... ABSTRACT Field indentation tests using medium-scale model structures had been conducted from the winter of 1996 to 2000. The data on inter-facial pressure provide an insight into the crushing process. The authors obtained the data on the actual contact area during the interaction...

... ABSTRACT A field indentation test using a vertical sided structural model was implemented for four consecutive winter seasons started in 1996 at Notoro Lagoon, Hokkaido (44°05"N,144"10'E). The fundamental mechanical and physical properties of the sea ice sheet were measured...

... of ice load. In medium-scale field indentation tests (MSFIT), as a part of the project, a lot of local ice load data as well as total ice load data were obtained through load cells attached to a 100mm-wide-surface-panel of a model structure in contact with an ice sheet. In the 1998 winter, a 2...

... ABSTRACT Field indentation tests using medium scale model structures have been conducted since the winter of 1996. Model structures 4.5 and 6.0m wide were used, and sea ice was up to 27cm thick in the 1997 winter tests. The purpose of this study was to understand the ice failure mechanisms...

... ABSTRACT A study on ice loads during ice - structure interactions was started in 1993 by the Japan Ocean Industries Association (JOIA). Medium Scale Field Indentation Tests (MSFIT) were conducted during the winters of 1996 and 1997. The purpose of the tests was to investigate ice loads and ice...

...Proceedings of the Seventh (1997) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference Honolulu, USA, May 25-30,1997 Copyright © 1997 by The International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers ISBN 1.880653-28-1 (Set); ISBN 1-880653-30-3 (VoL II) Medium-Scale Field Indentation Tests...