A large scale simulation of floe-ice fractures and validation against full-scale scenario

While interacting with a sloping structure, an ice floe may fracture in different patterns. For example, it can be local bending failure or global splitting failure depending on the contact properties, geometry and confinement of the ice floe. Modelling these different fracture patterns as a natural...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wenjun Lu, Hans-Martin Heyn, Raed Lubbad, Sveinung Løset
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-05-01
Series:International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2092678218300311