Model Tests on a Triple Screw Icebreaker (M5) for the United States Coast Guard. Part I - Resistance and Propulsion Tests

This report describes model tests on a new design Triple Screw Icebreaker to determine the propulsion characteristics. Details of the experiments were specified in the test programme and the work was carried out on behalf of the United States Coast Guard. See also Part 2, AD-861 591L.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dix, P. J.
Other Authors: BRITISH HOVERCRAFT CORP LTD LONDON (UNITED KINGDOM) EXPERIMENTAL DEPT
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1967
Subjects:
Marine Engineering
*ICEBREAKERS
*MARINE SURFACE PROPULSION
MODEL TESTS
SHIP MODELS
COAST GUARD
MARINE PROPELLERS
VELOCITY
PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
TOWED BODIES
THRUST
TORQUE
HYDRODYNAMICS
MODEL BASINS
UNITED KINGDOM
TRIPLE SCREW ICEBREAKERS
WAGB CLASS VESSELS
Icebreaker
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0861590
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0861590
Description
Summary:This report describes model tests on a new design Triple Screw Icebreaker to determine the propulsion characteristics. Details of the experiments were specified in the test programme and the work was carried out on behalf of the United States Coast Guard. See also Part 2, AD-861 591L.

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