Cutting Ice with High Pressure Water Jets

Abstract

The report describes high pressure water jet ice cutting experiments conducted in support of the Coast Guard domestic icebreaking program. The test objectives were to determine power requirements for cutting two feet of fresh water ice at a speed of advance of 5 knots. The results of the tests show extremely high power requirements even when using state-of-the-art equipment pumping at 100,000 psi.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 16, 1973
Accession Number
AD0766172

Entities

People

  • Francis Gagnon
  • Malcolm Mellor

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bearing Strength
  • Coast Guard
  • Engineering
  • Field Tests
  • Fresh Water
  • Fresh Water Ice
  • High Pressure
  • Ice
  • Measurement
  • New England
  • New Hampshire
  • Power
  • Regression Analysis
  • Transitions
  • United States
  • Water
  • Water Jets

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Systems Analysis and Design