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Properties and Mechanical Behaviour of Ice

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Ice Mechanics for Geophysical and Civil Engineering Applications

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The properties of ice and its mechanical behaviour are discussed. First, the basic facts concerning various forms of ice are presented, and relevant physical parameters are given. Then, the crystalline microstructure of ice is described, with an emphasis on the anisotropic properties of a single ice crystal and their effect on various types of its microscopic deformation. This is followed by the presentation of the macroscopic properties of polycrystalline ice and its behaviour in various stress and deformation regimes. Thus, the elastic, viscoelastic, viscous creep and brittle behaviour of the material is discussed, and examples of constitutive equations describing all these types of the response of ice to stress are given.

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Staroszczyk, R. (2019). Properties and Mechanical Behaviour of Ice. In: Ice Mechanics for Geophysical and Civil Engineering Applications. GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03038-4_3

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