Author(s): Ada H. V. Repetto-Llamazares
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Abstract: The modeling of ice ridges represents a challenge not only because the knowledge about mechanical and physical properties of full scale ridges is limited but also because how to scale those properties has not been fully understood yet. This paper presents the results of a deep literature review that has been done in order to organize the information previously published about model ice ridges. A total of 50 documents have been analyzed and a summary of 21 of them is presented. The information has been organized in a compact way by using tables and plots presenting key aspects of the modeling of ice ridges such as scaling factor, building procedure, type of ice used, morphology, physical and mechanical properties, geographic area for which the experiments were designed, boundary conditions and type of tests performed with the ridges. A summary of the thermodynamic aspect of the modeling is also presented. The study allowed finding the main characteristics of an “average model first-year ice ridge” which will be useful to design experiments where the goal is the study of model ridges properties and its evolution with time and therefore there is no model structure defining the scaling factor. The “average model first-year ice ridge” found have a keel depth around 0.3 m, a sail height of 0.07 m, a keel width of 3 m, block dimensions around (0.1 x 0.075 x 0.3) m, porosity between 20 % and 40 %, and level ice around the ridge with thickness around 0.06 m and flexural strength of 50 kPa.
Year: 2010