Surge motion of an ice floe in waves: comparison of a theoretical and an experimental model

Title: Surge motion of an ice floe in waves: comparison of a theoretical and an experimental model
Creator: Meylan, Michael H.; Yiew, Lucas J.; Bennetts, Luke G.; French, Benjamin J.; Thomas, Giles A.
Relation: ARC.DE130101571 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE130101571
Relation: Annals of Glaciology Vol. 56, Issue 69, p. 155-159
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.3189/2015AoG69A646
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2015
Description: A theoretical model and an experimental model of surge motions of an ice floe due to regular waves are presented. The theoretical model is a modified version of Morrison's equation, valid for small floating bodies. The experimental model is implemented in a wave basin at a scale 1:100, using a thin plastic disc to model the floe. The processed experimental data display a regime change in surge amplitude when the incident wavelength is approximately twice the floe diameter. It is shown that the theoretical model is accurate in the high-wavelength regime, but highly inaccurate in the lowwavelength regime.
Subject: sea-ice modelling
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1327387
Identifier: uon:25651
Identifier: ISSN:0260-3055
Language: eng
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