Overview
- Construction of the general solution of the balance conditions and the known boundary conditions
- With reasonable computational effort calculations can be performed
- Understandable even without considering the formulas
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction and Basics
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Front Matter
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The General Solution
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Front Matter
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Applications and Examples
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Mathematical Appendix
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Keywords
About this book
In this book, for the first time, a hitherto unknown general solution of the reliably known stress conditions is presented. This general solution forms a reliable and new starting point to get further in stress calculations than before.
In this way, approximately realistic solutions can be found despite a recurring problem: the information deficits that are unavoidable due to the difficulty of exploring glaciers. This issue is demonstrated by the example of stagnating glaciers.
For horizontally isotropic homogeneous tabular iceberg models, even mathematically exact unambiguous solutions of all relevant conditions are presented.
All calculations use only elementary arithmetic operations, differentiations and integrations. The mathematical fundamentals are presented in detail and explained in many application examples. The integral operators specific to calculations of stresses facilitate the mathematical considerations. The stand-alone text allows the reader to understand what is involved even without considering the formulas.
The author
Peter Halfar is a theoretical physicist. He also developed a model of the movement of large ice caps (1983), which is still in use today.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Peter Halfar is a theoretical physicist. He also developed a model of the movement of large ice caps (1983), which is still in use today.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Stresses in glaciers
Book Subtitle: Methods of Calculation
Authors: Peter Halfar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-66024-9
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-66023-2Published: 14 March 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-66024-9Published: 13 March 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 223
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations
Topics: Geology, Difference and Functional Equations, Environmental Physics