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Ice-Steel Adhesion - Shear Strength

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Shear strength between ice and hull-coating surface at a given temperature - crucial for ice-breaking resistance prediction and hull-coating selection.

Formula

$$ \tau = 0.1 \cdot |T| \cdot k_{coating} $$

Symbol legend

SymbolMeaningUnitSource
$T$Ice-hull interface temperature°Chull RTD
$k_{coating}$Coating adhesion factor-paint datasheet

Sources

  • Schulson E.M. - Ice Mechanics.
  • Jones S.J. - JGR 2006.