Mechanics of Ice Failure - An Engineering Analysis

List of contents

Part I. Basics and Design for Compressive Ice Interactions: 1. Introduction; 2. Ice behaviour under stress and tools for analysis; 3. Design basics and ship trials; 4. Fixed structures and medium scale indentation tests; 5. Design for ice loading; Part II. Theory of Time-dependent Deformation and Associated Mechanics: 6. Viscoelastic theory and ice behaviour; 7. Complex states of stress and triaxial tests; 8. Damage analysis and layer formation; 9. Fracture of ice time-dependency; 10. Concluding remarks; A. Précis of the work of R A Schapery; B. Preparation of laboratory ice test samples.

About the author

Ian Jordaan is a consultant to C-CORE, and Professor Emeritus at Memorial University, St John's, Canada. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and has received the Horst Leipholz and Casimir Gzowski Medals, the P.L. Pratley Award, as well as several awards for best papers. He is the author of Decisions under Uncertainty: Probabilistic Analysis for Engineering Decisions (Cambridge University Press 2005).

Summary

Featuring real-world examples and practical methodology, this rigorous text explores time dependence in the mechanics of ice. Emphasizing use of full scale data, and implementing risk-based design methods, mechanical theory is combined with design and modelling.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Jordaan, Ian (C-CORE Jordaan, Jordaan Ian
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2023
• EAN: 9781108481601
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48160-1
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Cambridge Ocean Technology Series; Cambridge Ocean Technology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, SCIENCE / Mechanics / Fluids, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Oceanography, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Marine & Naval, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Mechanics of fluids, Oceanography (seas and oceans), Oceanography (seas), Marine engineering, Geology & The Lithosphere, Engineering: Mechanics of fluids