Breaking Ice with Air cushion Vehicle - Find minimum pressure with Newton-Raphson method

Objective: In determining the minimum cushion pressure needed to break a given thickness of iceusing an air cushion vehicle, the following equation is used. where \'p\' denotes the cushion pressure, \'h\' the thickness of the ice field, \'r\' the size of the air cushion, \'σ\' the tensile strength of the ice, and \'β\'…