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The effects of anisotropy and microcracks on the fracture toughness (KIC) of freshwater ice

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  1. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
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Conference5th International Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Symposium (OMAE), April 13, 1986, Tokyo, Japan
Subjectice; anistropy; fracture strength; microfissures; crackings (breaking); plane strain critical stress intensity factor; columnar freshwater ice; loading rate; loading direction; crack propagation
Abstract
A series of tests have been performed to measure the plane strain critical stress intensity factor (KIC) for columnar freshwater ice as a function of loading rate and loading direction. The results indicate that KIC decreases with increasing loading rate and grain size, and that for comparable conditions, KIC is higher for crack propagation extending along the plane of the ice cover as opposed to crack propagation through the thickness of an ice cover. A separate series of tests indicated that increasing microcrack density resulted in a decrease in the apparent fracture toughness of ice.
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  • Proceedings of the 5th International Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Symposium (OMAE): 13 April 1986, Tokyo, Japan 4 (1986): 341–348.
LanguageEnglish
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IdentifierIRC-P-1421
NRC numberNRCC 26645
NRC-IRC-782
NPARC number20338299
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