ICE FORCES ON VERTICAL PILES

The amount of force that an ice sheet can apply to a vertical pile was tested by lowering a hydraulic ram device into a hole cut in an existing ice sheet. The device had a large base and shoved a relatively narrow vertical pile in a horizontal direction. Test variables were: pile widths - 1. 5 in. to 36.7 in.; pile shapes--flat, round 45 degree and 90 degree wedges; ice thickness--2.6 in. to 8.8 in.; and ram speed--0.07 in. sec. Air temperature was-6. 7 degree C. Forces and displacements were measured electronically. The findings are presented as a table of test results and as bar graphs of the resultant ice pressures versus the pile width-to-ice-thickness ratio, pile width and shape combination and pile velocity.

• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

  72 Lyme Road
  Hanover, NH  United States  03755-1290
• Authors:
  • Nevel, D E
  • Perham, R E
  • Hogue, G B
• Publication Date: 1977-4

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 9 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Force; Foundations; Ice; Pressure; Support piles; Thickness
• Old TRIS Terms: Ice forces on structures; Ice pressure; Ice thickness; Pile structures; Vertical piles
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165725
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 77-10
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 8 1977 12:00AM