Office/Division Program
TAP
Project Number
40
Category
Research Initiation Date (Award Date)
Research Performing Activity
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) Shell Development Company
Research Principal Investigator
Dr. Gordon F. Cox (CRREL) & Dr. Jim Dorris (Shell) & Dr. J. A. Richter-Menge (CRREL)
Research Contracting Agency
Description
The Minerals Management Service is one of eight participants in a comprehensive ice mechanics study at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL). Shell Development is the lead participant, the others are oil companies. This is a theoretical and experimental program to determine the stress-strain relations and failure criteria for multi-year sea ice. Project Number 43 and Project Number 50 are adjunct projects to this investigation. The companies require the information to determine the design economics for Arctic concrete structures.
Latest progress update
Completed. The proprietary period for the reports has ended.