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Engineering360: "Watch: Rectangular Icebergs Spotted by NASA Crew"

10/26/2018 11:31 AM

Read Engineering360 article: Watch: Rectangular Icebergs Spotted by NASA Crew.

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Re: Watch: Rectangular Icebergs Spotted by NASA Crew

10/26/2018 4:54 PM

I've read several articles about this rectangular iceberg. They say that it's much wider than it is tall, but so far none has hinted at why it's broken at right angles. It looks far too perfect to be a fluke.

I have a private theory that the ice fractures in shear stress, and if tension or compression stress were applied to the ice, then the direction of maximum shear stress would be at +/- 45 degrees of the applied stress and thus at right angles, but that's just a guess.

(Mohr's Circle)

Anybody else have any ideas?

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Re: Watch: Rectangular Icebergs Spotted by NASA Crew

10/28/2018 2:16 AM

Must be Alien's !

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