Author(s): J. Tuhkuri
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Abstract: Characteristic to the brittle failure process of an ice sheet against a vertical structure is fonnation of discrete ice pieces and a line-like ice-structure contact. It is suggested that such a brittle ice edge failure is dominated by propagation of macrocracks, and should be analysed by using fracture mechanics. This approach is used to analyse field test data from a field program, where a 1.5 m wide structure was indented into a floating ice sheet.
Year: 2000