Mechanics of Ice Failure

Part I. Basics and Design for Compressive Ice Interactions: 1. Introduction; 2. Ice behaviour under stress and tools for analysis; 3. Design basics and ship trials; 4. Fixed structures and medium scale indentation tests; 5. Design for ice loading; Part II. Theory of Time-dependent Deformation and Associated Mechanics: 6. Viscoelastic theory and ice behaviour; 7. Complex states of stress and triaxial tests; 8. Damage analysis and layer formation; 9. Fracture of ice time-dependency; 10. Concluding remarks; A. Précis of the work of R A Schapery; B. Preparation of laboratory ice test samples.