The article discusses the algorithm and mathematical apparatus for determining the carrying capacity of the ice cover based on the assessment of its thickness, determined from its structure and temperature. The composition of the freight transportation and the type of freight transport are determined based on the estimated ice thickness at the transportation location. Calculation of the ice cover characteristics, the thickness of ice growth depending on weather conditions, is based on the empirical formula of N.N. Zubov. Determination of the carrying capacity of ice and the composition of cargo is based on calculation methods based on the provisions of the theory of elasticity. The results of the ice thickness assessment are presented using geographic information systems in spatial form, the calculations are made in the Python programming language with a tabular output of the calculation results and an analytical note.

Evgeny P. Istomin
Professor, Doctor of Technical Sciences
Director of the Institute of Information Systems and Geotechnologies
Russian State Hydrometeorological University
79, Voronezhskaya st., St. Petersburg, 192007, Russia
e-mail: biom220@bk.ru
ORCID: 0000-0001-6247-4373
SPIN-код: 6404-9070
AuthorID: 333123
Scopus ID: 56951051300

Yaroslav A. Petrov
Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor,
Associate Professor of the Department of Applied Informatics
Russian State Hydrometeorological University
79, Voronezhskaya str., Saint-Petersburg, 192007, Russia
е-mail: yaroslav.petrov025@gmail.com
ORCID: 0000-0002-9185-441X

Irma A. Martin
Candidate of Technical Sciences
Associate Professor of the Department of Applied Informatics
Russian State Hydrometeorological University
79, Voronezhskaya st., St. Petersburg, 192007, Russia
е-mail: irma_martyn@mail.ru
ORCID: 0000-0002-4332-7308

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