Ice-Engineering-Summary of Elastic Properties Research and Introduction to Viscoelastic and Nonlinear Analysis of Saline Ice.

Abstract

Increasing operational use od ice areas in polar regions has heightened the requirement for improved knowledge and techniques to analyze the behavior of sea ice. Previous studies on elastic behavior are reviewed with emphasis placed on plate analysis. Classical plate theory and the finite element method are compared in analyzing ice plates, with special attention given to sea-ice airfields. Since elastic analysis is not totally representative of actual ice behavior, a general formulation is presented which gives the assumptions and procedures for both viscoelastic and nonlinear domains of sea-ice behavior. A laboratory program is being initiated to determine material properties that are necessary to extend sea-ice analysis into the inelastic range. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0768279

Entities

People

  • K. D. Vaudrey
  • M. G. Katona

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Buildings And Structures
  • Elastic Properties
  • Engineering
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Ice
  • Landing Fields
  • Materials
  • Nonlinear Analysis
  • Polar Regions
  • Regions
  • Research Facilities
  • Sea Ice

Readers

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