Environmental factors in iceberg collision risks for floating systems

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 251-261

  Fuglem, Mark ^a   Jordaan, Ian ^a   Crocker, Greg ^a   Cammaert, Gus ^b   Berry, Bruce ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Cold Oceans Design Associates ^*  (Canada)

^c PETRO CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOG; LIGHTING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBABILITY; STORMS; VELOCITY; WIND EFFECTS;

CAPILLARY WAVES; FLOATING OIL PRODUCTION VESSEL; FLOATING SYSTEMS; ICEBERG; SEA STATE;

ICE;

COLLISION RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FLOATING STRUCTURES; ICE/STRUCTURE INTERACTION; ICEBERG COLLISION RISK; ICEBERG DETECTION;

EID: 0030198807     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-232X(95)00013-2     Document Type: Article

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