Ice island creation, drift, recurrences, mechanical properties, and interactions with arctic offshore oil production structures

• Main Authors: Sackinger, W.M., Jeffries, M.O., Li, Fucheng, Lu, Mingchi.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: 02 PETROLEUM; ARCTIC OCEAN; ICEBERGS; OFFSHORE PLATFORMS; ICE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SAFETY ENGINEERING; COMPRESSION STRENGTH; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; HAZARDS; ISLANDS; PROGRESS REPORT; STRAINS; STRESSES; THICKNESS; VELOCITY; WIND; DIMENSIONS; DOCUMENT TYPES; ENGINEERING; SEAS; SURFACE WATERS; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Ellesmere Island; Ward Hunt Ice Shelf; Milne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Iceberg*; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6994079; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6994079; https://doi.org/10.2172/6994079

Research and engineering studies on first-year sea ice for over two decades has resulted in the design, construction, and operation of jacket platforms, of artificial islands, and of massive gravity structures which routinely withstand moving sea ice of thickness up to 2 meters. However, the less-co...