Accession Number:

AD0730303

Title:

Breakage of Floating Ice by Compressed Gas Blasting.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H

Personal Author(s):

• Mellor,Malcolm
• Kovacs,Austin

Report Date:

1971-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

56.0

Abstract:

The report presents information on a feasibility study of compressed gas blasting for use as a potential method of disengaging sea ice around beset ships. Author

Descriptors:

• *SEA ICE
• *MARINE TRANSPORTATION
• REMOVAL
• SAFETY
• COMPRESSED AIR
• BLAST
• LAKES
• SHOCK WAVES
• CRACKS
• RUPTURE
• CARBON DIOXIDE
• NEW HAMPSHIRE

Subject Categories:

• Snow, Ice and Permafrost

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE