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Ice pressure measurements with tekscan sensors-behaviour, calibration and application limits
Publikationstyp
Conference Paper
Date Issued
2022-06
Sprache
English
Number in series
6
Article Number
V006T07A023
Citation
ASME 2022 41st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2022
Contribution to Conference
Publisher DOI
Scopus ID
Publisher
978-0-7918-8591-8
ISBN
978-0-7918-8591-8
Ships and offshore structures operating in ice-covered sea areas have to withstand ice loads. In particular, the distribution of ice pressure in the contact area is critical. The pressure dis-tribution changes temporally and spatially and depends on the ice failure behaviour. Experimental measurements of ice pres-sures are possible with pressure mapping systems. A commonly used system in academia uses sensors manufactured by TekScan. The resulting measurements can be used to gain insight into ice failure behaviour, to establish design pressure patches, and to develop numerical models. However, various issues emerge when using these pressure measurement systems, e.g., equilibra-tion and calibration, which result in measurement uncertainties. Hence, this paper summarize and discuss possible issues and gives recommendations to address them.
DDC Class
600: Technology