Experimental and numerical study on dynamic responses of floating bridge under the shielding effect of a floating platform

A floating bridge and a floating platform can serve as a transport channel between land and sea. They will interact with each other in the wave environment. In this paper, the dynamic response characteristics of a floating bridge under irregular waves and regular waves are studied by means of model tests and numerical calculations. The results of model test and numerical calculation based on potential flow theory are basically consistent and can be mutually verified. By comparing and analyzing the dynamic response results of the floating bridge under the condition of “with floating platform” and “without floating platform”, some conclusions are drawn. The floating platform will have a shielding effect on waves coming from the sea. Due to the shielding effect of the floating platform, the motions in heave, surge and pitch of the floating bridge are evidently diminished. Among them, the motion response of the pontoon near the floating platform decreases most obviously. The floating platform provides a relatively stable marine environment for the floating bridge, thereby improving the survival state of the floating bridge.     

箱式浮体在波浪中的运动分析

为研究浮体在波浪中的运动，工程中采用基于刚体运动学的理论，应用牛顿第二定律建立了箱体在六个自由度的耦合运动方程。采用修正的切片法计算了箱体在规则波中运动的附加质量、附加阻尼和静水恢复力，并以纵摇和垂荡两个运动模态为例，在频域和时域内计算了浮体在规则波中两个运动模态的波浪载荷和运动响应，并对运动响应特性进行了分析。     

Time-domain analyses of elastic response and second-order mooring force on a very large floating structure in irregular waves

Real sea areas where very large floating structures are installed are random wave fields. Then, it is necessary to analyze the responses in the time domain due to directional waves. There exist hydroelastic deflections and slow drift motions in the responses of VLFSs in ocean waves. However, it is very time consuming to solve the equations of motion in the time domain and obtain these responses due to directional waves. It is unnecessary to solve such equations in the time domain, if mooring forces can be turned into on equivalent linear system. In this paper, we analyze the time-series responses without solving the equations of motion in the time domain. And, the corresponding model tests in uni- and two-directional irregular waves are carried out. The present method is validated by comparisons between the analytical and measured results of time histories, and moreover, the analytical method of a slowly varying wave drift force is also validated.     

大吨位沉船打捞多体系统耦合水动力特性研究

双驳船抬吊法是大吨位沉船打捞中主要采用方法之一。两艘驳船、难船构成的系统具有尺度大、间距小等特点,波浪环境形成复杂水动力耦合效应，基于势流理论，增加人工阻尼修正其粘性影响，利用AQWA软件开展单驳船、两驳船约束其一、两驳船耦合三种状态多体系统水动力数值预报研究，重点分析不同状态下驳船运动响应及波浪载荷，探讨了驳船约束模式、浪向角及周期对驳船水动力影响规律，探明了浪向角与周期对驳船耦合水动力及运动响应不利干扰，对指导沉船打捞多体系统的空间布局与作业海况具有重要意义。     

Simplified analysis for estimation of the behavior of a submerged floating tunnel in waves and experimental verification

To achieve rational design in waves for a submerged floating tunnel which has emerged as a new offshore transportation infrastructure, it's necessary to understand its hydrodynamic behavior. For simple but accurate estimation of hydrodynamic forces, a theoretical method is proposed and the tests with physical models in a wave flume were carried out for verification. Morison's equation was used to estimate wave loads composed of inertia force and drag force. Forces calculated by applying the linear wave theory to Morison's equation coincided well with those measured by the tests. The test results showed that mooring systems played a significant role in the movement of the submerged floating tunnel in waves. A pendulum model could be used to describe the motion of the submerged floating tunnel with a single vertical mooring. Based on the verified relations, a simple slack condition which causes the submerged floating tunnel to be unstable was also proposed. The simplified approach proposed by this study proved to be useful in designing the submerged floating tunnel in the initial stage.     

斜浪中二维潜体的二阶定常力

本文主要研究斜浪中作用于二维潜体（或看作为无限长的潜没柱体）上二阶定常波浪力的的力学机理和计算方法．研究表明．对圆柱而言，水平方向定常力在任意浪向中均可忽略．文中进而考察了潜没深度、浪向角和波浪频率对潜体垂向定常力的影响．同时，附带地证明了用于斜浪中二维绕射问题求解的格林函数在浪向角趋于横浪情况时可退化成横浪二维绕射问题中的格林函数．     

滚装重荷载应急卸载过程的浮基多体系统动力学分析

在救灾和战争等非常情况下，利用中小型近海滚装渡轮或改装后的渔轮渡海输送重荷载，具有可征用船只数量多和装卸载不依赖吊装设备等优点。缺乏港口屏蔽的海浪环境中重荷载进行滚动卸载时，必须考虑波浪对船的作用和重荷载与船的相互作用。本文通过对船在波浪中所受表观重力和表观浮力的分析，导出波浪作用力矩的计算公式。运用浮基多体系统动力学方法，建立波浪-浮基-重荷载系统的动力学方程。使用标准的龙格-库塔四阶方法进行数值积分求解。考虑海况、船型和重荷载在船上运动参数等因素，计算了各工况下的横摇运动响应。进而给出了重荷载安全快速卸载的驾驶操作要求及相关运动规律。     

