THE CRACKING OF ICE DURING RAPID UNLOADING

Authors
COUTURE ML SCHULSON EM
Citation
Ml. Couture et Em. Schulson, THE CRACKING OF ICE DURING RAPID UNLOADING, Philosophical magazine letters, 69(1), 1994, pp. 9-14
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Philosophical magazine letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
09500839
Volume
69
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
9 - 14
Database
ISI
SICI code
0950-0839(1994)69:1<9:TCOIDR>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Experiments have established that cracks form within compressed ice du ring rapid unloading, provided that the initial compressive loading is sufficient to generate cracks. Cracks do not form when the ice is unl oaded slowly. The unloading cracks are transverse to those formed whil e loading and appear as transgranular spurs to the loading cracks. The y are attributed to the development of tensile stresses during the unl oading.