Methodology for developing the configuration of an ice load monitoring system for an iceresistant self-propelled drifting platform

• Published in: Arctic and Antarctic Research
• Main Authors: A. V. Chernov, P. V. Maksimova, V. A. Likhomanov, I. A. Svistunov, N. A. Krupina, А. V. Savitskaya, А. В. Чернов, П. В. Максимова, В. А. Лихоманов, И. А. Свистунов, Н. А. Крупина, А. В. Савицкая
• Other Authors: This work was carried out under the agreement with NTI LLC. The authors are grateful to JSC DO Vympel (Nizhny Novgorod), OSK-Technologies (St. Petersburg), NTI LLC (St. Petersburg). The authors would also like to thank Roman Mudrik, who performed a large volume of finite element calculations, Работа выполнена в рамках договора с ООО «НТИ». Авторы выражают благодарность специалистам АО КБ «Вымпел» (Нижний Новгород), АО «ОСК-Технологии» (Санкт-Петербург) и ООО «НТИ» (Санкт-Петербург), принимавшим участие в проектировании системы мониторинга ледовых нагрузок. Авторы также благодарны Роману Сергеевичу Мудрику, выполнившему большой объем конечно-элементных расчетов
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Государственный научный центр Российской Федерации Арктический и антарктический научно-исследовательский институт 2020
• Subjects: система мониторинга; ice conditions; ice loads; ice-resistant platform; monitoring system; ледовые нагрузки; ледовые условия; ледостойкая платформа; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; North Pole; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://www.aaresearch.science/jour/article/view/323; https://doi.org/10.30758/0555-2648-2020-66-4-515-533

The ice-resistant self-propelled platform (IRSPP) named North Pole that is currently under construction at the JSC Admiralty Shipyards is designed to carry out year-round scientific research in the Arctic Ocean. The IRSPP will be equipped with a unique ice loads monitoring system (ILMS). The technical requirements for the ILMS were developed in the Department of Ship Performance in Ice of the AARI. The ILMS should ensure a safe operation of the IRSPP in ice conditions (operational function) and serve as a measuring tool for researching of the mechanics of deformation and destruction of ice (scientific function). Analysis of ice conditions at different stages of IRSPP operation showed that the main scenario of ice interaction with the IRSPP hull will be the action of ice under compression on the middle part of the hull during drift.The monitoring of the stress-strain state of the hull is carried out by a complex system of fiber-optic strain sensors placed on different elements of the hull structures. The largest number of sensors are located on the side plating in the middle part of the IRSPP hull. The locations of the sensors were determined by finite element analysis of the stress-strain state of the IRSPP hull under the action of ice load. To monitor the stress-strain state of the surrounding ice field, up to 16 pressure sensors frozen into the ice are provided. Also, the system receives and stores data on the angles of roll, trim, yaw of IRSPP, its longitudinal, lateral and vertical accelerations, and the surrounding hydrometeorological conditions: wind speed and direction, air temperature, atmospheric pressure, and the geographical position of the platform.ILMS will significantly improve the safety of IRSPP operation during prolonged drift in ice conditions. Besides, the ILMS provides the platform hull with the functions of a measuring tool for studying the mechanics of deformation and destruction of sea ice in interaction with the engineering structures.The main purpose of this work is to create a ...