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

Objective: Air cushion vehicles(ACV) are used to break ice in cold places, where ice is formed on the surface of lakes, rivers and on the roads too. Depending on the ice thickness , an ACV can readily break ice in flexure by making a depression and send cracks throgh the ice. Once a crack is made , the path of least resistance …