Abstract: The plane-wave impulse response of a laterally compressed floating elastic plate, derived in earlier work, provides a simple means of describing the response of a floating ice sheet to gravity ...

Abstract: The coefficients of static and kinetic friction of sea ice on unfrozen beach gravel were calculated from measurements made while dragging two large blocks of sea ice (approximate weights 23,300 ...

Abstract: This paper provides the results of two small-scale testing programs linked to large-scale field programs carried out by the writers and others. The large-scale in-situ sea ice testing program was part of the Office of Naval ...

Abstract: The objective of this report is to describe techniques for conducting measurements of several of the mechanical properties of sea ice by in-situ methods. The tests described all involve the ...