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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/9443| Title: | Level ice breaking by a simple wedge |
| Authors: | Tatinclaux, Jean-Claude |
| Keywords: | Floe size Ice properties Friction factor Laboratory tests Ice breaking Ice breaking operations Icebreakers Model ice Wedges Ice forces Probability distributions |
| Publisher: | Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | CRREL report ; 85-22. |
| Description: | CRREL Report Abstract: Tests in level ice on an idealized icebreaker bow in the shape of a simple wedge were conducted in the test basin. The horizontal and vertical forces on the wedge were measured, and floe size distribution in the wake of the wedge was observed. From the force measurements, the ice wedge/hull friction factor was calculated and found to be in general agreement with the friction factor measured in separate friction tests. The ice floe length and ice floe area measured in the current study were found to follow log-normal probability distributions defined by the length average 𝐿 and area average 𝐴 and corresponding standard deviations 𝑆𝐿 and 𝑆𝐴. The results of these tests and other tests conducted at another facility showed that the ratios 𝐴/𝘩^2 and 𝐿/𝘩 (𝐴 = average floe area, 𝐿 = average floe length, 𝘩 = ice thickness) were, for the same type of model ice, directly proportional to the parameter σ/γ𝘩 (σ = ice bending strength, γ = specific weight of water) and σ/γ𝘩 respectively, and independent of the velocity and ice strain modulus or ice characteristic length. However, the coefficients of proportionality appear to depend upon the type of model ice used in the tests. The ratios 𝑆𝐿/𝐴 and were independent of σ/γ𝘩 but varied with the bow shape and the type of ice. The available field data are not sufficient for meaningful comparison with the laboratory results. |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/9443 |
| Appears in Collections: | CRREL Report |
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