Testing of cantilevers of reinforced sea ice
Possibilities to reinforce sea ice with geosynthetic materials were experimentally studies. The test results of cantilevers of reinforced and non-reinforced sea ice are given. The testing was carried out in March 2015 on the first-year sea ice of the fiord Van-Meinfiord, archipelago Spitsbergen. It was shown that the reinforcement of sea ice by geosynthetic materials increases safety of ice cover operation for transportation and works from ice due to the significant increase in the work of its destruction.