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Book Synopsis
1 Preamble.- 2 Structure and Properties of Ice Plates.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Atomic Structure.- 2.3 Sea Ice.- 2.4 Lake and River Ice.- 2.5 Some Mechanical Properties of Ice.- 3 Continuum Mechanics.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Notation and Definitions.- 3.3 Linear Elasticity.- 3.4 The Thin Elastic Plate Equation.- 3.5 Inhomogeneity.- 3.6 Viscoelasticity.- 3.7 Elastic Plate of Finite Thickness.- 3.8 The Fluid Foundation.- 3.9 Surface Gravity Waves at a Free Surface.- 3.10 The Floating Ice Plate.- 4 Historical Perspectives.- 4.1 Precursor.- 4.2 Beam on a Winkler Base.- 4.3 Plate on a Winkler Base.- 4.4 Pioneering Analyses of a Plate on a Fluid Base.- 4.5 Liquid under Gravity with Surface Tension.- 4.6 Concluding Remarks.- 5 Theoretical Advances.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Dispersion Relation and Critical Speed.- 5.3 Steady State Wave Generation.- 5.4 Impulsively-Started Line Load.- 5.5 Bukatov-Zharkov Theory.- 5.6 Viscoelastic Response.- 5.7 Water Stratification.- 5.8 Plate of Finite Thickness.- 5.9 Vibrating Loads.- 5.10 Concluding Remarks.- 6 Experiments Involving Moving Loads.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Pioneering Experimental Work.- 6.3 Recent Experimental Work.- 6.4 The Field Programme of Takizawa.- 6.5 Laboratory Tests.- 6.6 The Field Experiments of Squire and Colleagues.- 6.7 Conclusion.- 7 Implications and Conclusions.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Critical Speed vcrit = cmin.- 7.3 Peak Deflexions and Strains.- 7.4 Waves at Distance.- 7.5 Aircraft.- 7.6 Finale.
Table of Contents
1. Preamble. 2. Structure and Properties of Ice Plates. 3. Continuum Mechanics. 4. Historical Perspectives. 5. Theoretical Advances. 6. Experiments Involving Moving Loads. 7. Implications and Conclusions. Bibliography. Index.
