Paul Duval

Creep and Fracture of Ice: Acknowledgements

Ice creeps when loaded slowly and fractures when loaded rapidly. This book is the first complete account of the physics of the creep and fracture of ice, and their interconnectivity. It investigates the deformation of low-pressure ice, which serves as the basis for the study of a variety of natural phenomena – glaciers, polar ice sheets, floating ice covers and the uppermost region of icy moons of the outer Solar System. The central argument of the book focuses on the structure of ice and its defects, and proceeds to describe the relationship between structure and mechanical properties, including elasticity. It reviews observations and measurements, and then interprets them in terms of physical mechanisms. A section on creep concludes with a discussion on modeling the ductile behavior of isotropic and anisotropic ice in relation to the flow of glaciers and polar ice sheets. A section on fracture assesses ice forces on engineered structures and analyses the deformation of the ice cover on the Arctic Ocean from the perspective of physical mechanisms. The book provides a road-map to future studies of the mechanics of ice by exploring its new contexts – the behavior of glaciers and ice sheets in relation to climate change, the dating of deep ice cores, and the projected behavior of sea ice. It also highlights how this knowledge of ice can be transferred into an understanding of other materials, especially the mechanical behavior of rocks, minerals, metals and alloys. Written by two experts in the field (Duval on creep and Schulson on fracture), the book is ideal for graduate students, engineers and scientists in Earth and planetary science, and materials science.

Creep and Fracture of Ice: Contents

Ice creeps when loaded slowly and fractures when loaded rapidly. This book is the first complete account of the physics of the creep and fracture of ice, and their interconnectivity. It investigates the deformation of low-pressure ice, which serves as the basis for the study of a variety of natural phenomena – glaciers, polar ice sheets, floating ice covers and the uppermost region of icy moons of the outer Solar System. The central argument of the book focuses on the structure of ice and its defects, and proceeds to describe the relationship between structure and mechanical properties, including elasticity. It reviews observations and measurements, and then interprets them in terms of physical mechanisms. A section on creep concludes with a discussion on modeling the ductile behavior of isotropic and anisotropic ice in relation to the flow of glaciers and polar ice sheets. A section on fracture assesses ice forces on engineered structures and analyses the deformation of the ice cover on the Arctic Ocean from the perspective of physical mechanisms. The book provides a road-map to future studies of the mechanics of ice by exploring its new contexts – the behavior of glaciers and ice sheets in relation to climate change, the dating of deep ice cores, and the projected behavior of sea ice. It also highlights how this knowledge of ice can be transferred into an understanding of other materials, especially the mechanical behavior of rocks, minerals, metals and alloys. Written by two experts in the field (Duval on creep and Schulson on fracture), the book is ideal for graduate students, engineers and scientists in Earth and planetary science, and materials science.

Creep and Fracture of Ice: Frontmatter

Ice creeps when loaded slowly and fractures when loaded rapidly. This book is the first complete account of the physics of the creep and fracture of ice, and their interconnectivity. It investigates the deformation of low-pressure ice, which serves as the basis for the study of a variety of natural phenomena – glaciers, polar ice sheets, floating ice covers and the uppermost region of icy moons of the outer Solar System. The central argument of the book focuses on the structure of ice and its defects, and proceeds to describe the relationship between structure and mechanical properties, including elasticity. It reviews observations and measurements, and then interprets them in terms of physical mechanisms. A section on creep concludes with a discussion on modeling the ductile behavior of isotropic and anisotropic ice in relation to the flow of glaciers and polar ice sheets. A section on fracture assesses ice forces on engineered structures and analyses the deformation of the ice cover on the Arctic Ocean from the perspective of physical mechanisms. The book provides a road-map to future studies of the mechanics of ice by exploring its new contexts – the behavior of glaciers and ice sheets in relation to climate change, the dating of deep ice cores, and the projected behavior of sea ice. It also highlights how this knowledge of ice can be transferred into an understanding of other materials, especially the mechanical behavior of rocks, minerals, metals and alloys. Written by two experts in the field (Duval on creep and Schulson on fracture), the book is ideal for graduate students, engineers and scientists in Earth and planetary science, and materials science.