Abstract: This paper discusses the importance of environmental driving forces in determining ice loads on Arctic offshore structures. Limits to the environmental driving force in a first-year ice field ...

Abstract: The mechanical behavior of sea ice has been found to be strongly dependent on the deformation rate. Consequently, prediction of ice load on arctic structures must include an adequate consideration ...

Abstract: Realistic constitutive models for ice are necessary for reliable prediction of ice loads and ice-structure interaction. Previous analytical work has tended to concentrate on ice behavior at low ...