Re: Maximum height of very cold ice mountain ?



Thanks for your ideas,
Googling around, found various angles of repose from 28 to 35 degrees.
Bigger the grain size the larger the angle.
Looks like finite element solution if dislocation creep mechanism dominates.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2003/pdf/1891.pdf
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2001/pdf/2067.pdf

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