Computer simulation targets Arctic hazards

摘要

Increasing economic and industrial activity in Polar Regions requires new engineering solutions to deal with arctic hazards. Sea ice ridges are one of the most difficult obstacles encountered in ice-covered seas. When two ice sheets come into contact, they break and small pieces of ice accumulate along a line, creating large floating structures embedded in the ice sheet. With an underwater depth sometimes exceeding 30m, ice ridges represent considerable obstacles to ship navigation, but also to floating structures and vessels under dynamic positioning operations.