Presented herein are the results of an exploratory study on the application of chaos theory to continuous-mode ice breaking by a towed model-scale icebreaker hull. The study shows that continuous-mode ice breaking by a towed hull comprises a chaotic-dynamic system of comparatively low dimension. The implications of this result are discussed.
Keywords:
resistance,
experiment,
hull,
new york,
research,
chaos,
correlation dimension,
chaotic regime,
attractor,
arc
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