Fluid-structure-material coupling analysis for a floating laminated structure consisting of high-stiffness panels and a soft core

This paper presents a fluid-structure-material coupling analysis for the interaction between water waves and a very large floating laminated structure (VLFLS), which is consisted of two enhanced ultrahigh-performance concrete (UHPC) panels and a middle lightweight foamed rubber core. The representative volume element (RVE) method is used to design the mechanical properties of enhanced UHPC and foamed rubber, and the parameterized formulas are presented to reveal the dependency between macroscale mechanical properties and mesoscale hierarchical characteristics. By idealizing the rubber core as a uniformly distributed spring layer, an eighth-order differential equation of motion of the laminated structure is derived. In the context of linear potential flow theory, a hydroelastic analytical model is developed for the floating laminated structure with finite length under wave action. In the process of solving velocity potentials, a complicated dispersion equation for the wave motion below the laminated structure is derived, and this equation contains two pairs of conjugate complex roots with positive real parts. The various hydrodynamic quantities, including reflection coefficient, transmission coefficient, deflection, shear force, and bending moment, are calculated. The hydroelastic model is confirmed by considering the convergence of calculation results and the energy conservation of wave propagation. The coupled effects of wave action, material characteristics, structural parameters, and edge conditions on the hydroelastic and mechanical response of the floating laminated structure are clarified to provide important information regarding the optimal design of such structures.     

FPSO单点系泊系统动力截断优化设计

浮体系泊系统在海洋工程水池进行模型试验时，由于水池尺度有限，首先对系泊线进行等效截断设计，是被动式混合模型试验的重要一步。截断设计时，基于细长杆理论，模拟系泊线的非线性动力特性，将计算所得时域内的系泊力转换到频域响应，选择有代表性的频率及响应建立目标函数，结合NSGA II优化算法，确定最优截断系泊参数，计算快速准确。针对一作业水深420m的FPSO单点系泊系统，进行水平截断设计。截断前后系泊系统和单根系泊线的静力特性吻合很好。截断系泊系统在不同环境载荷作用下的总体响应和系泊动力，都与截断前一致。证明了截断设计的合理性和准确性，为后续的模型试验工作打下了基础。     

水下浮式结构优化设计及力学特性试验

针对大长细比浮式结构水下工作时存在涡激振动、结构稳定性差、动态特性明显等问题,分析计算水下浮式结构力学特征、动力学特性,寻找解决减小水下浮式结构涡激振动效应的方法。同时采用物理模型试验方法验证研究成果的准确性。研究结果表明,采用合理导流板结构形式,可有效降低水下浮式结构涡激振动效应。该理论分析与仿真计算方法可有效应用于水下浮式结构优化设计。     

船舶辅机的隔振设计及船体耦合振动分析

为了减小船舶的振动与噪声,对某船用空压机组进行了浮筏隔振装置的设计,其中包括隔振参数的确定以及筏体结构的设计等。通过建立隔振系统的有限元模型,分析了该系统的动力学特性,包括振动模态、振动传递率以及对于冲击的响应。为了揭示实船隔振系统的规律,将空压机组浮筏装置的有限元模型拓展到全船,分析了隔振装置装船后的耦合振动模态,讨论了船舶结构的振动对浮筏系统隔振效果以及冲击响应的影响。在此基础上,探讨了提高船舶辅机浮筏隔振系统动力学性能的途径。     

深水SPAR风机系统全耦合动力响应分析研究

文章采用联合开发的计算程序对深水SPAR风机的浮体、锚泊和风机各子系统进行了水—气动力的全耦合数值分析,研究了深水浮式风机系统的动力响应特点。浮体水动力计算采用基于二阶精度的混合波浪模型(Hybrid Wave Model)的MORISON公式,锚泊系统采用细长杆理论通过非线性有限元方法实现,风机系统的空气动力分析采用基于多体气动弹性理论的FAST模块。以浮体控制方程为主体,通过模块间的载荷与位移传递在每个时间步上迭代求解,形成完全耦合的时域分析方法。通过对NREL的5MW SPAR风机系统在随机海况下的水动力响应分析,验证了该方法的有效性,并分析了浮式风机子系统间的混合动力作用。     

The wet-towing resistance of the composite bucket foundation for offshore wind turbines

