Cutting Ice with High Pressure Water Jets

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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mellor, Malcolm, Gagnon, Francis
Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
Marine Engineering
*ICEBREAKERS
COAST GUARD RESEARCH
CUTTING
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
JET FLOW
LIQUID JETS
PRESSURE
TEST METHODS
Psi
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0766172
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0766172
Description
Summary: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.

Similar Items