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NRC-OCRE 90-meter Ice/Towing Tank
With access to the world’s longest Ice/Towing Tank, Oceanic offers world-class capabilities for
scientific research in the area of Arctic engineering. With over 1100 ice sheets having been grown
in the facility and access to an extensive database of ship and offshore projects, Oceanic’s
capability in ice technology comes from experience through research projects designed for Arctic
and sub-Arctic conditions, spanning from the frigid northwest Atlantic to the Sea of Okhotsk off
Sakhalin Island. Oceanic has been engaged to conduct experiments on the ability of mooring buoys
designed to either break level ice or submerge below the ice without incurring damage. Pressured
pack ice against an offshore structure can cause huge loads that risk the integrity of that structure:
Oceanic has researched berms that reduce or eliminate such risk. Improving ice-breaking bows and
evaluating the likelihood of propeller-ice interaction are two ways that Oceanic mitigates the risks
facing ferries operating in Arctic and sub-Arctic conditions.
- Hull resistance in level and pack ice as well as in open water
- Ship performance in ridged ice
- Self-propulsion experiments in ice and open water
- Captive maneuvering experiments
- Propeller-ice interaction studies
- Performance of podded propulsion in ice
- Evacuation system research
- Ice loads on offshore structures
- Ice abrasion studies
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