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Symposium on Mechanics of Integrated Material Structures in Advanced and Emerging Technologies (IMECE 2009)

Submitted by Teng Li on


November 13-19,  2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida


Track 12: Mechanics of Solids, Structures and Fluids

Symposium on Mechanics of Integrated Material Structures in Advanced and Emerging Technologies

Modelling Ice deformation and fracture in Abaqus

Submitted by Daniel Prawica on

Hello Abaqus Users,

I am new to Abaqus: I am trying to model formation and propagation of fractures in glacial ice (note: ice deformation mainly by plastic flow). I was wondering if anyone has modeled ice as a material exhibiting a nonlinear behavior, or possibly have a user subroutine for ice that I could use. Thanks in advance for any help.

Daniel