Modeling structural damage in Arctic tanker accidents

The overall aim of the research is to develop a decision support system to quickly estimate the oil outflow from a damaged tanker in a collision or grounding accident, in Arctic conditions. The work in this project focuses on modeling the accidental damage size for representative tankers operating in the Canadian Arctic, when these experience a collision or grounding. Structural peculiarities of Arctic tankers are considered, as well as cold climate effects e.g. on the materials in the ship structure. First, a detailed Finite Element model is set up and runs are made for a range of impact scenarios, and resulting damage sizes obtained. Then, a simplified model is developed based on those model results, which can run faster. Ultimately, this model will be linked to an oil outflow model, and integrated in a decision support system for oil pollution preparedness and response authorities.

Faculty Supervisor:

Floris Goerlandt

Student:

Partner:

Tallinn University of Technology

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Ocean Tech; Clean Technology; Oil and Gas

University:

Dalhousie University

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