Compressive Ice Model Tests with a Pusher Plate Attached to the Carriage of the Ice Tank. Report from the Joint Finnish-Soviet Research Project.

摘要

A new measuring system to measure loads caused by pushing of ice in model scale with an instrumented pusher plate is developed. The system is tested by conducting a short model test series with two model ice thicknesses and two speeds of the carriage supporting the pusher plate. Based on the results obtained, the process of ice crushing, resulting from the bending failure of ice, is discussed in the report.