Ship Model Testing in Level Ice. An Overview

Abstract

The main points covered are: (1)modeling criteria for ships in ice, which must take into account the presence of a solid boundary at the water surface; (2) types of model ice used in various tanks-saline ice, urea-doped ice, EG/AD/S ice and synthetic ice; (3) techniques for growing model ice sheets, and achieving and monitoring the required ice properties; (4) limitations of both model ice and property measurement techniques; (5) model testing procedures for EHP and SHP tests and their limitations; (6) comparison between model test results and available full-scale trials data; (7) existing empirical and analytical or semi-analytical algorithms for predicting ship performance in level ice; (8) current research at CRREL and other research facilities to improve modeling techniques and data interpretation; and (9) novel bow designs for ice-transiting vessels.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA201012

Entities

People

  • Jean-claude P. Tatinclaux

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coast Guard
  • Cold Regions
  • Data Analysis
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Flexural Strength
  • Glaciers
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Model Basins
  • Model Tests
  • Naval Architecture
  • Research Facilities
  • Shear Strength
  • Test Facilities
  • Test Methods

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Polar and Arctic Studies