Ice Action Database for the Confederation Bridge Piers

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dc.contributor.advisorBrown, Thomas G.
dc.contributor.authorShrestha, Noorma
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-07T00:46:49Z
dc.date.available2012-11-13T08:01:33Z
dc.date.issued2012-09-06
dc.date.submitted2012en
dc.description.abstractIce forces on offshore structures are often the primary design load condition and it is therefore important that they be understood, and can be predicted accurately. During the design of piers of the Confederation Bridge, various design parameters including ice velocity, ice thickness, rubble height, ride up and ridge keel properties were considered in the assessment of ice action. To study the relationship between design models and reality using the full-scale data, various monitoring programs were initiated at the Confederation Bridge. One of the major projects includes continuous measurement of ice forces on piers P31 and P32. During continuous fourteen years of monitoring, a vast volume of data has been generated from instrumentation system at the piers and management of instrument data is one of the prime objectives of this research. The ice load derived from instrument data and event information and failure observations obtained from ice video analysis has enable study of the relationship between loads at adjacent piers, and also the relationship between various ice parameters including: ice thickness, ice velocity, keel depth, interaction height, presence of rubble or ride-up and their effect on ice actions. The study has also allowed comparing and verifying the results with the existing models.en_US
dc.identifier.citationShrestha, N. (2012). Ice Action Database for the Confederation Bridge Piers (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26409en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/26409
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/186
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEngineering--Civil
dc.subject.classificationConfederation Bridgeen_US
dc.subject.classificationIce Loaden_US
dc.subject.classificationIce Databaseen_US
dc.subject.classificationConical Structuresen_US
dc.subject.classificationIce-Structure Interactionen_US
dc.titleIce Action Database for the Confederation Bridge Piers
dc.typedoctoral thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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