Model Tests on a Triple Screw Icebreaker (M5) for the United States Coast Guard. Part II - Icebreaking Tests,

Abstract

A simple theory of bending with eventual tensile failure was assumed in scaling the thickness of ice which could be broken by the craft. A convenient material which could be sprayed into a large and uniform field was found to be modified model making wax. The wax mixture had ingredients which both reduced the strength of the material and limited the size of the fragments into which it broke during the icebreaking tests.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0861591

Entities

People

  • P. J. Dix

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coast Guard
  • Icebreakers
  • Materials
  • Model Tests
  • Thickness
  • United States

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  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Rocket Propulsion.