Operational reliability study of ice loads acting on oil tanker bow

• Published in: Heliyon
• Main Authors: Jian Zhang, Oleg Gaidai, Hegang Ji, Yihan Xing
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2023
• Subjects: Oil tanker; Transportation; Crushed ice model; Polar technology; Ice; Global warming; Science (General); Q1-390; Social sciences (General); H1-99; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Dyna; Climate change
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15189; https://doaj.org/article/ade0360a0a604d2b9def5f366439e0ba

As a result of climate change, the Arctic glaciers start to melt, and the summer season arrives, making it acceptable for trade ships. There is still shattered ice in the saltwater even though the Arctic glaciers melt in the summer. The stochastic ice loading on the ship's hull is a complex shi...