Thermomechanical balances of ice sheet flows

DOI10.1080/03091928408248191zbMath0571.73115WikidataQ110604866 ScholiaQ110604866MaRDI QIDQ3687895

L. W. Morland

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091928408248191

zbMATH Keywords

gravity; viscous dissipation; momentum; strong thermomechanical coupling; energy balances; shear response; steady plane flow; co-ordinate stretching; Dimensionless analysis; fixed domain mapping; flow of large natural ice masses; grounded sheet; horizontal and vertical advection; incompressible, homogeneous, heat conducting, nonlinearly viscous fluid; long aspect ratio; normalized energy balance; parabolic system for the temperature and two velocity components; series expansions in a small parameter; strongly non-uniform mechanical response; strongly temperature-dependent rate factor; surface slope magnitude

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74F10: Fluid-solid interactions (including aero- and hydro-elasticity, porosity, etc.)

74A15: Thermodynamics in solid mechanics

76D99: Incompressible viscous fluids

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