Investigation of ship capabilities on ice management effectiveness using a marine simulator

This project uses a marine simulator to investigate how different ship capabilities and configurations affects how well sea ice can be managed. The experiment looks at how changing various aspects of the ship (e.g. thruster power, ice class, propulsion system) affects how well the ship captain can perform the ice clearing operations. The project uses volunteer ship drivers to execute an ice management scenario using one of the vessel configurations. The performance metrics assess the captains’ ability to clear ice from the area of interest while staying within safe operational limits. The project expects to find a significant change in ice management effectiveness as the capabilities of the ships are increased. The partner organization from the study of azimuthing pods, which is a technology that will be a part of this project.

Faculty Supervisor:

Brian Veitch

Student:

Partner:

Virtual Marine

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Ocean Tech; Energy and Utilities; Information and Communications Technology

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

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