Ice pressure prediction based on the probabilistic method for ice-going vessels in inland waterways

First published in
Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE  
Number in series
8
Citation
International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2018)
Contribution to Conference
ASME 2018 37th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2018  
Publisher DOI
10.1115/OMAE2018-77668
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85055559962
With increasing need to utilize inland waterways (IWW), the design for IWW vessels gains attention both from a transport efficiency and an emission control point of view. The primarily issue is to estimate the ice pressure acting on the ship hull for inland waterways. Ice information for Lake Mälaren is extracted and analysed in this work. Since the ice properties have great influence on the impact load, they are studied based on empirical formulae and are calibrated by reference data. The ice impact is then predicted for an inland water barge. Probabilistic method is selected to derive the load based on available field test data. Several parent datasets are chosen, and different design strategies are implemented to evaluate the ice impact load and investigate the influences from exposure factors. The paper finds that the design curve of α = 0.265α -0.57 can be used for Lake Mälaren. The approach itself introduces a possible way to investigate loads on ice affected IWW.
DDC Class
600: Technik