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Ice Forces On Wide Structures : Field Measurements at Tarsuit Island

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Mechanics of Creep Brittle Materials 1

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The paper is concerned with the conditions under which wide structures in arctic conditions may be subject to substantial ice forces. A comparison is made between field measurements made by British Petroleum in the ice sheet surrounding Tarsuit Island in the Beaufort Sea and finite element creep calculations. It is shown that there are circumstances where substantial forces can occur due to the fortuitous formation of ice sheets within which the stresses are compressive.

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  1. Department of Engineering, University of Leicester, LE1 7RH, Leicester, UK

    A. R. S. Ponter & P. R. Brown

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  1. Department of Engineering, University of Leicester, UK

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Ponter, A.R.S., Brown, P.R. (1989). Ice Forces On Wide Structures : Field Measurements at Tarsuit Island. In: Cocks, A.C.F., Ponter, A.R.S. (eds) Mechanics of Creep Brittle Materials 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1117-8_13

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