Author(s): S. Beltaos; J. Wong; W. J. Moody
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Abstract: Laboratory simulation of river ice breakup processes would enable control of ice and flow conditions and permit observation of important phenomena which, in nature, take place under water. A synthetic material with properties suitable for laboratory studies of breakup and related phenomena has been developed recently. This material is fine-grained, needs no refrigeration, and its properties compare well with those of existing materials, used mainly to model ice-vessel and ice-structure interactions. The new material performed satisfactorily in two test series, designed to test the interaction of water waves and ice jams with the intact sheet ice cover.
Year: 1990