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Surge motion of an ice floe in waves: comparison of a theoretical and an experimental model
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Meylan, MH and Yiew, LJ and Bennetts, LG and French, B and Thomas, GA, Surge motion of an ice floe in waves: comparison of a theoretical and an experimental model, Annals of Glaciology, 56, (69) pp. 155-159. ISSN 0260-3055 (2015) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.3189/2015AoG69A646
Abstract
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.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | sea-ice modelling |
| Research Division: | Earth Sciences |
| Research Group: | Physical geography and environmental geoscience |
| Research Field: | Glaciology |
| Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
| Objective Group: | Marine systems and management |
| Objective Field: | Oceanic processes (excl. in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean) |
| UTAS Author: | French, B (Dr Benjamin French) |
| UTAS Author: | Thomas, GA (Professor Giles Thomas) |
| ID Code: | 119192 |
| Year Published: | 2015 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 20 |
| Deposited By: | NC Maritime Engineering and Hydrodynamics |
| Deposited On: | 2017-07-27 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-10-30 |
| Downloads: | 138 View Download Statistics |
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