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Critical slip and time dependence in sea ice friction

Lishman, B., Sammonds, P. R. and Feltham, D. L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2289-014X (2013) Critical slip and time dependence in sea ice friction. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 90-91. pp. 9-13. ISSN 0165-232X

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2013.03.004

Abstract/Summary

Recent research into sea ice friction has focussed on ways to provide a model which maintains much of the clarity and simplicity of Amonton's law, yet also accounts for memory effects. One promising avenue of research has been to adapt the rate- and state- dependent models which are prevalent in rock friction. In such models it is assumed that there is some fixed critical slip displacement, which is effectively a measure of the displacement over which memory effects might be considered important. Here we show experimentally that a fixed critical slip displacement is not a valid assumption in ice friction, whereas a constant critical slip time appears to hold across a range of parameters and scales. As a simple rule of thumb, memory effects persist to a significant level for 10 s. We then discuss the implications of this finding for modelling sea ice friction and for our understanding of friction in general.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Meteorology
ID Code:34578
Publisher:Elsevier

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