• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
• /
• 2015.10a
• /
• pp.121-123
• /
• 2015

북극해 항로관련 본격적인 연구는 노르웨이, 러시아, 일본 등이 공동으로 주관하여 1993년 시작되어 1999년에 끝난 INSROP이라고 할 수 있다. 우리나라는 이들 나라에 비하여 많이 늦었지만 관심을 가지고 산발적으로 진행하여 왔다. 우리나라에서의 북극과 관련한 연구는 극지연구소가 극지기후변화, 극지지구시스템, 극지생명과학, 극지해양환경 등 지구과학적인 측면에서 연구를 하고 있고 한국해양수산개발원은 해운항만정책, 해양정책, 해양환경정책 등 정책적인 측면에서 연구를 하여 왔다. 그리고 한국해양과학기술원에서는 한국해양대학과 공동으로 빙해수조를 통하여 얼음과 내빙선체 등과 관련된 연구를 하고 있다. 특히, 2013년 5월 15일 우리나라가 북극이사국의 정식 옵서버국이 됨에 따라 북극해 항로에 대한 국민적 관심이 고조되고 있으나 북극해항로에 관한 연구가 일천하기 때문에 현재까지 진행된 국내외 연구결과를 조사분석하여 북극해항로분야에서의 새로운 연구분야를 찾고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
• /
• v.23 no.1
• /
• pp.40-46
• /
• 2017

Shipping activities have become possible in the Arctic Ocean due to melting ice by global warming. An increasing number of vessels are passing through the Arctic Ocean consequently bringing concerns of ship-iceberg collisions. Thus, most classification societies have implemented regulations to determine requirements for ice strengthening in ship structures. This paper presents the simulation results of an ice-strengthened polar class ship after an iceberg collision. The ice-strengthened polar class ship was created in accordance with the Unified Requirements for a Polar-Ship (IACS URI). An elastic-perfect plastic ice model was adopted for this simulation with a spherical shape. A Tsai-Wu yield surface was also used for the ice model. Collision simulations were conducted under the commercial code LS-DYNA 971. Hull deformations on the ice-strengthened foreship structure and collision interaction forces have been analysed in this paper. A normal-strength ship structure in an iceberg collision was also simulated to present comparison results. Distinct differences in structural strength against ice impact forces were shown between the ice-strengthened and normal-strength ship structures in the simulation results. About 1.8 m depth of hull deformation was found on the normal ship, whereas 1.0 m depth of hull deformation was left on the ice-strengthened polar class ship.