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An experimental study of strength of young sea ice

Author(s) -

Weeks Wilford F.,

Anderson Don L.

Publication year - 1958

Publication title -

eos, transactions american geophysical union

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2324-9250

pISSN - 0002-8606

DOI - 10.1029/tr039i004p00641

Subject(s) - flexural strength , sea ice , cantilever , modulus , ice sheet , geology , brine , young's modulus , ice hockey , materials science , composite material , physics , oceanography , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , thermodynamics

Values for the strength of sea ice are extremely sparse in the literature, and available values show a wide, unexplained variation. Results of in‐place cantilever beam tests presented in this paper show a definite relationship between flexural strength and brine content. Values for Young's modulus are also experimentally determined. It is shown that the hearing capacity of a sea‐ice sheet is dependent on the brine content and that thin ice sheets are capable of supporting a large ‘super load’ beyond the force necessary to form the first crack.

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