A Strain Gauge Technique for the Dynamic Measurement of Ice

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Clark, Don B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1960
• Subjects: Animal food; Biological sampling; Food; Health; Internal organs; Inuit; Predation; Seals (Animals); Trichinella; Vitamin A; Walruses; Alaska; Canadian Arctic; Greenland; Arctic; inuit; walrus*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66742

Describes a method of applying strain gauges to ice samples, using a coating material for the gauges to provide high gauge: ice impedance. Results of tests with various coatings are reported; Zerok 110, a styrene-butadiene copolymer, exhibited the best properties. Data are presented of measurements on dynamically loaded strain-gauged cylinders of fresh- and salt-water ice; considerable accuracy is claimed in the determination of the Poisson ratio and Young's modulus.