Author(s): T. J. O. Sanderson
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Abstract: In an effort to assess how well the scientific ice community agrees on the subject of calculating ice loads on structures, a questionnaire was sent to a number of leading scientists and engineers. Three well-defined ice loading scenario examples were described - first-year ice loading, multi-year floe impact and iceberg impact - and respondents were asked to calculate expected and extreme loads. The results show a very high degree of scatter, covering a range of a factor of 19 in the case of first-year ice loading, a factor of almost 29 in the case of multi-year impact and a factor of 13 in the case of iceberg loading. Statistics on these results are presented, and they are compared with calculations based on methodology proposed by Sanderson (1988).
Year: 1988