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Sixteenth (2007)
(2007)
International
International
Offshore
Offshore
andand
Polar
Polar
Engineering
Engineering
Conference
Conference
Lisbon, Portugal, July 1-6, 2007
Copyright © 2007 by The International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers(ISOPE)
ISBN 978-1-880653-68-5; ISBN 1-880653-68-0(Set); ISSN 1098-6189 (Set)
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THE DETERMINISTIC MODEL
The given forces lay on a tangent line to a circle in the point of
In order to embedding the generalized deterministic model of the local interaction of the ice floes, and their direction is determined by
ice drift in the water area including contact interactions of the ice direction of inertial forces projection on axis parallel to a tangent line.
fields between each other and with the fixed objects the following It is obvious that F frr _ nk = F frr _ kn ;
assumptions were developed (Bekker et al, 2006):
M n is a torque of n th ice floe in interaction with kth ice floe;
1) The ice cover represented a mechanical system from single M k is a resultant moment arising in kth ice floe.
fragments - ice floes which can interact with each other and with the
fixed rigid objects (a leg of the structure, single hummocks, At the instant of interaction of the ice floes, a redistribution of inertial
hummocky ridges, etc.). forces occurred through points of contact. If circle ice floes interacted,
such redistribution occurred along the straight line connecting their
2) The flow of N ice floes with the initial known (according to centers with a point of contact and by means of the inertial forces of
natural observations) kinematical and geometrical performances both ice floes projected on such straight line. If one ice floe interacted
moves uniformly in the water area affected by wind forces and with several ice floes from time to time, the inertial force of the given
currents. ice floe reallocated to the other ice floes. It is obvious, that the
majority of inertial forces would be perceived with those ice floes
3) The impacts of ice floes with each other or with other objects which were located more close to the resultant.
were considered as elastic-plastic interaction between absolutely rigid
bodies. Thus, it is possible to express redistribution of the inertial forces as
follows (Fig.1):
4) Initially all the ice floes had an angular velocity w=0. Should an
ice floe impact an object, its angular velocity varies.
⎧ 2 2
⎪ Fk = X k + Yk
5) The form of ice floes was considered circular in the plan. ⎪ F = k ⋅ F + k ⋅ F + ... + k ⋅ F
⎪ k 1 k 2 k n k
6) Local motion of the ice floes was considered in a local (plane)
⎨
( )
⎪ F pressue _ k _ i = ki ⋅ Fk ⋅ cos α i
/
, (1)
frame (x, y). That is why the effect of a buoyancy force and the effect
of a gravitational force on the ice floe were not considered.
⎪
( )
⎩⎪ Fdrag _ k _ i = k i ⋅ Fk ⋅ sin α i
/
1. Interaction between single drifting ice floes of random form and The geometrical factors, which define a share of the inertial force of
sizes; kth ice floe at interaction with ith ice floe, were determined from:
2. Interaction of single drifting ice floes of random form and sizes
with the single hummock leant against a structure and frozen thereto; 4 ⋅ Si
1−
3. Interaction of single drifting ice floes of random form and sizes π ⋅ Ri2
with an extended ridge of hummocks; ki = , (2)
n ⎛ 4 ⋅ Si ⎞⎟
4. Interaction of single drifting ice floes of random form and sizes ∑ ⎜⎜1 −
with a fixed, absolutely rigid leg of a structure. i =1⎝ π ⋅ Ri2 ⎟⎠
Scenario 1 - Interaction of the drifting single ice floes: where Si is an area of ith sector, appropriate of angle ∠OOk Oi (Fig.1
/ O O // = 180o ; O is point
and Fig.2); OOk is bisector of angle ∠Olim
a) Force interaction k lim i
of contact of kth ice floe with ith ice floe.
Let's introduce legend as follows:
Some limitation is imposed on Si value like it cannot fall outside the
Fk is inertial force of the kth ice floe;
/ O O // , otherwise k = 0 .
limits of Olim
X k is projection of force Fk on axis OX ; k lim i
ε 0i is angular acceleration of ith ice floe before interaction; ⎧ Fdrag _ k _ 1 = k1 ⋅ Fk ⋅ sin α1/ ( )
ν i is velocity of ith ice floe; ⎪
⎪ Fdrag _ k _ 2 = k 2 ⋅ Fk ⋅ sin α 2
⎨
( ) /
. (6)
ν xi is projection of ν i to OX axis;
⎪ .................... ....................
