local fracture, normal fracture crack, compression, compaction, fracture structure.

Examples of brittle fracture scenarios are considered, in which two mechanisms of local fracture participate - the development of normal fracture cracks and compaction, or hummocking, under compression. The work is a continuation of studies of fracture structures under compression [1]. It is shown that in a model situation with a chain of holes in a plate, the choice of the mechanism of formation of local fracture centers or their joint action depends on the orientation of the system of holes relative to the compression axis. Another example relates to the process of destruction of the ice cover when it is compressed under the influence of currents and wind load. The fracture variant is considered, in which two types of fracture interact: the fracture localized in the form of a crack-like defect during compression (hummocking) and the formation of accompanying transverse ruptures dividing the loaded ice sheet section into a series of bands along the compression stresses.

Osipenko Nikolai Michailovich,

Ph.D. Sci. Tech., Senior Research Worker, Ishlinsky Institute for Problems in Mechanics of the RAS, Moscow, Russian Federation.