24 FOOT EXPERIMENTAL RIVER ICEBREAKER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

A 1/6 scale model of a mechanical cutting river icebreaker was designed, constructed, and tested in Pennsylvania Lakes in four inches of ice. The vessel cut two cantilever beams, which were broken into regular pieces and displaced under the fixed ice at the sides of the cut channel thus producing a completely clear channel. Hull design, tool performance, and hull resistance data are presented and analyzed. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Consultec Incorporated

  2351 Research Boulevard
  Rockville, MD  United States  20850
• Publication Date: 1973-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 115 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Fluid resistance; Hulls; Ice; Icebreakers; Icebreaking; Performance; Resistance (Mechanics); River ice; Rivers; Simulation; Structural analysis; Tests; Water traffic
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hull resistance; Ship hulls; Structural properties
• Old TRIS Terms: Cg; Ice cutting methods; Ice resistance; Models simulations; Performance engineering
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046126
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: DOT-CG-03,918-A
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1973 12:00AM