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Introduction to IMO Polar Code - From the perspective of class

  • Suk, Ji-Hoon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.130-132
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    • 2015
  • The IMO Polar Code was adopted by Res.MSC.385(94) and Res.MEPC.264(68) and will enter into force on 1 January 2017. The Polar Code will affect design and equipment of ships intending to operate in polar areas. In this study, the requirements in the Polar Code are analysed from the perspective of class.

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Excitation Response Estimation of Polar Class Vessel Propulsion Shafting System

  • Barro, Ronald D.;Lee, Don-Chool
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2011.04a
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    • pp.463-468
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    • 2011
  • The prospect of Arctic trade transportation opening on a year-round basis creates a vast opportunity of exploring untapped resources and shortened navigational routes. However, the environment's remoteness and lack of technical experiences remains a big challenge for the maritime industry. With this, engine designers and makers are continually investigating, specifically optimizing propulsion shafting system design, to meet the environmental and technical challenges of the region. Further, classification societies recognize the need to upgrade the Unified Rules concerning elements to meet current Polar requirements. Hence in this paper, excitation torque calculation on Polar class vessels propulsion shafting system will be reviewed. The propeller - ice interaction load effect, which is a main consideration of excitation source of Polar Class propulsion shafting system, on shaft design calculation will be analyzed.

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Low Temperature Plastic Hardening Constitutive Equation for Steels of Polar Class Vessels (빙해선박 강재의 저온 소성경화 구성방정식)

  • Min, Dug-Ki;Heo, Young-Mi;Cho, Sang-Rai
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.49 no.3
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    • pp.227-231
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    • 2012
  • In this study, a plastic hardening constitutive equation for steels of polar class vessels at low temperature is proposed. The equation was derived using the experimental data obtained from tensile tests at room and low temperatures. Tensile tests at low temperature are both costly and time consuming because an expensive cold chamber is necessary and it takes too much time to cool down a specimen to set temperature. Using the proposed plastic hardening constitutive equation the plastic hardening characteristics of steels for polar class vessels at low temperature can be easily predicted from the tensile test results at room temperature.

On the Plastic Deformation of Polar-Class Ship's Single Frame Structures Subjected to Collision Loadings (충돌하중을 받는 빙해선박 단일 늑골 구조의 소성변형에 관한 연구)

  • Min, Dug-Ki;Shin, Dong-Wan;Kim, Sin-Ho;Heo, Yeoung-Mi;Cho, Sang-Rai
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.49 no.3
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    • pp.232-238
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    • 2012
  • The effects of temperature on the structural behavior of polar class vessels have been experimentally and numerically investigated. Experiments were carried out on single frame structures made of steel material, DH36, which is used for outer shell of the vessels making transit through the polar region. A knife edge type striker was dropped down onto single frame structures. The temperatures of the single frames were set to $-30^{\circ}C$, $-50^{\circ}C$ and room temperature. The deflection around the mid-point of the single frame was measured and numerically simulated using finite element model. Strain rate effect on the structural behavior has been investigated and turned out that the strain rate effect can be neglected. From the results of the experiment and numerical analyses, it has been noticed that the permanent deflection at lower temperature was reduced due to a temperature hardening of material as expected.

A Study on the Effect of Ice Impact Forces on an Ice-Strengthened Polar Class Ship After a Collision with an Iceberg (빙산과의 충돌 시 충격 하중이 극지운항선박의 내빙 구조에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Sunghyug;Luo, Yu;Shi, Chu;Lee, Chang-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.40-46
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    • 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.

Evaluation of the limit ice thickness for the hull of various Finnish-Swedish ice class vessels navigating in the Russian Arctic

  • Kujala, Pentti;Korgesaar, Mihkel;Kamarainen, Jorma
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.376-384
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    • 2018
  • Selection of suitable ice class for ships operation is an important but not simple task. The increased exploitation of the Polar waters, both seasonal periods and geographical areas, as well as the introduction of new international design standards such as Polar Code, reduces the relevancy of using existing experience as basis for the selection, and new methods and knowledge have to be developed. This paper will analyse what can be the limiting ice thickness for ships navigating in the Russian Arctic and designed according to the Finnish-Swedish ice class rules. The permanent deformations of ice-strengthened shell structures for various ice classes is determined using MT Uikku as the typical size of a vessel navigating in ice. The ice load in various conditions is determined using the ARCDEV data from the winter 1998 as the basic database. By comparing the measured load in various ice conditions with the serviceability limit state of the structures, the limiting ice thickness for various ice classes is determined. The database for maximum loads includes 3-weeks ice load measurements during April 1998 on the Kara Sea mainly by icebreaker assistance. Gumbel 1 distribution is fitted on the measured 20 min maximum values and the data is divided into various classes using ship speed, ice thickness and ice concentration as the main parameters. Results encouragingly show that present designs are safer than assumed in the Polar Code suggesting that assisted operation in Arctic conditions is feasible in rougher conditions than indicated in the Polar Code.

On the Fracture of Polar Class Vessel Structures Subjected to Lateral Impact Loads (횡충격하중을 받는 빙해선박 구조물의 파단에 관한 연구)

  • Min, Dug-Ki;Cho, Sang-Rai
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.49 no.4
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    • pp.281-286
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    • 2012
  • Single frame structures with notches were fractured by applying drop impact loadings at room temperature and low temperature. Johnson-Cook shear failure model has been employed to simulate the fractured single frame structures. Through several numerical analyses, material constants for Johnson-Cook shear failure model have been found producing the cracks resulted from experiments. Fracture strain-stress triaxiality curves at both room temperature and low temperature are presented based on the extracted material constants. It is expected that the fracture strain-stress triaxiality curves can offer objective fracture criteria for the assessment of structural fractures of polar class vessel structures fabricated from DH36 steels. The fracture experiments of single frame structures revealed that the structure on low temperature condition fractures at much lower strain than that on room temperature condition despite the same stress states at both temperatures. In conclusion, the material properties on low temperature condition are essential to estimate the fracture characteristics of steel structures operated in the Northern Sea Route.

Canard-Leading Edge Flap Scheduling for the Maneuverability Enhancement of a Fighter Class Aircraft (전투기급 항공기 기동성 증대를 위한 카나드-앞전플랩 스케줄링)

  • Chung, In-Jae;Kim, Sang-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.165-170
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    • 2007
  • During the conceptual design phase of a wing-body-canard type fighter class aircraft, as a method of maneuverability enhancement for an aircraft, effects of canard-leading edge flap scheduling have been studied. In this study, corrected supersonic panel method has been used to predict the drag polar characteristics due to canard-leading edge flap deflections in the high speed regime. Utilizing the predicted drag polar curves, the canard-leading edge flap scheduling laws have been established. These scheduling laws are the relation of canard-leading edge flap deflections and the flight conditions to maximize the lift-drag ratio. Based on the results obtained from the canard-leading edge flap scheduling, the present method has shown to be useful to enhance the maneuverability of wing-body-canard type fighter class aircraft.