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Ship-Iceberg Interactions

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Confinement; High-pressure zone; Iceberg; Pressure-area relationship; Ship

Definition

Iceberg is formed from land-based glaciers by falling off from the land. It is made from freshwater rather than sea water. The ship-iceberg collision is a potential hazard for those ships navigating in ice-covered areas. However, due to the increased technology of detection system on board, the probability of large iceberg colliding with ship might be marginal. Ship-iceberg interactions shall include the global and local effects of both ship and iceberg. Due to the existence of free surface, the complicated ice mechanic properties, this phenomenon is a complicated topic on ocean engineering.

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Iceberg Types

The iceberg can be categorized according to its main dimensions, the height over sea level (H) and the overall length at sea level (L), see Fig. 1. The draft of iceberg (D) is normally not known (Table 1). There are studies performing the statistic relationship...

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  1. Front End Engineering, Aker Solutions ASA, Trondheim, Norway

    Zhenhui Liu

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  1. Hadal Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China

    Weicheng Cui

  2. School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

    Shixiao Fu

  3. School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK

    Zhiqiang Hu

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  1. SURF, Aker Solutions, Norway, Trondheim, Norway

    Zhenhui Liu

  2. Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

    Wenjun Lu

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Liu, Z. (2020). Ship-Iceberg Interactions. In: Cui, W., Fu, S., Hu, Z. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ocean Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6963-5_121-1

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