Effects of Various Cross-sections and Adfreeze Bond Strength on Vertical Ice Load

In cold regions, ice sheets adfreeze to pile structures constructed in the sea. Due to changes in the water level, vertical ice loads act on the structures. These ice loads need to be considered to design pile structures affected by ice sheets. Ice loads acting on pile structures with circular cross-sections have been explained analytically. However, ice loads acting on pile structures with other cross-sections have never been researched. In this report, we study ice loads acting on pile structures with elliptical or rectangular cross-sections theoretically and experimentally. Furthermore we consider effects of various cross-sections and adfreeze bond strength.