• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.156-166
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• 1995

Regrading the development of offshore natural gas field near Sakhalin Island which is an ice-infested area, this study aims to estimate the dynamic ice load for construction of offshore structures operating in this region. In this paper the design ice load and dynamic responses of a slender Arctic structure upon continuous ice movement are sutdied. Crushing agter a certain elastic deformation is assumed as a primary failure mechanism at the contact zone between semi-infinite level ice edge and the face of structure. Dynamic interaction forces are calculated using a modified Korzhavin's equation and a two-dimensional ice-structure interaction model is adopted. To verify the numerical model, dynamic analysis is performed for on of the Baltic Sea channel markers whose response patterns were presiously observed.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.265-274
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• 2019

To trace the provenance of fine-grained sediments in response to the growth and retreat of glaciers (i.e., Ross Ice Sheet) that affects the depositional process, various kinds of analyses including magnetic susceptibility, granulometry, and clay mineral composition with AMS ¹⁴C age dating were carried out using a gravity core KI-13-GC2 obtained from the Central Basin of the Ross Sea continental margin. The sediments mostly consist of silty mud to sand with ice-rafted debris, the sediment colors alternate repeatedly between light brown and gray, and the sedimentary structures are almost bioturbated with some faint laminations. Among the fine-grained clay mineral compositions, illite is highest (59.1-76.2%), followed by chlorite (12.4-21.4%), kaolinite (4.1-11.6%), and smectite (1.2-22.6%). Illite and chlorite originated from the Transantarctic mountains (metamorphic rocks and granitic rocks) situated to the south of the Ross Sea. Kaolinite might be supplied from the sedimentary rocks of Antarctic continent underneath the ice sheet. The provenance of smectite was considered as McMurdo volcanic group around the Victoria Land in the western part of the Ross Sea. Chlorite content was higher and smectite content was lower during the glacial periods, although illite and kaolinite contents are almost consistent between the glacial and interglacial periods. The glacial increase of chlorite content may be due to more supply of the reworked continental shelf sediments deposited during the interglacial periods to the Central Basin. On the contrary, the glacial decrease of smectite content may be attributed to less transport from the McMurdo volcanic group to the Central Basin due to the advanced ice sheet. Although the source areas of the clay minerals in the Central Basin have not changed significantly between the interglacial and glacial periods, the transport pathways and delivery mechanism of the clay minerals were different between the glacial and interglacial periods in response to the growth and retreat of Ross Ice Sheet in the Ross Sea.

• 한국항해항만학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국항해항만학회 2015년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.127-129
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• 2015

극지해역 운항선박은 주 추진시스템 및 선박 장비들이 일반 상선과 다른 경우가 많다. 따라서 극지운항 선박의 기관사들은 각종 장비 및 시스템에 친숙해져야 할 필요가 있다. 이 연구에서는 교육 및 훈련을 통해 극지 운항 선박에 승선하는 기관사관의 자질 향상을 통해 극지운항 선박의 안전운항을 도모하는데 있다. 또한, 그러한 자질 향상을 위해 필요한 Ice Engineer 교육 프로그램 방안을 모색하였다.

• Strategy21
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• 통권43호
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• pp.29-55
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• 2018

Arctic sea ice has been retreating as a result of the global warming. Arctic sea ice extent for April 2018 averaged 13.71 million square kilometers. This figure shows far less sea ice compared to the average extent from 1981 to 2010. Meanwhile, 287 times of maritime transits through the Northwest Passage have been made during the 2017 and the first ship traversed the Northern Sea Route without the assistant of ice-breaker in August 2017. Commercialization of the Arctic Passage means significant economic and strategic advantages by shortening the distance. In this article, 'Arctic Passage' means Northern Sea Route along the Arctic coast of Russia and Northwest Passage crossing Canadian Arctic Ocean. As climate changes, the potential feasibility of the Arctic Passage has been drawing international attention. Since navigation in this area remains hazardous in some aspects, IMO adopted Polar Code to promote safe, secure and sustainable shipping through the Arctic Passage. Futhermore, Russia and Canada regulate foreign vessels over the maritime zones with the authority to unilaterally exercise jurisdiction pursuant to the Article 234 of UNCLOS. The dispute over the navigation regime of the arctic passage materialized with Russia proclaimed Dmitrii Laptev and Sannikov Straits as historically belong to U.S.S.R. in the mid 1960s and Canada declared that the waters of the passage are historic internal waters in 1973 for the first time. So as to support their claims, In 1985, Russia and Canada established straight baseline including Northern Sea Route and Northwest Passage. The United States has consistently protested that the Northern Sea Route and Northwest Passage are straits used for international navigation which are subject to the regime of transit passage. Firstly, it seems that Russia and Canada do not meet the basic requirements for acquiring a historic title. Secondly, since the Law of the Sea had adopted before the establishment of straight baseline over the Russian Arctic Archipelago and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Ships can exercise at least the right of innocent passage. Lastly, Northern Sea Route and Northwest Passage have fulfilled the both geographical and functional criteria pertaining to the strait used for international navigation under the international law. Especially, should the arctic passage become commercially viable, it can be expected to accumulate the functional criterion. Russia and Canada regulate the ships navigate in their maritime zones by adopting the higher degree of an environmental standard than generally accepted international rules and standard mainly under the Article 234 of UNCLOS. However, the Article 234 must be interpreted restrictively as this contains constraint on the freedom of navigation. Thus, it is reasonable to consider that the Article 234 is limited only to the EEZ of coastal states. Therefore, ships navigating in the Arctic Passage with the legal status of the territorial sea and the international straits under the law of the sea have the right of innocent passage and transit passage as usual.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.147-155
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• 2006

