Ship Hull Resistance to the Dynamic Ice Body Impact

The Russian Arctic shelf area belongs to the strategic areas of the country with an enormous potential of natural resources, particularly, the hydrocarbons reserves. Against the background of a growing interest in the development of the Arctic region, in particular, its offshore fields, a topical problem of the Arctic fleet selection and optimization appears. Therefore, there is a need for research to ensure the strength of vessels during navigating in compacted and brash ice. The studies intended to ensure the hull strength when it hits the ice are of a special interest. The basic condition for the ice navigating is to ensure that the vessel ice performance meets the ice conditions and the navigation mode. The features of traditional calculation methods are limited. Using numerical modeling of the ice vessel interaction process is a promising and informative but understudied way. Using the design and engineering analysis of automated systems can improve the quality and efficiency of the designed product and its elements by increasing the number of options under consideration of design decisions and a more detailed analysis. In addition, it achieves reduction in the amount and labor intensity of technological operations during production. Using a specialized software, the study of the ice hitting the hull was conducted. As a result, the study demonstrated a pretty good convergence of the experimental and theoretical data, and the performance of the hull stresses resulting from the research is more informative and detailed.