两船在波浪载荷作用下的运动响应分析

基于波浪辐射/绕射理论,利用水动力分析软件AQWA研究两船在波浪作用下的运动响应特性,给出驳船受浮式生产储油船(FPSO)影响时的附加质量和辐射阻尼,分析了驳船的漂移力和运动响应。计算结果表明,当两船间距为5 m时驳船的附加质量比间距为10 m时的值大2倍多,驳船的附加质量和阻尼随着间距的减小逐渐增大;在间距30 m时,驳船的速度越小所受的漂移力就越大,并且驳船的横摇和首摇运动就越剧烈。     

平台运动对深水钻井隔水管非线性动力响应的影响

文章建立了波浪、海流和船体运动等载荷综合作用下的深水钻井隔水管非线性时域动力响应模型,模型考虑了顶部张力和隔水管内部泥浆对隔水管动力响应的影响,计人了张力沿隔水管长度的变化,并采用有限差分法求解了四阶偏微分运动方程.计算了随机波浪和规则波浪下船体运动对深水钻井隔水管非线性动力响应的影响,研究分析了船体平均偏移以及波频响应和低频响应的周期和幅值对深水钻井隔水管动力响应的影响.结果表明,船体运动对深水钻井隔水管动力响应有较大的影响,在随机波浪和海流作用下,考虑船体运动时,隔水管上部最大弯矩增大了59%.船体的平均偏移主要影响底部最大弯矩.船体波频运动对上部最大弯矩有较大影响,随着波频响应的周期和幅值的变化,上部最大弯矩变化较快,而低频响应的则主要影响隔水管上部弯矩.     

三维波对船舶运动响应影响研究

通常情况,实际海况的波浪更接近三维波,而在船舶运动预报时,目前主要考虑二维波(长峰波)中的响应,不能真正反映船舶在实际海浪中的运动.文中利用不同方法(频域方法、时域方法以及模型)研究了三维波的方向扩散性对船舶运动响应的影响.三种方法得到的三维波对船舶运动的影响是一致的.结果显示,在研究实际海况中的船舶运动时,考虑三维波的方向扩散性是非常重要的.     

近岛礁地形影响下的浮式平台运动响应

近岛礁附近的地形一般呈现高低不平的状态,水深从几十米到几米不等。远场波浪向近岸传递过来时在礁盘上会经过复杂的演化,使得浮体附近的波浪呈现一定的非均匀性,不同于常规的长峰规则波,同时礁盘的起伏变化会对波浪中的浮体的运动产生影响,最终使得浮体在复杂地形下的水动力运动响应不同于一般均一水深下的浮体响应。该文通过建立浮体和礁盘地形的耦合水动力模型,计算了礁盘对浮体入射波力、绕射力、辐射水动力系数以及运动的影响,同时与水池模型试验对比了浮体运动,两者较为一致。研究表明复杂地形对浮体的水动力运动存在较大的影响,在某些周期附近会增大浮体的运动响应,因此需要理性考虑复杂地形对浮体的影响。     

基于泰勒展开边界元耦合镜像格林函数法的浮体水动力学池壁效应（英文）

A novel numerical model based on the image Green function and first-order Taylor expansion boundary element method(TEBEM), which can improve the accuracy of the hydrodynamic simulation for the non-smooth body, was developed to calculate the side wall effects on first-order motion responses and second-order drift loads upon offshore structures in the wave tank. This model was confirmed by comparing it to the results from experiments on hydrodynamic coefficients, namely the first-order motion response and second-order drift load upon a hemisphere, prolate spheroid, and box-shaped barge in the wave tank. Then,the hydrodynamics of the KVLCC2 model were also calculated in two wave tanks with different widths. It was concluded that this model can predict the hydrodynamics for offshore structures effectively, and the side wall has a significant impact on the firstorder quantities and second-order drift loads, which satisfied the resonant rule.     

Dynamic response analysis of load transfer of topsides from T-barge onto twin-barge in floatover installation

The twin-barge floatover method is a promising approach in the topsides installation of the offshore platform. However, the topsides transfer onto the twin-barge is a challenging task and is seldom investigated. This study focuses on the floatover load transfer operation of the topsides onto the twin-barge by a T-shaped barge and investigates the dynamic responses of the three proximate barges in the operation. The floatover mating process was experimentally simulated by three representative intermediate stages, including 0%, 50%, and 100% stages. The barge and topsides motions, the relative motions of mating points, the contact loads on mating units, tether forces, and mooring forces at various environmental conditions were analyzed. The three floating barges experienced large surge drift motions as well as the sway and yaw drift motions in head seas because of the unsymmetrical configurations. Although a relative radial distance between mating points occurred and exceeded the capture radius of the mating unit at limited instants, the relative motions were to a great extent within the capture radius, indicating the feasibility of the twin-barge floatover method. Comparisons of the loads at the three stages show that the mating units and the tether lines were subjected to larger impact impulse loads at the 0% stage than the 100% stage.     

