Author(s): B. Michel; D. Berenger

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Abstract: One of the major problems of winter navigation in closed canals or quiescent water bodies is the accelerated growth of ice in a limited ship's track with repeated ship passages. Because of the presence of water closer to the surface in the holes of broken-up ice accumu1ation, this growth may lead to unusual thickening of the ice, which would eventually close the passage to further navigation unless the large volume of ice is cleared by some means. We have developed an algorithm to represent this phenomenon for navigation close to a wharf in Arctic waters and we are applying this method here to accelerated ice growth in a canal of the Saint­Lawrence Seaway in the Montreal area.

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Year: 1975