scholarly journals Calculation Methods of Icebreaking Capability for a Double-Acting Polar Ship

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Zhou ◽  
Feng Diao ◽  
Ming Song ◽  
Yue Han ◽  
Shifeng Ding

As a key parameter, icebreaking capability is often used to judge whether a polar ship could navigate in level ice at a certain speed. This paper presents two methods to calculate icebreaking capability. The first one is a static method based on the estimation of ice resistance under different ice thicknesses and ship speeds. The second is a dynamic method that involves solving the equation of motion. A series of model tests with a double-acting icebreaking tanker were also carried out in the ice basin of the Krylov State Research Center to measure ice resistances. The simulated ice resistances were compared with model tests results for both ahead and astern running operations. The calculated icebreaking capability based on static and dynamic methods was validated with the model test result. A good agreement was achieved between measurement and simulation. The discrepancy between the model test result and the result simulated by the static or dynamic method was minor.

Author(s):  
Kyung Duk Park ◽  
Hyun Soo Kim

The ice resistance estimation technique for icebreaking ships has been studied intensively over recent years to meet the need of arctic vessel design. Before testing in the ice model basin, the estimation of ship ice resistance with high reliability is very important to decide the delivered power necessary for level ice operation. The main idea of this study came from several empirical formulas by B.P. Ionov[1], E. Enkvist[2] and J.A. Shimanskii[3], in which ice resistance components such as icebreaking, buoyancy and clearing resistances were represented by the integral equations along the DLWL (Design Load Water Line). However, this study proposes modified methods considering the DLWL shape as well as the hull shape under the DLWL. In the proposed methodology, the DLWL shape for icebreaking resistance and the hull shape under the DLWL for buoyancy and clearing resistances are included in the calculation. Especially when calculating clearing resistance, the flow pattern of ice particles under the DLWL of ship is assumed to be in accordance with the ice flow observed from ice model testing. This paper also deals with application examples for a ship design and its ice model test results at the Aker arctic ice model basin. From the comparison of results from the model test and the estimation, the reliability of this estimation technique is discussed.


Author(s):  
Daniela Myland ◽  
Sören Ehlers

The assessment of the ship performance in ice covered waters has become more and more important in view of the increased interest in Arctic field logistics and transportation. The performance of ice-going or ice breaking ships is usually defined by their ability to proceed in uniform level ice, where good performance means low ice resistance, high propulsion efficiency and continuous ice breaking. In order to assess the ice breaking performance in an early design stage, model tests may be executed or several theoretical methods may be applied to predict the ice resistance may be applied. Due to the physical nature of model tests, all processes, i.e. forces contributing to ice resistance are considered. Thus, the execution of model tests is still the most reliable method to determine the ice resistance. But with regard to the high costs of model tests there is continued demand to gain knowledge on the reliability of theoretical prediction methods. The applicability of the method of choice depends on the underlying assumptions of the method itself and thus the method’s capability to predict and consider physical phenomena of interest. In this paper model tests are used to evaluate the influence of hull shape parameters and ice conditions on the breaking process, i.e. the ice resistance and the ship performance. Based on the knowledge gained a systematic comparison of existing, representative ice resistance prediction methods is carried out. The methods considered are state-of-the-art techniques which the original publications introduced with sufficient information to allow for their use in this comparison. It focuses on the suitability of the existing methods as engineering tools for the prediction of different components, as well as the total ice resistance itself. The incorporation of the ice resistance contributions in the different prediction methods is presented and differences are identified. On this basis an assessment of the assumptions and simplifications of these different numerical methods is outlined.


2014 ◽  
Vol 58 (03) ◽  
pp. 168-181
Author(s):  
Xiang Tang ◽  
Kaj Riska ◽  
Torgeir Moan

The ice performance of a dual-direction ship is investigated through a numerical procedure developed to simulate the continuous-mode icebreaking in level ice. The effect of the propeller-hull-ice interaction for running astern is accounted for by applying the knowledge obtained from model tests to the numerical procedure. The numerical procedure is in turn used as a performance prediction tool to supplement the model test data to investigate the thrust deduction in ice.


2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seong-Rak Cho ◽  
Kuk-Jin Kang ◽  
Sungsu Lee

The two most important tasks of ice breaking ships are first to secure a sailing route by breaking the thick sea ice and second to sail efficiently herself for purposes of exploration and transportation in the polar seas. The resistance of ice breaking ships is a priority factor at the preliminary design stage; not only must their sailing efficiency be satisfied, but the design of the propulsion system will be directly affected. Therefore, the performance of ice-breaking ships must be accurately calculated and evaluated through the use of model tests in an ice model basin before construction starts. In this paper, a new procedure is developed, based on model tests, to estimate a ship’s ice resistance during continuous icebreaking in level ice. Some of the factors associated with crushing failures are systematically considered in order to correctly estimate her ice-breaking resistance, while the effects of the hull geometry, as reflected in the length, breadth, and draft of ships, are considered in calculating buoyancy and clearing resistance. Multiple regression analysis is calculated with each ice resistance component. This study is intended to contribute to the improvement of the techniques for ice resistance prediction with ice breaking ships.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 692
Author(s):  
Bao-Yu Ni ◽  
Zi-Wang Chen ◽  
Kai Zhong ◽  
Xin-Ang Li ◽  
Yan-Zhuo Xue

In most previous ice–ship interaction studies involving fluid effects, ice was taken as unbreakable. Building breakable level ice on water domain is still a big challenge in numerical simulation. This paper overcomes this difficulty and presents a numerical modeling of a ship moving in level ice on the water by using a one-way CFD-DEM (computational fluid dynamics-discrete element method) coupling method. The detailed numerical processes and techniques are introduced. The ice crack propagation process including radial and circular cracks have been observed. Numerical results are compared with previous experimental data and good agreement has been achieved. The results show that water resistance is an order of magnitude smaller than ice resistance during the ice-breaking process. Ice resistance shows strong oscillation along with ice failure process, which are affected by ship speed and ice thickness significantly.


Author(s):  
Quentin Hisette ◽  
Daniela Myland

Abstract For non-typical icebreaking ships the hull-ice interaction process in level ice comprises a combination of many different phenomena which is difficult to be described by existing straightforward approaches. In order to gain knowledge about the level ice resistance of such non-typical hull shapes for operation in ice, a methodology is developed and presented to identify and evaluate the level ice resistance as well as its distribution along the hull of ships with non-typical icebreaking bow shapes with high stem and/or small waterline angles. For this purpose, one ship model has been manufactured and instrumented with several multi-component load cells in the bow region of the waterline as well as with one large six-component load scale between the bow and the stern. Performing resistance model tests at several loading conditions, in model ice sheets of different thickness and at multiple speed values allows obtaining relevant information to meet the goals of the study. The paper focuses on the methodology used for the ice model tests and its analysis. Instrumentation of the model is fully described, together with an overview of the testing matrix and model test observations. Analysis procedure is described in details and applied on a representative test run of the campaign.


Author(s):  
Feng Wang ◽  
Zao-Jian Zou ◽  
Hai-Peng Guo ◽  
Yi-Zhou Ren

Based on cohesive element method (CEM), the continuous icebreaking process with different heel angles in level ice are simulated in this paper. The simulations are established in FEM software LS-DYNA and an icebreaking tanker - MT Uikku is assumed advancing with the certain heel angle in level ice. Firstly, the comparisons are made between the simulations and the model tests for the cases with zero heel angle. A good agreement is obtained between the simulated and measured data. Then the effects of different heel angles on ice resistance and ice breaking patterns are investigated and analyzed. The results show that ice resistance, average ice breaking length and average broken channel width present increasing trends with the increase of ship heel angle. The applied methods show a wide prospect to predict ice loads on marine structures in the level ice and simulate the ice-structure interaction process.


2012 ◽  
Vol 174-177 ◽  
pp. 1537-1540
Author(s):  
Hong Yuan Huang ◽  
Yao Rong

The model tests have been done to verified the reasonable proportion of the fireproof concretes; the test result was analyzed, the compressive strength of the fireproof concretes after heating higher than the common concretes, the fireproof concretes which admixed with the polypropylene textile fiber, the silica flour and the carbon fiber can prevent the blowout of the concretes.


Author(s):  
Timothy E. Kendon ◽  
Ola Oritsland ◽  
Rolf J. Baarholm ◽  
Svein I. Karlsen ◽  
Carl-Trygve Stansberg ◽  
...  

Model test verification of floater systems in ultra-deep water meets limitations when it comes to available laboratory sizes. Systems in depths beyond 1000–1500 m cannot be tested at reasonable scales without the truncation of the mooring and riser system. The development of methods and procedures to overcome this problem has been addressed through extensive research programs at MARINTEK (VERIDEEP, VERIDEEP Extension, NDP, DEMO2000). This led to a hybrid verification procedure which combines reasonable truncation principles, model tests of the truncated system, and numerical simulations, to estimate the system’s response at full depth. There is, however, still a need to address the actual influence from the truncation procedure, and from the integration with simulations, on the final extrapolated full depth results. This paper presents a case study for the validation of the procedure, that compares full depth model test results of a semisubmersible in water depth 1250m against the extrapolated full depth results obtained from a truncated system of 500m. Results are presented for line tension and vessel responses in 3 seastates. In general the extrapolated full depth results were found to be in good agreement with the full depth model tests. However, the results confirmed expectation that the low frequency response has the greater uncertainties and presents the greatest challenge for the procedure.


Author(s):  
Junji Sawamura ◽  
Yutaka Yamauchi ◽  
Keisuke Anzai

A 2D numerical model was proposed to predict the repetitive icebreaking pattern and ice force of an advancing ship in level ice are presented. The numerical model focuses on the icebreaking at the waterline and neglects the broken ice rotating and sliding underwater hull. The repeated ship-ice contact and bending failure of a floating ice along the waterline are evaluated numerically. The computed ice channel width and icebreaking resistance are compared with measured values in the model test. Numerical results show moderately good agreement with the model test data. The effects of ice thickness and ship speed on the icebreaking resistance are investigated numerically. The icebreaking resistance depends on both the ice thickness and ship speed. The ice channel, however, depends on ice thickness, but there is little difference in ship speed.


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