Ice Load Monitoring Systems, Shipright Sea Event Analysis Procedure for Ice

Full scale data provides a valuable source of information to researchers, designers, operators and the wider marine industry, in providing knowledge, understanding and design verification. Monitoring systems have evolved over the years and now employ the latest technological measurement equipment, whilst shipping activities in cold climates has increased significantly in recent years, and been coupled with new operational performance of ships in ice. The ship-ice interaction for these vessels is consequently a significant component of performance and capability in ice, in which full scale data can play a vital component. In recognizing these aspects and changes, Lloyd's Register has developed a ShipRight Sea Event Analysis procedure for ice, SEA(ICE). This paper provides a summary of key elements of the procedure and measurement systems, including those for hull structures, engineering systems and underwater observations, as well as discussing the attributes of ice trials and noting some of the calculations that can be performed from the data obtained.