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Simulation of a ship advancing in floating ice floes

Huang, L; Li, M; Igrec, B; Cardiff, P; Stagonas, D; Thomas, G; (2019) Simulation of a ship advancing in floating ice floes. In: Proceedings of the 25rd International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions. Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions (POAC): Delft, The Netherlands. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

The effect of global warming is inducing sea ice retreat and transforming the Arctic into a navigable ocean. The melted ice cover can result in an environment where pancake-shaped ice floes are floating on sea surface; however, the effect of such an ice condition on ship performance has yet to be understood. This work develops a numerical model to predict the ship resistance in this typical case. Building on a traditional computational model for predicting ship hydrodynamics in open ocean, the Discrete Element Method is incorporated to include ice floes, so as to achieve ship-wave-ice coupling; thus, the simulation innovatively considers the influence of fluid flow on the interaction process. Following validation against experiments, the proposed model has been shown capable of accurately predicting ship resistance in pancake ice condition. Subsequently, the relationship of the resistance with ship speed, ice concentration and floe size is investigated.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: Simulation of a ship advancing in floating ice floes
Event: 25th International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions
Location: Delft, The Netherlands
Dates: 09 June 2019 - 13 June 2019
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: http://www.poac.com/PapersOnline.html
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Ship; Ice Floe; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Discrete Element Method
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Mechanical Engineering
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10075754
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