Novel Research into Alluvium Reinforced Ice

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This research will investigate soil as a reinforcing agent for ice. Ice has been used on many occasions as an engineering construction mater, especially recently as a means of constructing offshore drilling platforms, roads, and airstrips in the Arctic. These constructions could be improved if a suitable reinforcing agent could be incorporated into the ice. First, the material properties of the reinforced ice could be improved over those of natural ice. Second, construction time and costs could be significantly reduced. The work will investigate the use of various alluvia (sands, silts and gravel) as reinforcing agents in ice. Bending tests of both large and small beams will be performed as will compression tests at a controlled strainrate and temperature.