Ice Mechanics for Geophysical and Civil Engineering Applications

• Main Author: Staroszczyk, Ryszard (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences,
• Subjects: Geophysics.; Civil engineering.; Geology.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Climatology.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Civil Engineering.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

This book presents the concepts and tools of ice mechanics, together with examples of their application in the fields of glaciology, climate research and civil engineering in cold regions. It starts with an account of the most important physical properties of sea and polar ice treated as an anisotro...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Formation and Types of Natural Ice Masses
• Properties and Mechanical Behaviour of Ice
• Sea Ice in Civil Engineering Applications
• Sea Ice in Geophysical Applications
• Micro-Mechanical Modes of Polar Ice
• Phenomenological Constitutive Models for Polar Ice
• Polar Ice Sheet Flow Models.