Timeline for How wide does a wall of ice need to be to stay in place?
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| Jul 24, 2014 at 17:59 | comment | added | Danu | Hah, an exponentially widening wall. What a wall that would be... | |
| Nov 13, 2012 at 22:34 | comment | added | hpekristiansen | ρhg ~ 1000kg/m^3 * 200m * 10m/s^2 = 2000000kg/m/s^2 = 2MPa. So I think that it is safe to assume, that all of the ice will be in phase I. -but what is the minimum width of a 200 m wall? | |
| Nov 13, 2012 at 9:57 | comment | added | user4696 | Don't you think that before it would crumble from vertical pressure, the wall would fall over to the side? | |
| Nov 12, 2012 at 17:56 | history | answered | Jaime | CC BY-SA 3.0 |