Author(s): Janne Ranta; Arttu Polojarvi; Jukka Tuhkuri
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Abstract: Our earlier statistical studies on interaction of ice with an inclined structure suggest that ice loads only depend on a relatively small number of parameters. The complexity of the interaction process yields a largely scattered peak ice load values, which makes the data analysis of load data challenging. In this paper, which is a summary of the results observed by Ranta et al. (2018b), we present peak load observations from a large number of simulations and show that a simple buckling load model, having only two ice parameters, explains the peak loads well. The results highlight the importance of buckling phenomenon in ice-structure interaction processes.
Year: 2018