- Title
- An experimental model of wave-induced motions of an ice floe
- Creator
- Meylan, M. H.; Troffoli, A.; Bennetts, L. G.; Cavaliere, C.; Alberello, A.; Babanin, A. V.
- Relation
- 19th Austaliasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. Proceedings from the 19th Austaliasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (Melbourne, Vic 8-11 December, 2014)
- Relation
- ARC.DE130101571
- Relation
- http://people.eng.unimelb.edu.au/imarusic/proceedings/19%20AFMC%20TOC.htm
- Publisher
- Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society (AFMS)
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- Approximately ten per cent of the ocean surface is frozen into a layer of sea ice. Ocean surface waves penetrate deep into the ice-covered ocean. Waves breakup the ice, cause ice floes to raft and contribute to formation of new ice. They hence play a key role in extent and strength of the ice cover. An experimental model of wave-ice interactions was implemented using the wave basin facility at Plymouth University. A single floe was subjected to monochromatic waves, using different amplitudes and frequencies. Two different synthetic materials were used to model the ice. Only a loose mooring restricted the floe. The elastic plate motion was measured using a non-intrusive motion tracking system and the depth of fluid on the plate surface was measured simultaneously. Preliminary results in which the experimental measurements are compared to a two dimensional thin elastic plate model are presented.
- Subject
- ice floes; fluid mechanics; waves
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1293545
- Identifier
- uon:18629
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780646596952
- Language
- eng
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