Calculation of the size of ice hummocks
Ice hummocks are often seen during the breakup of water bodies and are the result of shifting of the ice cover during spring movements and are confined both to the shore slope, or exposed stretches of the bottom, and to shallow waters. At the same time, the shore is often used for needs of construction, transportation, power engineering and economic purposes, and cases of damage to structures and disruption of operations by ice hummocks are known. The authors therefore study here the character and extent of the phenomenon as it affects the design of shore engineering structures. They add that existing standards do not fully reflect the composition of ice loads on structures, in connection with which it is expedient to theorize as regards the expected size of ice hummocks.
- OSTI ID:
- 6199210
- Journal Information:
- Hydrotech. Constr.; (United States), Vol. 19:3; Other Information: Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel'stvo, No. 3, pp. 29-31, March, 1985
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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