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Artic ice and drilling structures

Journal Article · · Mech. Eng.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6504689
The sea ice in the southern Beaufort Sea is examined and subdivided into three zones: the fast ice zone, the seasonal pack-ice zone, an the polar pack ice zone. Each zone requires its own type of system. Existing floating drilling systems include ice-strengthened drill ships, conical drilling systems, and floating ice platforms in deep-water land-fast ice. The development of hydrocarbon resources in the Arctic presents great challenges to engineers, since the structures are required to operate safely under various conditions. Significant progress has yet to be made in understanding the behavior of ice.
Research Organization:
U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH
OSTI ID:
6504689
Journal Information:
Mech. Eng.; (United States), Journal Name: Mech. Eng.; (United States) Vol. 107:4; ISSN MEENA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
OFFSHORE DRILLING
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SEAS
SEASONAL VARIATIONS
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