Sintering of ice is driven by the thermodynamic requirement to decrease surface energy. The
structural morphology of ice in nature has many forms—from snowflakes to glaciers. These …

Frictional sliding plays a fundamental role in the mechanics of ice, on scales small and
large. Whether across opposing faces of microcracks within laboratory specimens, across …

New measurements have been made of the friction coefficient of freshwater polycrystalline
ice sliding slowly (5× 10− 8 to 1× 10− 3 ms− 1) upon itself at temperatures from 98 to 263 K …

We present a newly designed electrochemical surface forces apparatus (EC-SFA) that
allows control and measurement of surface potentials and interfacial electrochemical …

In the present study, a modified split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) is employed to
investigate the dynamic response of ice under uniaxial compression in the range of strain …

Friction of ice has been studied for over 150 years. Recently, the physics of ice friction have
been reviewed and many new experimental results presented. Here, we present a …

Using a new biaxial friction apparatus, we conducted experiments of ice-on-rock friction in
order to better understand basal sliding of glaciers and ice streams. A series of velocity …

Tectonic features on the satellites of the outer planets range from the familiar, such as clearly
recognizable graben on many satellites, to the bizarre, such as the ubiquitous double ridges …

The evolution of glaciers and ice sheets depends on processes in the subglacial
environment. Shear seismicity along the ice–bed interface provides a window into these …

Failure of brittle materials containing embedded three dimensional pre-cracks and subjected
to uniaxial compressive and tensile loading is considered here. The sliding crack (wing …