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Yanzhuo Xue,Guangshuai Sun,Shaocheng Di.Compressive Behaviors of Ice with Different Strain rates: Multiscale Fracture Characteristics of Strength and Fragmentation[J].Journal of Marine Science and Application,2026,(4):1000-1017.[doi:10.1007/s11804-025-00679-4]
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Compressive Behaviors of Ice with Different Strain rates: Multiscale Fracture Characteristics of Strength and Fragmentation
Yanzhuo Xue,Guangshuai Sun,Shaocheng Di.Compressive Behaviors of Ice with Different Strain rates: Multiscale Fracture Characteristics of Strength and Fragmentation[J].Journal of Marine Science and Application,2026,(4):1000-1017.[doi:10.1007/s11804-025-00679-4]
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- Title:
- Compressive Behaviors of Ice with Different Strain rates: Multiscale Fracture Characteristics of Strength and Fragmentation
- Author(s):
- Yanzhuo Xue1; Guangshuai Sun1; Shaocheng Di1
- Affilations:
- Keywords:
- Strain rate effect; Fragment characteristic; Multiscale fracture; Discrete element method; Grain-based model
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s11804-025-00679-4
- Abstract:
- In ice mechanics, the strain rate-dependent properties of ice under uniaxial compression have attracted attention. In this work, the rate-dependent properties of polycrystalline ice are studied through experiments and numerical simulation. For the experimental part, uniaxial compression tests are carried out on polycrystalline ice with different strain rates. For numerical simulation, a discrete element numerical model based on grain is constructed, and the microscopic parameter calibration is completed. Ice compression at different strain rates is simulated by combining the mechanical properties of single-crystal ice and polycrystalline ice, and the simulation and experimental findings are mutually verified. The results show that the uniaxial compressive strength of polycrystalline ice increases exponentially with the strain rate. The ice samples break substantially at a high strain rate, and the average broken area is inversely proportional to the strain rate. In the crack initiation, propagation, and coalescence of polycrystalline ice, intergranular failure is dominant. In terms of crack type, tensile failure is dominant. On the basis of existing studies, a rate-dependent model of the uniaxial compressive strength of polycrystalline ice is proposed.
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Memo
- Memo:
- Received date:2025-4-6;Accepted date:2025-5-9。<br>Foundation item:Funding This work is supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2021YFC2803400), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 52192690, 52192693, 52371270, 52401420, 52401318 and 52350410468), and the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province (JJ2021TD0031), to which the authors are most grateful.<br>Corresponding author:Yanzhuo Xue，E-mail:xueyanzhuo@hrbeu.edu.cn
