Author(s): Arnold D. Kerr
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Abstract: The analysis of vertical piles frozen-in, at some elevation, to an ice cover and subjected to forces that cause pile bending, are discussed. It is shown that the formulation of such problems has to include the resistance moment that the ice cover exerts against the bending deformations of the pile. An expression for this resistance is derived using the bending theory for plates on a liquid base. The derived moment resistance expression is numerically evaluated for different values of the pile diameter and ice cover parameters, and to simplify its use, the results are presented as graphs. The expressions for the stresses in the ice plate caused by the plate restraining moment are then derived. The paper concludes with the analysis of two examples which utilize the derived moment resistance expression.
Year: 1984