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Crushing Friction Experiments on Freshwater Ice

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Ice-Structure Interaction

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A unique hydraulically driven friction apparatus has been used to measure friction forces on freshwater ice specimens against a steel surface under crushing normal loads at various temperatures. The friction coefficient was found to be a decreasing function of increasing sliding speed and temperature and did not appear to be influenced by fabric, texture or the presence of bubbles. There was no correlation between normal load and the coefficient of friction. There was evidence that crushing friction has a higher coefficient than non-crushing friction, and possible mechanisms to explain this behavior are discussed. Periodic crushing was evident.

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  1. Institute for Marine Dynamics, National Research Council of Canada, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, A1B 3T5

    R. E. Gagnon

  2. Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, A1B 3X5

    J. Mølgaard

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  1. Institute for Marine Dynamics, National Research Council, Station A, P.O. Box 12093, A1B 3T5, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

    Stephen Jones  & Joy Tillotson  & 

  2. Ocean Engineering Research Centre Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, A1B 3X5, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

    Richard F. McKenna  & Ian J. Jordaan  & 

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Gagnon, R.E., Mølgaard, J. (1991). Crushing Friction Experiments on Freshwater 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_20

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