Abstract
The brittle fracture of ice under uniaxial tension and compression is discussed in terms of the nucleation and the propagation of internal cracks. The discussion reveals that fracture under both applied stress states can be understood in terms of theories previously developed for the fracture of brittle solids. Also, it shows that the applied strain rate which marks the transition from ductile to brittle behavior under compression can be expressed quantitatively by invoking a fracture model which incorporates crack-tip creep and frictional crack sliding.
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Schulson, E.M. (1991). The Tensile and Compressive Fracture of Ice. In: Jones, S., Tillotson, J., McKenna, R.F., Jordaan, I.J. (eds) Ice-Structure Interaction. International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84100-2_10
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