TY - GEN
T1 - Modeling and optimization of docking stations and AUVs for ice floe measurement
AU - Lu, Fang
AU - Shu, Zhichao
AU - Hasenbein, John
AU - Morton, David
AU - Berta, Dominic
AU - Sooft, Khalid
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - We consider an Arctic drilling platform, which must withstand seasonal ice floes and be protected against extreme ice features. Adequate ice floe thickness estimates are not discernible from satellite images, so autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) equipped with sonar scan the thickness of the floes. We approximate this system by an M/G/k+G queue and develop a high fidelity simulation model. We develop and solve a stochastic facility location model, which addresses the design and operational decisions related to the system. Finally, we create a visualization tool to graphically represent the docking station configurations, ice floe arrivals, and the AUV scanning process. These simulations were part of a desktop study and have not been validated through field trials, which we hope to accomplish in the next phase of this study.
AB - We consider an Arctic drilling platform, which must withstand seasonal ice floes and be protected against extreme ice features. Adequate ice floe thickness estimates are not discernible from satellite images, so autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) equipped with sonar scan the thickness of the floes. We approximate this system by an M/G/k+G queue and develop a high fidelity simulation model. We develop and solve a stochastic facility location model, which addresses the design and operational decisions related to the system. Finally, we create a visualization tool to graphically represent the docking station configurations, ice floe arrivals, and the AUV scanning process. These simulations were part of a desktop study and have not been validated through field trials, which we hope to accomplish in the next phase of this study.
KW - AUVs
KW - M/G/k+G queue
KW - Simulation
KW - Stochastic facility location
KW - Visualization
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84879727644
SN - 9781622768011
T3 - International Conference and Exhibition on Performance of Ships and Structures in Ice 2012, ICETECH 2012
SP - 331
EP - 338
BT - International Conference and Exhibition on Performance of Ships and Structures in Ice 2012, ICETECH 2012
T2 - 10th International Conference and Exhibition on Performance of Ships and Structures in Ice 2012, ICETECH 2012
Y2 - 17 September 2012 through 20 September 2012
ER -