Ice Load Generation in Time Domain Based on Ice Load Spectrum for Arctic Offshore Structures

• Published in: Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
• Main Authors: Young-Shik Kim, Jin-Ha Kim, Kuk-Jin Kang, Solyoung Han, Jinwhan Kim
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Korean Society of Ocean Engineers 2018
• Subjects: Arctic offshore structure; Ice load generation; Time-domain analysis; Ice load spectrum; Mean ice load; Ocean engineering; TC1501-1800; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Global warming; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26748/KSOE.2018.32.6.411; https://doaj.org/article/3588e793d56b43a0979675d45471631f

This paper introduces a new method of ice load generation in the time domain for the station-keeping performance evaluation of Arctic offshore structures. This method is based on the ice load spectrum and mean ice load. Recently, there has been increasing interest in Arctic offshore technology for the exploration and exploitation of the Arctic region because of the better accessibility to the Arctic ocean provided by the global warming effect. It is essential to consider the ice load during the development of an Arctic offshore structure. In particular, when designing a station-keeping system for an Arctic offshore structure, a consideration of the ice load acting on the vessel in the time domain is essential to ensure its safety and security. Several methods have been developed to consider the ice load in the time domain. However, most of the developed methods are computationally heavy because they consider every ice floe in the sea ice field to calculate the ice load acting on the vessel. In this study, a new approach to generate the ice load in the time domain with computational efficiency was suggested, and its feasibility was examined. The ice load spectrum and mean ice load were acquired from a numerical analysis with GPU-event mechanics (GEM) software, and the ice load with the varying heading of a vessel was reconstructed to show the feasibility of the proposed method.