The paper discusses basic design considerations for civil submarines which are supposed to be applied in ice covered waters. The vessels taken into consideration are in the range of 4000 t displacement with lengths of approx. 60–100 m. Main mission scenarios relate to installation, maintenance and repair of subsea equipment, sub-ice oil spill response, and sub-ice seismic. Topics covered in this paper are related to geographic boundary conditions, the basic hull layout, hydrodynamics in shallow ice covered waters, hydrodynamics under surfaced conditions, and cargo transportation. The paper closes with a conceptual design example for a multi-purpose submarine.
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Ian Jordaan Honoring Symposium on Ice Engineering
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