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Effect of temperature on the strength and viscosity of ice

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Coustitutive equations, which describe viscoplastic deformation of ice under a complex stress state, were developed based upon experimental and theoretical investigations. The equations take into account the temperature effect on the strength and viscosity of ice under high pressures.

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  1. Yu. K. Zaretskii
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Translated from Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Gruntov, No. 2, pp. 9–13, March–April, 1996.

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Zaretskii, Y.K., Fish, A.M. Effect of temperature on the strength and viscosity of ice. Soil Mech Found Eng 33, 46–52 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02354293

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