Ice Island Creation, Drift, Recurrences, Mechanical Properties, and Interactions With Arctic Offshore Oil Production Structures. Final Report

• Main Authors: Sackinger, W. M., Jeffries, M. O., Li, Fucheng, Lu, Mingchi
• Other Authors: United States. Department of Energy.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: University of Alaska Fairbanks. Geophysical Institute. 1991
• Subjects: Safety Engineering; Stresses; Mechanical Properties; 02 Petroleum; Offshore Platforms; Drilling And Production; Ice; Thickness; Progress Report; Fluid-Structure Interactions; Icebergs; Strains; Islands; Arctic Ocean; Compression Strength; 020300; Velocity 020600; Health And Safety; Hazards; Wind; Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Milne Ice Shelf; Ward Hunt Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Iceberg*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/10179650; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1385836/

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...