FRICTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MATERIALS SLIDING AGAINST ICE

This paper presents some of the more important conclusions of a study to find abrasion-resistant, low friction coatings which can be used on the hulls of U.S. Coast Guard icebreakers. Basic studies showed that there are several parameters which affect the friction of materials sliding on ice, including surface roughness, relative humidity and velocity. Distinctions are also made concerning the breakway, static and kinetic friction coefficients and the parameters which affect those values. Laboratory tests were made to evaluate the friction and abrasion resistance of over 200 coating materials. Based on the results obtained, two nonsolvented polymer coatings were seleted for full-scale ship evaluations. Both coating materials have remained over 90 percent intact on the hull of an icebreaker for two years or more. One material, a nonsolvented polyurethane, has been effective in protecting the hull for four years and shows a reduction in hull resistance in ice after two years of service.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Lubricating Engineers

  838 Busse Highway
  Park Ridge, IL  United States  60068
• Authors:
  • Calabrese, S J
  • Buxton, R
  • Marsh, G
• Publication Date: 1980-5

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 283-289
• Serial:
  • Lubrication Engineering
  • Volume: 36
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: American Society of Lubricating Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coatings; Fluid resistance; Hulls; Ice; Icebreakers; Polymers; Resistance (Mechanics); Skin resistance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hull resistance
• Old TRIS Terms: Coating performance; Hull coatings; Ice resistance; Polymer coatings
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00323444
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 6 1981 12:00AM