Author(s): Thomas G. Brown
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Abstract: The effect of speed on the forces resulting from the failure of ice features against conical structures is not well understood, and the information available to facilitate this understanding is both scarce and contradictory. The paper reviews the available information, derived from controlled laboratory experiments, full-scale observations and available theoretical approaches, in an attempt to provide some understanding that addresses the conflicting information. The paper then presents some findings obtained from the Confederation Bridge Ice Monitoring programme in an attempt to provide some full-scale measurements and observations relating measured forces against the interaction speed.
Year: 2008