Ice-concrete bond analysis: Characterisation of ice adhe- sion strength in ice-structure interaction

• Main Author: Westerveld, Bart (author)
• Other Authors: Metrikine, Andrei (mentor), Hoving, Jeroen (mentor), Bruneau, Stephen E. (mentor), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; Sion
• Online Access: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:95911193-b4aa-420e-b888-0c1eb55d2d1c

In regions which experience arctic conditions, structures like offshore wind turbines, oil-platforms, light houses, piers and bridges suffer from abrasion by moving ice sheets. This results in challenging maintenance and repair works. At the ice-structure interface, several mechanisms exist which ar...