DEVELOPMENT OF A SEA-ICE PENETROMETER

A 50-lb, pencil-shaped projectile has been developed and tested for use in determining the thickness of sea ice. The device contains an accelerometer and a radio that transmits to a receiving station aboard a launching aircraft. In the tests the thickness of the ice (when it was completely penetrated) or the depth of penetration (when only partly penetrated) was calculated to within about 3 in., on the basis of data obtained by the penetrometer while it was in the ice.

• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Petroleum Engineers

  6200 North Central Expressway
  Dallas, TX  United States  75206
• Authors:
  • McIntosh, J A
  • Young, C W
  • Welsh, J P
• Publication Date: 1973-3

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 249-256
• Serial:
  • Journal of Petroleum Technology
  • Volume: 25
  • Publisher: Society of Petroleum Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ice; Measurement; Thickness
• Old TRIS Terms: Ice measurement; Ice penetration; Ice thickness; Ice thickness measurement
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00048425
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 14 1973 12:00AM