Shear strength of ice-filled rock joints

• Main Author: Günzel, Friederike
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks 2008
• Subjects: H200 Civil Engineering; H220 Environmental Engineering; Barton; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://eprints.brighton.ac.uk/5798/; http://eprints.brighton.ac.uk/5798/1/Gunzel_NICOP_581-586.pdf; http://ipa.arcticportal.org/meetings/international-conferences.html

Ice-filled rock joints are a common feature of high mountain permafrost areas. Warming of these joints in rock can lead to instabilities and rockfall events. In the following study, a series of direct shear tests was performed with artificial samples simulating ice-filled rock joints. The direct she...