Modelling dynamic strains on ice shelves resulting from flexural and extensional motions forced by ocean wave packets

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Autori principali: Bennetts, Luke G., Liang, Jie
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author Bennetts, Luke G.
Liang, Jie
author_facet Bennetts, Luke G.
Liang, Jie
contents The transient response of an ice shelf to an incident wave packet from the open ocean is studied with a model that allows for extensional waves in the ice shelf, in addition to the standard flexural waves. Results are given for strains imposed on the ice shelf by the incident packet, over a range of peak periods in the swell regime and a range of packet widths. In spite of the large difference in speeds of the extensional and flexural waves, it is shown that there is generally an interval of time during which they interact, and the coherent phases of the interactions generate the greatest ice shelf strain magnitudes. The findings indicate that incorporating extensional waves into models is potentially important for predicting the response of Antarctic ice shelves to swell, in support of previous findings based on frequency-domain analysis.
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spellingShingle Modelling dynamic strains on ice shelves resulting from flexural and extensional motions forced by ocean wave packets
Bennetts, Luke G.
Liang, Jie
Geophysics
35L05, 74J05, 76B15,
The transient response of an ice shelf to an incident wave packet from the open ocean is studied with a model that allows for extensional waves in the ice shelf, in addition to the standard flexural waves. Results are given for strains imposed on the ice shelf by the incident packet, over a range of peak periods in the swell regime and a range of packet widths. In spite of the large difference in speeds of the extensional and flexural waves, it is shown that there is generally an interval of time during which they interact, and the coherent phases of the interactions generate the greatest ice shelf strain magnitudes. The findings indicate that incorporating extensional waves into models is potentially important for predicting the response of Antarctic ice shelves to swell, in support of previous findings based on frequency-domain analysis.
title Modelling dynamic strains on ice shelves resulting from flexural and extensional motions forced by ocean wave packets
topic Geophysics
35L05, 74J05, 76B15,
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.05107