BEARING CAPACITY OF FLOATING ICE PLATE SUBJECTED TO STATIC OR QUASI-STATIC LOADS. A CRITICAL SURVEY

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.

• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

  72 Lyme Road
  Hanover, NH  United States  03755-1290
• Authors:
  • Kerr, A D
• Publication Date: 1975-3

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 43 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ice; Ice floes; Icing; Loads
• Old TRIS Terms: Ice carrying capacity; Ice loads
• Subject Areas: Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099456
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 333 Res. Rpt.
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1975 12:00AM