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Across-Column Cracks And Axial Splits In S2 Saline Ice Under Compression, E. M. Schulson, S. Qi, J. S. Melton, E. T. Gratz Feb 1997

Across-Column Cracks And Axial Splits In S2 Saline Ice Under Compression, E. M. Schulson, S. Qi, J. S. Melton, E. T. Gratz

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Experiments on plate-like specimens have established that across-column cracks from within S2 (columnar) salt-water ice when compressed uniaxially along a direction inclined to the long axis of the grains. Wing cracks initiate from the across-column cracks and lengthen into axial splits when the ice is rapidly deformed; correspondingly; the macroscopic behavior changes from ductile to brittle. The across-column cracking is attributed to grain-boundary sliding, and the splitting to the suppression of crack-tip creep.


The Fracture Of Ice On Scales Large And Small: Arctic Leads And Wing Cracks, E. M. Schulson, W. D. Hibler May 1991

The Fracture Of Ice On Scales Large And Small: Arctic Leads And Wing Cracks, E. M. Schulson, W. D. Hibler

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From observations and calculations of crack patterns in ice, it is suggested that a similar mechanism may account for cracking over a wide range of scales.