THE ACV ICEBREAKING BOW DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM--AN OVERVIEW AND STATUS REPORT

This paper describes the background, inception, objectives and current status of the Transport Canada ACV Icebreaking Bow Development Program, which involves three phases of activity, each having an appropriate level of model testing, theoretical development, economic analysis and full-scale testing. The three-year program of research which commenced in 1975, under sponsorship by Transport Canada Research & Development Centre, is still continuing, in fact, it is currently about halfway through. So promising are the Phase I test results, details of which are offered in the following pages, that already the Canadian Coast Guard is undertaking the design development of a prototype "Air Cushion Platform Icebreaking Attachment" and has plans for its actual construction and early deployment in the icebreaking fleet for service in the rivers and lakes of Canada. At the same time, the challenge has been accepted by commercial interests to explore this new icebreaking principal in relation to their emerging winter navigation needs, and to assess its impact on such concepts as year-round operation of ships on the Great Lakes.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented to a Joint Meeting of Canadian Institute of Marine Engineers and SNAME, Toronto, March 17, 1977.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

  601 Pavonia Avenue
  Jersey City, NJ  United States  07306-2907
• Authors:
  • Hearnshaw, J D
• Publication Date: 1977-3-17

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 43 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air cushion vehicles; Icebreakers; Icebreaking; Operations; Vehicle design
• Geographic Terms: Great Lakes
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00164856
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 29 1977 12:00AM