ICE THICKNESS BY SHEAR WAVE PROPAGATION

Because of the lack of success in using normal incident reflected acoustic longitudinal waves for sea ice thickness measurements and the time consuming process entailed by refraction acoustic ice thickness measurements, a method of ice thickness measurement was tried using normal incident reflected acoustic shear waves or "S" waves. This technique was used for sea ice measurements off Pt. Barrow, Alaska during the summer of 1971.

• Corporate Authors:

  Offshore Technology Conference

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• Authors:
  • Vance, G P
  • Egan, D M
• Publication Date: 1972-5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ice; Measurement; S waves; Thickness
• Old TRIS Terms: Ice measurement; Ice thickness measurement
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00040877
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Marine Technology Society
• Report/Paper Numbers: OTC 1686
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 14 1973 12:00AM