Author(s): Devinder S. Sodhi
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Abstract: A theoretical model to simulate ice-structure interaction during intermittent crushing is developed on the basis of experimental results from indentation tests conducted by pushing vertical, flat indentors into the edges of freshwater, floating ice sheets. The equations and solutions of each phase of interaction are presented. Besides simulating the interaction during intermittent crushing, the model is able to simulate the interaction during continuous brittle crushing at high rates of indentation. A few results from the interaction model are presented to show the effect of different factors on the frequency of intermittent crushing and on the velocity at which transition from intennittent to continuous crushing takes place.
Year: 1994