A New Plastic Design Approach for the Vertical-Side-Plating Thickness of Ice-Strengthened Ships Suffering from Ice Floe Impacts

• Published in: Journal of marine science and engineering Vol. 12; no. 2; p. 233
• Main Authors: Mu, Mengying, Guo, Kailing, Cai, Wei, Zhu, Ling, Pi, Zhenyu, Zhou, Shuo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2024
• Subjects: Comparative analysis; Deformation; Design; Design criteria; Design parameters; Design techniques; Energy; Energy absorption; Energy dissipation; Energy exchange; Energy levels; Exact solutions; Finite element analysis; Ice; Ice cover; ice impact; Ice pressure; Ice thickness; ice-strengthened ship; Impact damage; Impact loads; Impact tests; Navigation; Parameter sensitivity; Plastic deformation; Plastic design; plastic-design method; Plastics; Plating; plating thickness; Ships; Strain hardening; Structural design; Structural engineering; Structural strength; Thickness; China; Arctic region

Ice-strengthened ships inevitably suffer from ice floe impacts during navigation in icy regions. Under some extreme-ice-impact loadings, the ship structure will experience plastic deformations. The magnitude of plastic deformation is highly correlated with the ice floe-impact energy level. During mo...