A Potential Application of DEM-CFD Coupling Method for Brash Ice Model Testing

Hanyang Gong; Malith Prasanna

doi:10.1115/OMAE2025-156576

A Potential Application of DEM-CFD Coupling Method for Brash Ice Model Testing

Hanyang Gong
, Malith Prasanna

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Aker Arctic Technology Oy
Aalto University

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Abstract

Numerical simulations in arctic engineering gained increasing interest in recent years. Discrete element method coupled with computational fluid dynamics (DEM-CFD) method has shown great potential for supporting ice model tests by simulating ships and offshore structures interacting with ice in scenarios involving significant hydrodynamic effects. This paper first provides an overview of DEM-CFD coupling method, focusing on the ice model testing applications. The paper aims to show the possibility and potential of the coupled DEM-CFD solver to apply on brash ice model testing. A showcase is used: a monopile foundation (a cylinder) in drifting brash ice field. Three simulations are performed: brash ice cladding on the cylinder by only using DEM; the cylinder in water by only using CFD, and the cylinder in brash ice by using coupled DEM-CFD solver. The total force on the cylinder towards the ice moving direction is calculated and compared. A brief comparison with ice model test results is also provided.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of ASME 2025 44th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2025)
Subtitle of host publication	Volume 3: Ocean Engineering; Polar and Arctic Sciences and Technology
Publisher	American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-7918-8892-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2025-156576
Publication status	Published - 2025
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	ASME 2025 44th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2025 - Vancouver, Canada Duration: 22 Jun 2025 → 27 Jun 2025

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Conference	ASME 2025 44th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2025
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Vancouver
Period	22/06/25 → 27/06/25

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

Brash ice
CFD
DEM
Hydrodynamics
Ice model testing
Ice resistance

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Gong, H., & Prasanna, M. (2025). A Potential Application of DEM-CFD Coupling Method for Brash Ice Model Testing. In Proceedings of ASME 2025 44th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2025): Volume 3: Ocean Engineering; Polar and Arctic Sciences and Technology Article v003t07a011 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2025-156576

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Gong, H & Prasanna, M 2025, A Potential Application of DEM-CFD Coupling Method for Brash Ice Model Testing. in Proceedings of ASME 2025 44th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2025): Volume 3: Ocean Engineering; Polar and Arctic Sciences and Technology., v003t07a011, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ASME 2025 44th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2025, Vancouver, Canada, 22/06/25. https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2025-156576

A Potential Application of DEM-CFD Coupling Method for Brash Ice Model Testing. / Gong, Hanyang; Prasanna, Malith.
Proceedings of ASME 2025 44th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2025): Volume 3: Ocean Engineering; Polar and Arctic Sciences and Technology. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025. v003t07a011.

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