Mechanical properties of first-year sea ice at Tarsiut Island

Journal of Cold Regions Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-83

  Blanchet, Denis ^a   Abdelnour, Razek ^b   Comfort, George ^b  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b Fleet Technology Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELASTIC MODULI; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRAIN RATE; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

BOREHOLE JACK STRENGTHS; FIRST YEAR SEA ICE;

SEA ICE;

ICE; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; STRESS;

FIRST-YEAR ICE; ICE; ICE PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SEA ICE;

BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 0031106160     PISSN: 0887381X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-381X(1997)11:1(59)     Document Type: Article

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