A review of the engineering properties of sea ice

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-129

  Timco, G W ^a   Weeks, W F ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering; First year sea ice; Mechanical properties; Old Ice; Sea ice; Strength; Thickness

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; FAILURE ENVELOPE; FIRST-YEAR SEA ICE; FIRST-YEAR SEA ICES; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION; OLD ICE; POISSON'S RATIO; POLAR REGIONS; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION;

AXIAL COMPRESSION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ENGINEERING; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MICROSTRUCTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; POISSON RATIO; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA ICE; STRAIN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DENSITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLEXURE; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; ICE THICKNESS; ICE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; POISSON RATIO; POROSITY; SALINITY; SEA ICE; SHIPPING; TENSILE STRENGTH; UNIAXIAL STRENGTH;

EID: 71349083461     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2009.10.003     Document Type: Review

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