ν yi is projection of ν i to OY axis; ⎪F
⎩ drag _ k _ n = k n ⋅ Fk ⋅ sin α n ( ) /
Ppressure _ k _ i
ν pressure _ k _ i = is projection of ν k to a line
mk Thus, it is obvious (Fig. 1) that at the time of interaction between the
connecting centers of kth and ith ice floes; ice floes, each of them had some force couples which quantity was
determined by the quantity of interactions (contacts). These forces
( )
Ppressure _ k _ i
ν pressure _ k _ i = is projection of ν k perpendicular to were the frictional force F frr _ k _ i F frs _ k _ i and the drag
mk
a line connecting centers of kth and ith ice floes. force Fdrag _ k _ i .
By analogy to the previous expressers (Case a)), we receive: From here it was possible to make two outputs:
⎧
( )
a) If Fdrag _ k _ i ≤ F frr _ k _ i F frs _ k _ i , kth ice floe would not rotate
2 2
⎪ Pk = mk ν xk + ν yk relative to the point of contact with ith ice floe;
⎪ P = k ⋅ P + k ⋅ P + ... + k ⋅ P
⎪ k 1 k 2 k n k
( )
b) If Fdrag _ k _ i > F frr _ k _ i F frs _ k _ i , n th ice floe would rotate
( )
⎨ , (4)
⎪ Ppressure _ k _ i = ki ⋅ Pk ⋅ cos α i
/ relative to the point of contact with kth ice floe.
⎪
⎪⎩ Pdrag _ k _ i = k i ⋅ Pk ⋅ sin α i/ ( ) Then we have:
From the above, we found angular velocities of rotation of ice floes at Therefore, the resultant moment of kth ice floe at every time of
the time of interaction: interaction would be determined by total moments arising on contacts
( )
n
to the other ice floes: M k = ∑ M k _ i .
i =1
⎨ k _2 Rk (14)
⎪
_ k _ 1 = F pressure _ k _ 1 − X 1 ⋅ cos(α1 ) − Y1 ⋅ sin (α1 )
⎧ F pressure
new
⎪ new ⎪ .......... .......... ......
⎪ F pressure _ k _ 2 = F pressure _ k _ 2 − X 2 ⋅ cos(α 2 ) − Y2 ⋅ sin (α 2 ) ⎪ new υ drag _ k _ n
new
⎨ . (10) ⎪wk _ n =
⎪ .................................................. ......................... ⎩ Rk
Now let’s consider an ice floe with centre O5 . The forces of pressure
CALCULATION ALGORITHM AND RESULTS F2// transmitted to it from ice floes with centers O2 and O3 but as it
We could show the following algorithm (Fig. 4) for the generalized contacted the ice floes with centers O4 and O6 each of these forces
mathematical model describing drift of single ice floes of random
form and sizes, their interaction with each other or with the fixed rigid
1
would develop in the following components: F3/ = ⋅ cos 600 ⋅ F2//
3
( )
( )
object: 2
// 0 // /
and F3 = ⋅ cos 60 ⋅ F2 , where F3 would be transmitted both to
1. Input of initial kinematic, physical and geometrical parameters of 3
ith ice floes from random flow N of ice floes, and also input of the ice floe with centre O4 , and to the ice floe with centre O6 . But
parameters of the fixed object (for example, a structure, a single besides this force, they would also receive force F2/ . From that we
hummock or a ridge).
could determine values of boundary pressure forces of the ice floes
2. Definition of the active wind/current driving forces applied to ith ice with centers O4 , O5 , and O6 in contact with a structure and we could
floe. build an approximate pressure curve (Fig.5).
3. Searching out equations of motion of ith ice floe by numerical For ice floes with centers O4 , O6 forces of pressure in contact were
solution of Lagrange II-type differential equations at every given kth equal:
time step-interval (Bekker et al, 2006).
( ) 35 ⋅ cos(0 )⋅ F ⋅ cos(30 ) =
F4 = F6 = F2/ ⋅ cos 30 0 = 0
1
/ 0