CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR ICEBREAKING ON THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER

A number of concepts were considered for cleaning a channel in the Upper Mississippi River. All of those concepts considered feasible, utilized an upward breaking bow of shallow angle in combination with a conveyor or system for placing clear ice well back from the channel. The use of impact or, mechanical cutters, jets, projectiles, heat and several other forms of ice management aids were reversed. Two concepts, one using a fixed underwater scoring device and the other using movable impactors on top of the ice, were in the final selection process. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Franklin Institute Research Laboratories

  Philadelphia, PA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Waggner, J P
  • Cappel, K
• Publication Date: 1971-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 270 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deicing; Domestic; Feasibility analysis; Ice; Icebreaking; Marine transit; River ice; Rivers; Snow and ice control
• Old TRIS Terms: Domestic ice operations
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Marine Transportation; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00019391
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FIRL-C2717
• Contract Numbers: DOT-CG-00397-A
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 19 1978 12:00AM