Abstract: The purpose of this communication is to show through experiment that the compressive strength of polycrystalline ice, which contains a bimodal distribution of grain sizes, can be expressed in ...

Abstract: Tensile experiments have been performed on aggregates of equiaxed and randomly oriented ice Ih of varying grain size (1.4 to 7.9 mm) at −10°C at two strain rates, 10−3 s−1 and 10−7 s−1 ...

Abstract: Tool-life curves have been obtained for an experimental, high-strength Zr 8.6 wt% Al alloy, in two metallurgical states (two-phase Zr2 Al/Zr and single phase Zr3 Al). Below a critical cutting ...

Abstract: Tests have been performed at −10°C on circumferentially notched right circular cylinders of randomly oriented granular polycrystalline freshwater ice, to determine whether grain size affects ...

Abstract: Cubes of side length from 10 to 150 mm were prepared from freshwater granular ice of about 1 mm grain size and then compressed uniaxially to failure at −10° C. In addition to size, ...

Abstract: Tensile tests have been performed on first-year sea ice and on laboratory-grown saline ice at −10° C and at two strain rates, 10−3 s−1 and 10−7 s−1 . The first-year sea ice was collected ...