) ice core. Current literature usually gives a relation between normal grain growth and grain boundary migration rate. Here, an equation for normal grain growth which also incorporates the influence of polygonization is suggested. It is based on experimental data from the same core in Antarctica. Polygonization is a microscopic process, but here we present a continuum description of the bending stresses which promote the fragmentation of crystallites in terms of the theory of mixtures with continuous diversity. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica ice core Ice Sheet Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN): Open Access Repository Annals of Glaciology 39 49 52 |
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AbstractWe outline how to incorporate microscale effects of polycrystalline ice into a continuum description. Actually, analyses of ice cores in Antarctica show that different microstructures generally produce different responses, i.e. a non-uniform distribution of c axes gives rise to anisotropic behaviour. It has been recognized that, to describe certain microstructural processes, like recrystallization or polygonization, we need a parameter able to switch them on (e.g. dislocation density or its associated lattice distortion energy). With this in mind, balance equations for a continuum theory of an anisotropic ice sheet undergoing recrystallization have been recently proposed. In this work, we examine relations for some constitutive quantities, in order to take into account the effects of grain-boundary migration, nucleation and polygonization. We check our assumptions by explicit comparison with the first 1200 m of the Byrd (Antarctica) ice core. Current literature usually gives a relation between normal grain growth and grain boundary migration rate. Here, an equation for normal grain growth which also incorporates the influence of polygonization is suggested. It is based on experimental data from the same core in Antarctica. Polygonization is a microscopic process, but here we present a continuum description of the bending stresses which promote the fragmentation of crystallites in terms of the theory of mixtures with continuous diversity. |
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Sérgio H. Faria Luca Placidi Kolumban Hutter |
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On the role of grain growth, recrystallization and polygonization in a continuum theory for anisotropic ice sheets |
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On the role of grain growth, recrystallization and polygonization in a continuum theory for anisotropic ice sheets |
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On the role of grain growth, recrystallization and polygonization in a continuum theory for anisotropic ice sheets |
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On the role of grain growth, recrystallization and polygonization in a continuum theory for anisotropic ice sheets |
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