BREAKING ICE WITH A JET OF GAS

Thermodynamic methods are currently being applied successfully in industry for breaking rocks. These same methods have been examined for breaking ice. However, for large scale operations the use of a gas jet does not appear promising because of the large amount of energy required to melt ice. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Draft trans. of Arkticheskii i Antarkticheskii Nauchno-Issledovatelskii Institut. Trudy (USSR) v300 p153-167 1971.
• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

  72 Lyme Road
  Hanover, NH  United States  03755-1290
• Authors:
  • Yakovelev, G N
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Pagination: 19 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cutting; Drilling; Dynamics; Flow; Gases; Ice; Ice phenomena; Icebreaking; Jet propelled aircraft; Maintenance practices; Materials; Melting; Sea ice; Thermodynamics; Translations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Gas flow; Jets
• Geographic Terms: Former Soviet Union
• Old TRIS Terms: A; Ice cutting methods; Ice dynamics; Material removal
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Marine Transportation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00051734
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 25 1974 12:00AM