Tensile fracture of ice : test methods and fracture mechanics analysis

This thesis is concerned with several aspects of fracture of both brackish (low salinity) sea ice and freshwater ice. The tests and analyses are confined to tensile, or in fracture mechanics language, Mode I, fracture. A large part of this thesis is dedicated to demonstrate that Linear Elastic Fract...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stehn, Lars
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Luleå tekniska universitet, Byggkonstruktion och -produktion 1993
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-18394