Glen–Nye flow law¶
In theoretical glaciology and continuum mechanics, the Glen–Nye flow law, also referred to as Glen's flow law, is an empirically derived constitutive relation widely used as a model for the rheology of glacial ice.
Core Idea¶
Glen–Nye flow law is treated here as the recurring natural science, engineering, and health identity summarized by this source-grounded definition: In theoretical glaciology and continuum mechanics, the Glen–Nye flow law, also referred to as Glen's flow law, is an empirically derived constitutive relation widely used as a model for the rheology of glacial ice. In theoretical glaciology and continuum mechanics, the Glen–Nye flow law, also referred to as Glen's flow law, is an empirically derived constitutive relation widely used as a model for the rheology of glacial ice.
Scope of Application¶
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Parameter values. Review of research using a variety of methods and field sites have found the range of plausible values to be around 2 with the most commonly used assumption to be a.
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Viscosity definition. Here, the Glen–Nye flow law allows us to substitute for either \taue or \dot{\epsilon}e , and \mu can be defined in terms of either the effective strain rate or.
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Parameter values. Methods to improve estimations of these viscous parameters are an ongoing field of research.
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Documented setting. In theoretical glaciology and continuum mechanics, the Glen–Nye flow law, also referred to as Glen's flow law, is an empirically derived constitutive relation widely used as a model for the.
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Documented setting. Under the application of sustained force ice will flow as a fluid, and changes to the force applied will result in non-linear changes to the resulting flow.
Clarity¶
A clear use of Glen–Nye flow law names the carrier, the operative relation, and the conditions under which the source treats the identity as present. The minimal definition is In theoretical glaciology and continuum mechanics, the Glen–Nye flow law, also referred to as Glen's flow law, is an empirically derived constitutive relation widely used as a model for the rheology of glacial ice.
Manages Complexity¶
Glen–Nye flow law compresses multiple natural science, engineering, and health details into a stable diagnostic relation. The source shows both the central mechanism—the deviatoric stress tensor is related to an effective stress by its second principal invariant.—and the practical consequence—the Glen–Nye flow law treats ice as a purely viscous, incompressible, isotropic, non-Newtonian fluid, with a viscosity determined by a power law relation between strain rate.
Abstract Reasoning¶
- Type the carrier. Identify the natural science, engineering, and health entities to which the claim applies.
- State the relation. Use the source-grounded identity: In theoretical glaciology and continuum mechanics, the Glen–Nye flow law, also referred to as Glen's flow law, is an empirically derived constitutive relation widely used as a model for the rheology of glacial ice.
- Check operation and conditions.
Knowledge Transfer¶
Within the home domain. Knowledge about Glen–Nye flow law transfers literally when a new case preserves the same carrier type, relation, and recognition test. Review of research using a variety of methods and field sites have found the range of plausible values to be around 2 with the most commonly used assumption to be a constant n=3. Here, the Glen–Nye flow law allows us to substitute for either \taue or \dot{\epsilon}e , and \mu can be defined in terms of either the effective strain.
Neighborhood in Abstraction Space¶
Glen–Nye flow law sits in a moderately populated region (44th percentile for distinctiveness): it has near-neighbors but no dense thicket of look-alikes.
Family — Continuum Mechanics & Field Models (42 abstractions)
Nearest neighbors
- Herschel–Bulkley fluid — 0.88
- Μ(I) rheology — 0.88
- Groundwater Flow Equation — 0.87
- Stokes's law — 0.87
- Finite strain theory — 0.86
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