DE-ICING APPARATUS FOR SHIPS

Describes a pneumatic de-icing system consisting of a flexible tube, or tubes contained in a rubber sleeve. When ice forms, pressurized air is introduced, the tube expands and produces tensile stress on the ice. Results of tests of the device and of Parafil ropes (Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd), are noted.

• Corporate Authors:

  Scott Polar Research Institute

  Lensfield Road
  Cambridge CB2 1ER,   England 
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 343-344
• Serial:
  • Polar Record
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 96

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deicing; Deicing chemicals; Ice; Snow and ice control; Strength of materials
• Old TRIS Terms: Ice strength
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00037568
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Arctic Institute of North America
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 10 1973 12:00AM