Author(s): Muneo Kawamura; Takahiro Takeuchi; Satoshi Akagawa; Takashi Terashima; Naoki Nakazawa; Hisao Matsushita; Masakazu Aoshima; Hidehiro Katsui; Masafumi Sakai
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Keywords: Non-simultaneous failure; Ice indentation test; Ice load
Abstract: The construction of offshore structures in ice-covered areas requires the proper evaluation of design ice loads on structures. For this purpose, it is necessary to understand that the indentation ice pressure decreases as an area of a structure in contact with an ice sheet increases is caused by the nonsimultaneous failure of ice sheets. Medium-scale field Indentation tests (MSFIT) in a JOIA project included ice indentation tests, tests on physical properties -of ice sheets and image sensing on ice deformation. In this paper, the whole plan· of this project and the results of ice indentation tests conducted in the 1996 winter are reported.
Year: 1996