A study of numerical simulation on extreme flexural stress of ice plate

Abstract

Ice plate is general construction component in the cold region and the flexural stress governs its failure pattern. As per the stress equations which were proposed by Westgaard and Masterson, they explained the generic empirical methods to evaluate the extreme and effective flexural stress of ice plate. Based on these equations, most of consequent experiments and simulations referred them directly. Despite of this, there are not any demonstrations about the limitations of these equations by numerical modeling, therefore, it is possible to find the differences between the simulation values and theoretical calculation values by the deployment of numerical simulations from ‘Finite Element Analysis’ perspective, and based on these comparisons, author proposed some assumptions about the limitations of these equations. In the meantime, the simulation process can enhance the understanding of the applications of these equations.