The composite bucket foundation (CBF) is a new and environmentally-friendly foundation for offshore wind turbines. This foundation can be prefabricated in batches onshore followed by integrated transport and installation at sea. The structure itself has a subdivision air cushion structure that enables the foundation to float stably on the water surface and realize long-distance towing of the foundation. The mechanism of this air-liquid-solid coupling towing process is complicated, and the influence of the bulkheads on the towing resistance is not clear. In this paper, the influence of the subdivision structure on the towing resistance of the CBF is compared with the tow test in hydrostatic water. The structural motion characteristics and the change of the cushion pressure are also analysed. Experiments are used to verify numerical calculation results. The flow field difference between the CBF with bulkheads, the CBF without bulkheads and the real floating structure was analysed. The dynamic pressure coefficient was used to analyze the force at surfaces of different CBF's. For the tow test and numerical calculation of multiple CBFs, the optimal multi-CBF tow distance and towage number are obtained through the calculation of energy consumption rate.     

Stochastic dynamic load effect and fatigue damage analysis of drivetrains in land-based and TLP,spar and semi-submersible floating wind turbines

This paper deals with the feasibility of using a 5 MW drivetrain which is designed for a land-based turbine, on floating wind turbines. Four types of floating support structures are investigated: spar, TLP and two semi-submersibles. The fatigue damage of mechanical components inside the gearbox and main bearings is compared for different environmental conditions, ranging from cut-in to cut-out wind speeds. For floating wind turbines, representative wave conditions are also considered. All wind turbines are ensured to follow similar power curves, but differences in the control system (integral to different concepts) are allowed. A de-coupled analysis approach is employed for the drivetrain response analysis. First, an aero-hydro-servo-elastic code is employed for the global analysis. Next, motions, moments and forces from the global analysis are applied on the gearbox multi body model and the loads on gears and bearings are obtained. The results suggest that the main bearings sustain more damage in floating wind turbines than on land-based. The highest main bearing damage is observed for the spar floating wind turbine. The large wave induced axial load on the main shaft is found to be the primary reason of this high damage in the spar wind turbine. Apart from the main bearings - which are located on the main shaft outside the gearbox - other bearings and gears inside the gearbox hold damages in floating wind turbines equal or even less than in the land-based turbine. It is emphasized that the results presented in this study are based on a drivetrain with two main bearings, which considerably reduces the non-torque loads on the gearbox.     

全回转起重船多系统耦合运动响应仿真分析

根据运动学基本原理,计入船-吊物、船-锚链耦合影响以及起重船自身受到的外环境载荷,建立船舶多系统运动模型。利用MATLAB/Simulink软件进行仿真,对多系统耦合作用下的船舶运动进行数值分析。分别在不同的遭遇浪向角和不同的吊臂回转角下,对船舶在各自由度上的位移进行比较,得到其对船舶运动参数的影响规律。结果表明:起重船运动过程中因计入多系统耦合影响,自身运动也表现出更为符合实际的运动特性,为准确预报全回转起重船多系统的运动响应提供了更为科学的理论依据。     

深海系泊浮体物面非线性时域耦合动力分析

文章基于三维时域势流理论和弹性细长杆理论,研究并提出了深海系泊浮体物面非线性时域耦合动力分析方法。该方法采用时域物面非线性理论方法在瞬态位置直接时域模拟系泊浮体所需水动力,结合有限元方法计算系泊缆索的动力响应,利用异步耦合方法实现浮体和系泊缆索的时域耦合动力求解。既满足系泊浮体时域水动力耦合,又满足系泊浮体和系泊缆索动力耦合。通过对二阶非线性不规则波作用下深海系泊半潜式平台的时域耦合响应特性进行研究,将不同海况下物面非线性时域耦合静力响应和动力响应与间接时域耦合动力响应的三种方法计算结果进行比较。研究结果表明,系泊缆索动力响应明显,平台瞬态空间位置对垂荡低频运动影响较大,有必要在平台瞬时湿表面采用动力响应方法进行深海系泊浮体时域耦合响应分析。     

Optimization of submerged floating tunnel cross section based on parametric Bézier curves and hybrid backpropagation - genetic algorithm

The cross-section geometry of a submerged floating tunnel (SFT) has a large effect on hydrodynamic characteristics, structural behavior and service level, making the tunnel cross section the primary factor in optimizing efficiency. Minimizing the mean drag and the dynamic variability in the lift of the SFT cross section under bi-directional (i.e., tidal) flow has a dramatic impact on the reduction of structural displacements and mooring loads. Based on a parametric Bézier curve dynamically comprising the leading-edge radius, tunnel height and width to define the SFT geometry, a sensitivity analysis of the Bézier curve parameters for a fixed aspect ratio with prototype dimensions under uniform flow conditions was conducted by applying Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), and the pressure distribution around the SFT cross-section surface was analyzed. A theoretical method comprising the Kármán vortex street parameters was employed to verify the CFD simulation results. In order to determine the SFT cross section with optimal hydrodynamic properties, the mean drag and Root Mean Square (RMS) lift coefficients were selected as optimization objectives, and four Bézier curve parameters were the input variables, in a neural network and genetic algorithm optimization process (a hybrid BP-GA structure), which is less likely to become trapped in local minima. The results show the optimal tunnel cross section has a mean drag and a RMS lift coefficient reduced by 0.9% and 6.3%, respectively, compared to the original CFD dataset.     

半潜浮式风机的动力响应分析

OC4半潜浮式风机综合性能较好，但其浮式基础结构质量和结构复杂性使其建造成本高昂，而WindFloat半潜浮式风机浮式基础具有结构简单、建造成本低和减摇效果好等优点，但是适应水深较小且只适合特定海域。结合OC4和WindFloat半潜浮式风机浮式基础的结构特点，针对200 m水深环境设计OC4-WindFloat半潜浮式风机基础。基于叶素理论、莫里森公式和势流理论，通过有限元软件对OC4-WindFloat半潜浮式风机的固有周期及风浪联合作用下的动态响应进行耦合分析，并与OC4半潜浮式风机结果进行对比研究。结果显示，OC4-WindFloat半潜浮式风机固有周期及动态响应均满足相关规定，且具有比OC4更低的建造成本，相比WindFloat可适用更深的海域。研究结果对于浮式基础型式研究有一定的指导意义。     

A module-oriented tool for optimum design of stiffened structures—Part I

The development of the LBR-5 “Stiffened Panels Software” is included in the development of a new design methodology to ease and to improve preliminary studies of naval structures and floating hydraulic structures. The ultimate target is to link standard design tools (steel structure CAD, hull form, hydrostatic curves, floating stability, weight estimation, etc.) with a rational optimization design module and a minimum construction cost (or minimum weight) objective function. This paper is the first part of a series of two articles. It focuses on the ‘Module-Oriented Optimization’ methodology and on the rational constraints. The second paper presents the optimization technique using convex linearization and a dual approach, and the optimization of an FSO unit as an example (Rigo and Fleury, Marine Stuructures, 2001). LBR-5 allows, as of the first draft, an optimization of the scantling of the structure's constituent elements. Relevant limit states of the structure are taken into account thanks to a 3D rational analysis of the structure based on the general rules of solid-mechanics and structure behaviour. The optimization module is composed of 3 basic modules (OPTI, CONSTRAINT and COST) and a group of sub-modules (in external databases). Among these the user selects a set of relevant sub-modules (i.e. geometrical and structural constraints). Since the present optimization deals with least construction costs (as objective function), and uses an explicit objective function (not empirical), the user must specify labor costs (unitary material costs, welding, cutting, etc.).     

Optimization of mooring systems in the context of an integrated design methodology

This work describes an enhanced mooring optimization procedure, oriented towards recent floating production systems (FPS) for oil & gas exploitation in ultra-deep-water scenarios, which may present a large number of risers in an asymmetric layout. Acknowledging that the risers are the key component of an FPS, the optimization procedure is associated to an integrated mooring-riser design methodology; thus, instead of simply minimizing the platform offsets and/or the costs of the mooring system itself, one of the main objectives is to obtain a mooring configuration that ensures the integrity of the risers. Other highlights of the optimization procedure include the following aspects: Enhancements in the modeling of the optimization problem (including the definition of design variables, objective function and constraints that are relevant for such actual applications); The use of the PSO optimization algorithm associated to the ε-constrained method to efficiently handle the constraints; Enhancements in the evaluation of candidate solutions, by full nonlinear time-domain dynamic Finite Element simulations with coupled models; and the implementation in a parallel computing environment to deal with the high associated computational costs. A case study considering an FPS representative of actual applications in deepwater scenarios is presented to illustrate the practical application of the optimization tool.     

