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Computational Granular Mechanics and Its Engineering Applications pp 237–310Cite as

DEM Analysis of Ice Loads on Offshore Structures and Ship Hull

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With the development of offshore oil and gas industry in the cold region, the ice load and ice failure modes during the interaction between sea ice and offshore platform structures in cold regions play important roles in the structural design and fatigue vibration analysis of offshore platforms.

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    Shunying Ji

  2. Department of Engineering Mechanics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China

    Lu Liu

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Ji, S., Liu, L. (2020). DEM Analysis of Ice Loads on Offshore Structures and Ship Hull. In: Computational Granular Mechanics and Its Engineering Applications. Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3304-4_8

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