Accession Number:

ADA009363

Title:

The Bearing Capacity of Floating Ice Plates Subjected to Static or Quasi-Static Loads. A Critical Survey

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH

Personal Author(s):

• Kerr, Arnold D.

Report Date:

1975-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

48.0

Abstract:

This report contains a critical survey of the literature on the bearing capacity of floating ice plates. It consists of a discussion of general questions, a critical survey of analytical attempts to determine the bearing capacity of floating ice plates, and a survey of field and laboratory tests on floating ice plates and their relation to the analytical results. The paper concludes with a systematic summary of the results, a discussion of observed shortcomings, and suggestions for needed investigations.

Descriptors:

• *BEARING STRENGTH
• *ICE ISLANDS
• ELASTIC PROPERTIES
• LOAD DISTRIBUTION
• LOADS(FORCES)
• MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
• VISCOELASTICITY

Subject Categories:

• Snow, Ice and Permafrost
• Civil Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE