THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ICE

Abstract

ICE IS WIDELY USED AS A CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL FOR ICE STOREHOUSES, ICE CAUSEWAYS AND THE LIKE AND FOR ICE CROSSINGS AND ICE ROADS. Further, it is used to combat aridity. Studies of the physical and mechanical properties of ice were made and extensive data appeared in the special literature, but it is difficult to make practical use of this information because the quantitative parameters of the mechanical properties show large discrepancies. For example, the ultimate compressive strength of ice found by testing ice samples may vary by a factor of ten or more. Data on the plastic properties of ice reveal greater discrepancies. The need has arisen to analyze and generalize these data, to attempt to explain the reasons for the large discrepancies in the various parameters, to establish the laws of their change and to find the most reliable characteristics of the mechanical properties. The present report is devoted to the solution of these problems. It is based on a generalization of the data in the literature on the properties of ice and on the experimental work of the author on studies of the plastic properties of ice.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0284777

Entities

People

  • K. F. Voitkovskii

Organizations

  • American Meteorological Society

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bending
  • Creep
  • Crystal Lattices
  • Crystal Structure
  • Crystals
  • Elastic Properties
  • Fresh Water Ice
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Fusion
  • Latent Heat
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Plastic Properties
  • Shear Modulus
  • Stresses
  • Tensile Strength

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Theoretical Analysis.