Ice resistance estimation equations based on model tests and full-scale sea trial data from many previous research articles are studied. Measured ice resistance data and its empirical/semi-empirical estimation equations are summarized in common format and are compared with each other, considering three ship categories, i.e, icebreakers, tug/supply vessels, ice-strengthened cargo vessels. The most suitable estimation methods or prediction equations are recommended based on this ice resistance data analysis.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제35권6_1호
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• pp.933-944
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• 2019

이 연구에서는 영상레이더(synthetic aperture radar; SAR) 이중차분간섭기법(Double-Differential Interferometric SAR; DDInSAR)을 이용하여 남극 로스 빙붕(Ross Ice Shelf)의 동쪽(A지역)과 서쪽(B지역)에 위치한 육지 경계부 지역의 조위변형을 분석하고, 조위예측 모델의 정밀도와 빙붕의 영률(Young's modulus) 추정을 위해 2015-2016년에 획득된 총7장의 Sentinel-1A SAR 영상을 획득하였다. 먼저, 남극 로스해(Ross Sea)에 대한 대표적인 조위예측 모델인 Ross Sea Height-based Tidal Inverse (Ross_Inv) 모델과 DDInSAR영상에서 추출된 빙붕의 조위변형을 비교한 결과, 모델의 조위예측 오차는 동쪽에서는 3.86 cm로 분석되었으며 조위모델에서 역기압효과가 필수적으로 보정되어야 함을 확인하였다. 그러나 서쪽에서는 역기압효과 보정 후에도 큰 오차가 발생하여 조위모델이 부정확할 수 있음을 확인했다. 또한, 조위변형이 나타나는 힌지 영역(hinge zone)의 폭과 얼음두께의 상관성을 나타내는 1차원 탄성 보 모델에 의거하여 얼음의 영률을 계산하였다. 이를 위해 DDInSAR 영상에서 조위에 의한 변위가 나타나기 시작하는 곳을 지반선(grounding line)으로, 조위에 의한 최대변위가 나타나는 지점을 힌지선(hinge line)으로 새롭게 정의했고, 이두선 사이를 힌지 영역으로 정의했다. 반무한 평면체를 가정한 1차원 탄성 보 모델에 의하면 힌지 영역의 폭은 얼음두께의 0.75승에 정비례한다. DDInSAR에서 나타나는 힌지 영역 중 지반선과 힌지선이 직선에 가까운 지역에서 힌지 영역의 폭을 측정하였고, 이를 BEDMAP2 얼음 두께의 0.75승과의 선형 회귀 분석을 통해 로스 빙붕 동쪽과 서쪽 힌지 영역의 영률을 1.77±0.73 GPa로 추정할 수 있었다. 이러한 방법으로 향후 Sentinel-1 영상이 축적되면 더 정밀한 영률을 추정할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.231-241
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• 2019

In this study, a simplified analysis method was developed to evaluate the fatigue damage of an ice-going ship under broken ice condition. The global ice load, which is essentially calculated at the design stage of the Arctic vessel, and the hull form information were used to estimate the local ice load acting on the outer-shell of the ship. The local ice load was applied to the finite element analysis model, and the Weibull parameters for the target fatigue point were derived. Finally, fatigue damage was evaluated by applying the S-N curve and the Palmgren-Miner rule. For the verification of the proposed method, numerical analyses using direct approach were performed for the same conditions. A numerical model that implements the interaction between ice and structure was introduced to verify the local ice load and the stress calculated from the proposed method. Finally, the fatigue analyses of the Baltic Sea for actual ice conditions were performed, and the results of the proposed method, the method using numerical analysis, and the LR method were compared.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.296-301
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• 2019

The Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) is an integral component of ship navigation equipment, that enables mariners to view Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC). Recently, it has become possible to transport freight and energy resources via the Northern Sea Routes (NSR) as global warming has been accelerating. However, ice can impact all types of ships and the potential danger that ice poses is significant. Until now, ice, consistently proven to be one of the most dangerous threats impacting navigation in ice-covered regions, has its detailed standard in the specification of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) for ECDIS. The investigations described in this paper were conducted to assess the advantages and problems of the display of ice objects on ECDIS. The experiments were conducted by using the Geographic Information System (GIS) to perform ice objects with their corresponding colors and symbols. Implementation of the standardized appearance of ice objects can enable mariners to access the ice condition of seas in a short time before navigating a safe passage through potentially treacherous waters. However, remain issues that must be overcome for data on ice to be fully compatible with an ECDIS system.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제34권6_2호
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• pp.1165-1178
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• 2018

남극 빙붕의 붕괴 및 흐름속도의 변화는 빙상에 대한 지지력을 약화시킬 수 있어 해수면 상승에 잠재적인 원인이 될 수 있다. 이 연구에서는 2016년 4월 대규모 붕괴가 발생한 동남극 난센 빙붕에 대해 Landsat-7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus(ETM+) 및 Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager(OLI) 영상을 이용하여 2000년부터 2017년까지의 연간 흐름속도 변화를 분석하였다. 흐름속도 산출을 위해 Landsat의 청색, 녹색, 적색, 근적외선, 전정색 및 첫 번째 주성분 영상 등 총 6개 영상에 orientation correlation 기법을 적용하고, 각각의 변위 산출 결과를 융합하는 다중분광 영상정합 기법을 사용하였다. Landsat 다중분광 영상정합은 난센 빙붕에서 전정색 단일 밴드 영상정합을 사용하는 경우보다 최소 14% 더 넓은 영역에 대해 신뢰할 수 있는 흐름속도를 산출하였고, Global Positioning System(GPS)로 관측된 흐름속도와 비교한 결과 ${\pm}2.1m\;a^{-1}$의 매우 작은 오차를 가지는 것으로 분석되었다. 난센 빙붕에서 2000-2017년 사이에 가장 급격한 흐름속도 증가를 나타낸 곳은 Drygalski 빙하설과 인접한 영역이었으며, 빙붕의 중앙 유선을 따라 측정된 흐름속도는 빙붕 전면(ice front)에 rift가 발달하기 전인 2010년까지 거의 변화가 없었다(${\sim}228m\;a^{-1}$). Rift가 발달하기 시작한 2011-2012년에 rift 상류에서 흐름속도의 가속화가 관측되었으나(${\sim}255m\;a^{-1}$), 이는 2010년에 비해 약 11% 빨라진 것에 불과하였다. 난센 빙붕의 rift가 완전히 발달한 2014년부터 rift 상류의 흐름속도는 다소 감소한 상태(${\sim}225m\;a^{-1}$)로 안정화 되었다. 이는 rift의 발달 및 빙붕 전면의 붕괴가 난센 빙붕의 흐름속도에 거의 영향을 주지 않았음을 의미한다.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.208-222
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• 2021

Managing with the presence of sea ice is the primary challenge in the operation of floating platforms in the Arctic region. It is widely accepted that offshore structures operating in Arctic conditions need station-keeping methods as well as ice management by icebreakers. Dynamic Positioning (DP) is one of the station-keeping methods that can provide mobility and flexibility in marine operations. The presence of sea ice generates complex external forces and moments acting on the vessel, which need to be counteracted by the DP system. In this paper, an icevaning control algorithm is proposed that enables Arctic offshore vessels to perform DP operations. The proposed icevaning control enables each vessel to be oriented toward the direction of the mean environmental force induced by ice drifting so as to improve the operational safety and reduce the overall thruster power consumption by having minimum external disturbances naturally. A mathematical model of an Arctic offshore vessel is summarized for the development of the new icevaning control algorithm. To determine the icevaning action of the Arctic offshore vessel without any measurements and estimation of ice conditions including ice drift, task and null space are defined in the vessel model, and the control law is formulated in the task space. A backstepping technique is utilized to handle the nonlinearity of the Arctic offshore vessel's dynamic model, and the Lyapunov stability theory is applied to guarantee the stability of the proposed icevaning control algorithm. Experiments are conducted in the ice tank of the Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed approach.