规则波下载人潜水器-母船布放回收耦合运动试验研究（英文）

The launching and recovery process of a human-occupied vehicle(HOV) faces more complex wave effects than other types of submersible operations. However, due to the nonlinearity between the HOV and its mother ship, difficulties occur in theoretically simulating their coupled motion and hydrodynamics. The coupled motion responses and the load under different regular wave conditions are investigated experimentally in this study. The optimized design of the experimental scheme simulated the launching and recovery process of the mother ship and HOV in regular waves. The attitude sensor performed synchronous real-time measurement of the coupled motion between the mother ship and HOV as well as obtained the load data on the coupled motion under different cable lengths. The results show that models in heading waves mainly lead to the vertical motion of the hoisting point. In beam waves, the transverse and vertical motions of the hoisting point occur in a certain frequency of waves.Under the heading and beam wave conditions, the longer the hoisting cable is, the greater the movement amplitude of the submersible is. Moreover, compared with the condition of the beam waves, the hoisting submersible has less influence on the mother ship under the condition of the heading waves. The findings provide theoretical support for the design optimization of the launching and recovery operation.     

近水面波浪力作用下潜体的非线性运动响应

通过对潜体近水面航行波浪力作用下非线性运动响应进行建模和计算，揭示了由于二阶波浪力民低速时潜艇操纵面舵力之不足，潜体的定深控制可能难于实现，产生逐渐上浮与露出波面的非线性现象。计算结果与自由自航模的试验结果相当吻合。     

海上风力发电平台概念设计及系泊系统特性研究

为实现海上风力发电平台工作状态的准确预报,本文采用有限元软件建立浮式风力发电平台三维模型,完全时域耦合分析在不规则波作用下,浮式风力发电平台动力响应特性.通过时域结果对比分析可知,在风浪流同向作用下,浮式风力发电平台的运动响应幅值及系泊缆索顶端张力最大.通过运动响应时间历程曲线可知,横荡运动和横摇运动表现为低频特性,垂荡运动表现为波频特性,以上研究成果可为浮式风力发电机的优化设计提供一定的指导,并可为将来的相关试验提供一定参考.     

两类锚泊系统在漂浮式双体浮动式波能转换装置垂荡运动状态下的性能（英文）

This work investigated the influence of two types of mooring systems on the hydrodynamic performance of a two-body floating wave energy converter(WEC). It also investigated the effects of the physical parameters of the mooring system on the amount of extractable power from incident waves in the frequency domain. The modeled converter comprised a floating body(a buoy), a submerged body with two mooring systems, and a coupling system for two bodies. The coupling system was a simplified power take-off system that was modeled by a linear spring-damper model. The tension leg mooring system could drastically affect the heave motion of the submerged body of the model and increase relative displacement between the two bodies. The effects of the stiffness parameter of the mooring system on power absorption exceeded those of the pretension tendon force.     

驳船升沉运动和波浪联合作用对沉管管段运动特性的影响

文章探讨驳船吊挂沉放法进行沉管管段的沉放作业过程中,驳船升沉运动和波浪联合作用对沉管管段运动特性的影响。采用边界元方法求解作用在沉管管段的波浪力,驳船升沉运动考虑为简谐运动,应用四阶Runge-Kutta方法求解沉管管段的运动方程。通过数值算例分析,探讨了驳船做不同振幅与不同相位的升沉运动和波浪联合作用下沉管管段的运动特性。     

基于倒置单摆原理的海上风机塔柱和转子机舱新的安装过程的数值模拟研究（英文）

Current installation costs of offshore wind turbines(OWTs) are high and profit margins in the offshore wind energy sector are low, it is thus necessary to develop installation methods that are more efficient and practical. This paper presents a numerical study(based on a global response analysis of marine operations) of a novel procedure for installing the tower and Rotor Nacelle Assemblies(RNAs) on bottom-fixed foundations of OWTs. The installation procedure is based on the inverted pendulum principle. A cargo barge is used to transport the OWT assembly in a horizontal position to the site, and a medium-size Heavy Lift Vessel(HLV) is then employed to lift and up-end the OWT assembly using a special upending frame. The main advantage of this novel procedure is that the need for a huge HLV(in terms of lifting height and capacity) is eliminated. This novel method requires that the cargo barge is in the leeward side of the HLV(which can be positioned with the best heading) during the entire installation. This is to benefit from shielding effects of the HLV on the motions of the cargo barge, so the foundations need to be installed with a specific heading based on wave direction statistics of the site and a typical installation season. Following a systematic approach based on numerical simulations of actual operations, potential critical installation activities, corresponding critical events, and limiting(response) parameters are identified. In addition, operational limits for some of the limiting parameters are established in terms of allowable limits of sea states. Following a preliminary assessment of these operational limits, the duration of the entire operation, the equipment used, and weather-and water depth-sensitivity, this novel procedure is demonstrated to be viable.