Predicting Polar Sailing Loads
An ice model testing method using synthetic model ice and tactile pressure sensors, coupled with a CFD-DEM numerical framework, realistically reproduces the probability distribution of ice-induced hull pressure in floe ice fields.
Zhong, Kai · Ni, Baoyu · Li, Zhiyuan · Xu, Xuesong · Wei, Hongyu · Hongyuan, Li · Xue, Yanzhuo
Ocean Engineering 2023
Established a novel ice model test procedure using non-refrigerated synthetic model ice and tactile pressure sensors to directly measure hull pressure
Proposed a novel method within a CFD-DEM numerical framework to monitor hull pressure during hull-ice floe interaction
Probability distributions of ice pressure from simulation and experiment are comparable
Increasing ship speed and ice concentration shifts the probability distribution towards higher pressure intervals, increasing mean ice pressure