A finite-element treatment of sea ice dynamics for different ice rheologies

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 153-174

  Schulkes, R M S M ^a,b   Morland, L W ^a   Staroszczyk, R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDRO ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Finite element; Rheology; Sea ice pack; Viscous fluid; Viscous plastic

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DRAG; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); RHEOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOPLASTICITY; VISCOUS FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

RIGID SHORE BOUNDARIES;

SEA ICE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ICE MECHANICS; RHEOLOGY; SEA ICE;

EID: 0032031680     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9853(199803)22:3<153::AID-NAG912>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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