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Ice forces on the Nanisivik wharf

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  1. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
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Conference9th International Symposium on Ice, August 23, 1988, Sapporo, Japan
Subjectice; marine structures; wharves; loads; ice stresses; environmental factors; Strathcona Sound; Canadian Arctic; 1985-86 winter; landfast first-year sea ice; ice cover - temperature-induced strains; secondary creep behaviour; thermal stresses
Abstract
Ice stresses and environmental factors at Nanisivik wharf on Strathcona Sound in the Canadian Arctic are reported for the winter 1985/86. The ice regime is that of landfast first- year sea ice that attains a maximum thickness of 1.6 m in May. The primary mechanism of generating ice loads at this location appears to be temperature-induced strains in the ice cover. A thermal analysis based on secondary creep behaviour predicts thermal stresses lower than those measured.
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  • Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Ice: 23 August 1988, Sapporo, Japan 1 (23 August 1988): 463–472.
LanguageEnglish
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IdentifierIRC-P-1610
NRC numberNRCC 30754
NRC-IRC-1389
NPARC number20378441
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