Simulating In-Plane Failure of Sea Ice Floes in the Arctic Using Discrete Element Methods

Adam Bateson1, Daniel Lee Feltham1, Scott Michael Durski2, Jennifer Hutchings2, Rajlaxmi Basu3, Phil Byongjun Hwang3, David Schroeder1,4 and Penny Coulthard1, (1)University of Reading, Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, Department of Meteorology, Reading, United Kingdom, (2)Oregon State University, Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States, (3)University of Huddersfield, School of Applied Sciences, Huddersfield, United Kingdom, (4)British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom