Enabling Canada in world class research to address engineering challenges:

• Marine spray and atmospheric icing phenomena
• Full-scale ship structure response:
• Sliding impacts from ice, collision, grounding, etc.
• Ice mechanics
• Winterization of cold ocean vessels
• Wind loading and icing of structures (e.g. power transmission lines, aircraft and wind turbines, offshore structures)
• Ice management and safety

Funding Sources:

• Canada Foundation for Innovation
• Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
• Cenovus Energy
• Government of Newfoundland and Labrador – Department of Industry Energy and Technology
• Memorial University

Four unique facilities:

• Icing Wind Tunnel over Wave Basin
• Sliding Load Apparatus
• High Impact Indentation Apparatus
• 6-axis Planar Bi-axial Material Testing System

Simulate harsh ocean conditions

• Icebergs, sea ice, lake/river ice
• High winds and waves
• Seawater spray, freezing rainstorms
• Cold temperatures