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Record information – Brief ACV Bow Development Program - Slides
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1978-08-29Item number (ISN):529750Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADA. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT FONDS / FONDS DU MINISTÈRE DES TRANSPORTSAccession:2016-0126Media:VideoPart:1 of 1Production date:1978-08-29Production company:Transporation Development CentreDescription:The current work in this program is intended to develop design guidelines based on experimental evidence which would enable calculation of the main parameters of an optimum air cushion icebreaking (ACIB) platform for use in all ice covered waters including the Arctic Archipelago. The objectives of the project are: to validate and further develop the theory and predictive methods explaining ice fracture under and around ACIB platforms for a range of conditions; to determine the forces acting on the broken ice within the cushion area and their contribution to reduction in resistance of the ship/ ACIB combination; to compute the magnitude of each force component for prediction purposes so as to develop hull drag predictor methods applicable to the host ship; and develop from the comparative results, drag and energy predictive methods. <7mn 35s>Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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