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Project Number 96
Date of Summary June 30, 1986
Subject Probability Based Design Criteria for Ice Loads on Fixed Structures in the Beaufort Sea
Performing Activity Det Norske Veritas
Principal Investigator Mr. Ian J. Jordan
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Estimated Completion Complete
Description This was a Joint Industry Project (JIP). The objective of this project was to develop a probabilistic ice load model for the Beaufort Sea which can be used to choose realistic, site-specific, design criteria for ice based on a measure of the load exceedance probabilistics. This included defining realistic ice load scenarios to describe ice conditions in different seasons at various locations and the development of probabilistic measures for the frequency and severity of each scenario based on sound statistical methods. A simulation model was developed that combines ice statistics with ice-structure interaction models to produce probabilistic load descriptions.
Progress Complete. A final project presentation was held on January 22-23, 1986 in Calgary. The final Project Report was prepared based on comments received at this meeting.
Reports
AA (258 pages, 6,490 KB) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Probability Based Design Criteria for Ice Loads on Fixed Structures in the Beaufort Sea, Final Report, Volume I, Study Description, Det Norske Veritas, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 1986.
AB (133 pages, 2,962 KB) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Probability Based Design Criteria for Ice Loads on Fixed Structures in the Beaufort Sea, Volume II, Users Guide for Program BOREAS, Final Report, Det Norske Veritas, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 1986.
 

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