考虑浮体弹性变形的锚泊系统分析方法

传统的锚泊系统分析方法一般是假设结构物为刚性不可变形的,这种假设对于常规海洋结构物的锚泊系统分析,其精度是可以接受的,然而对于弹性体(比如超大型浮体)来说,这种浮体刚性的假设显然是不合理的.本文基于摄动理论,分别给出了锚泊浮体(同时包括弹性体和刚性体)和锚泊系统的一阶运动方程.分别用三维水弹性理论和Goodman-Iance法求解浮体的动力响应和锚泊线的运动,并给出了两者之间的协调关系.通过数值算例分析表明,对于超大型浮体,其弹性特性对锚泊系统特性的影响是不可忽略的.     

船舶与浮式码头碰撞过程仿真

基于任意拉格朗日-欧拉法，描述了靠泊船与浮式码头碰撞过程中流固耦合关系。采用耦合法建立了浮式码头与靠泊船碰撞的仿真模型，真实模拟了船舶与浮式码头碰撞的过程，并与试验结果进行对比。由此可知，靠泊船碰撞对于浮式码头的运动响应、连接器所承受载荷、锚缆张力影响较为显著，流体区域也将产生较强的扰动，在实际工程应用中应加以注意。同时，也证明任意拉格朗日-欧拉法在流固耦合的研究领域优势明显。     

新型双体浮吊趸船的设计与运用

船舶螺旋桨和舵叶长期在泥沙含量大的水中运转会发生诸如腐蚀、磨损和断裂等故障,因而需要定期进行维修和更换作业。船舶坞修工期长且成本高,不利于提高船舶的运营效率。常规工程趸船易受风浪影响,其吊梢作业安全系数偏低。基于高效、安全和低成本的基本思想,研究设计了一种新型的双体浮吊趸船专用于进行船舶螺旋桨维修作业,详细论述了该船的基本结构、技术参数和材料选型等主要内容,并对实船运行情况进行了评估。该项新技术在行业内具有显著的推广应用前景。     

新型波浪潮流耦合发电轮机的研究

为解决海上偏远而分散的小功率用电设施的供电问题,探究潮流能与波浪能耦合发电的可行性,满足耦合发电轮机在耐久性、初级高效获能以及低成本和安全性等方面的要求,设计了一种新型波浪潮流耦合发电轮机。该发电轮机的主体结构由复合式导流罩、叶片轮机、固定式尾舵、发电机和浮子五部分组成,本文详细阐述了该发电轮机的机械设计过程及其结构优化设计思路,并针对叶片轮机进行了水槽性能试验分析。分析结果验证了该装置设计的合理性与科学性。     

自升式钻井平台直升机平台强度分析与优化设计

以某型9l.44 m(300ft)自升式钻井平台为例,对直升机平台结构进行有限元强度分析。分析了均布载荷工况、直升机着陆冲击工况及直升机系留工况下的结构应力和变形,对优化前后的结构进行力学性能对比;并分析了优化设计对结构模态的影响。计算结果表明,各载荷工况下平台结构最危险位置均发生在上层建筑与直升机平台的连接处;通过优化桁架参数,达到了减轻自重、提高强度刚度的效果,且优化结果十分可观。     

电站浮筏隔振性能研究

浮筏是一种隔振装置，而影响隔振效果的因素有很多。通过运用MSC/PATRAN，建立了船用电站浮筏的有限元模型，设置了影响浮筏隔振性能的各种不同参数，包括筏架的质量、刚度、结构阻尼、隔振器的刚度等，并利用MSC/NASTRAN计算出了不同参数状态下的振动加速度，通过对计算所得的隔振传递率进行比较分析，找出了最优隔振性能参数，得出了一些有益的结论。     

A consideration of the structural design of a large-scale floating structure

The land area of Japan, especially flat land, is very small compared with its economic size. Large-scale floating structures are one solution to satisfy the demand for space by utilizing the ocean. This paper presents a general view of the dynamic response characteristics of large-scale floating structures, pontoons and semi-submersibles. For example, it is shown that the natural frequencies of eigenmodes are higher than the natural frequency of heaving motion. The response of the outer framework of a structure is shown to be generally larger than the response of the central part. Within the limits of our present understanding of the general dynamic response characteristics of such structures, the design and analysis of semi-submersible, large-scale floating structures is discussed. For a pontoon-type large-scale floating structure, a type whose perimeter structure has been modified to become lighter and more rigid is proposed. With this modification, the dynamic response of the whole structure is imporved.