Analysis and Probabilistic Modeling of the Stationary Ice Loads Stochastic Process With Lognormal Distribution

Until recent times researchers who investigated ice loads stochastic processes usually stated the fact of normal distribution for them. In the paper the model of a stationary stochastic process with a lognormal distribution for ice loads is offered. This model relates to the strain gauge transducer ice loads measurements as well as to some examples considered in different papers that were published earlier.

For this model dependencies of the autocorrelation function were found that allows to simulate the ice loads process relatively easily. The procedure of such a simulation is described in details and the example of the analysis and simulation ice loads measurements is provided.