碰撞危险局面下VTS值班员交通组织及值班用语规范初探

文中以一起典型的VTS覆盖水域船舶碰撞危险事件为例,论述了碰撞危险局面下VTS值班员交通组织的依据、措施建议和值班用语规范,为规范VTS值班员的交通组织标准提供思路。     

大型集装箱船绑扎桥结构优化设计

为有效降低大型集装箱船的空船重量,针对绑扎桥结构轻量化设计进行研究。以某14500TEU集装箱船为研究对象,根据船级社规范要求针对结构设计方案进行有限元计算分析,依次从剪力墙布置、立柱设置和局部尺寸优化等三个层次对原始方案进行优化设计。研究结果表明,优化方案在满足船级社规范要求、保证堆重指标的同时有效降低了绑扎桥的结构重量。本文的设计思路和优化方法可以为今后大型集装箱船绑扎桥的结构设计提供一定参考。     

Artificial forces for virtual autonomous ships with encountering situations in restricted waters

ABSTRACT

Even if the same two ships operate in the same encountering situation, the actual strategies and timing of operations may be different. Therefore, the fixed collision avoidance trajectory and ship movements are no longer suitable for simulating the real ship behaviour. This paper tries to develop an artificial intelligent system that fully sensitive to the local circumstances and command a ship in virtual environment. Based on AIS (Automatic Identification System) data, this study has developed artificial forces which help decision makings on-board independently under different situations and catching the stochastic nature of ship behaviours during collision avoidances manoeuvring. Actual ship tracks are helpful for ascertaining the parameters that contribute to artificial forces in collision avoidances, while the correlation coefficient analysis is helpful to distinguish the parameters. This study will help to develop a navigation traffic simulation to reflect the realistic ship behaviour and provide reliable information for port and waterway planning, risk analysis, and mitigation measures. The method can be used in developing algorithms for autonomous ships. The method introduced in this study lays a foundation for developing artificial forces at intersections or bends, although the model is only applicable in straight channels at the moment.     

Use of localized necking and fracture as a failure criterion in ship collision analysis

This study explores the use of localized necking for failure modeling in maritime crash analysis, using large shell elements. The assumption that the failure of a large shell element occurs simultaneously with the onset of localized necking is revisited. This study particularly investigates the numerical implementation of the localized necking condition and its implications on the results of ship collision analysis involving not only plate rupture but also various failure mechanisms such as the crushing and tearing of web girders, stringers, and their intersections. Through a series of large-scale collision simulations, the effects of bending deformation on the initiation of necking, non-proportional loading paths, and ductile fractures not preceded by localized necking, are investigated. It is demonstrated that a localized necking-based fracture model provides a reasonable, relatively mesh-insensitive estimate of the onset of fracture in the outer hull panels; however, fracture propagation is very sensitive to the numerical implementation of the necking and fracture model, especially for the cases involving the crushing of web frames and stringers.     

Simplified buckling-and-contact-based expansion method for assessment of crashworthiness of double-hulled ship structure

Ship-to-ship collision events can have severe consequences such as loss of life and environmental degradation. For this reason, modern ship designs are required to incorporate a double-hulled structure to prevent inner-hull damage from such events. Using the experimental or numerical method to analyze the crashworthiness of double-hulled ship structures entails much effort, for which reason neither method is easy to adopt at the early design stage. In this paper, an existing simplified method called Ito's method is improved by a new buckling-and-contact-based expansion method. This method can be applied to double-hulled-structure or outer-hull-local-rupture failure mode. The perpendicular bow-to-side collision scenario is assumed for a conservative estimation of damage to a double-hulled structure. The method was verified in the present study by numerical ship collision simulations of several cases. The results for the buckling-and-contact-based expansion method and numerical simulation were similar for a blunt shape of striking body but different for a sharp shape.     

船舶物流技术发展探究

本文系统梳理了我国船舶物流技术的发展现状及其成因,进而提出了船上物流标准化、信息化、自动化和智能化的总体发展方案,尤其是融合发展策略,将助推船舶物流技术的发展。     

Benefit of speed reduction for ships in different weather conditions

Currently, the shipping industry is facing a great challenge of reducing emissions. Reducing ship speeds will reduce the emissions in the immediate future with no additional infrastructure. However, a detailed investigation is required to verify the claim that a 10% speed reduction would lead to 19% fuel savings (Faber et al., 2012).This paper investigates fuel savings due to speed reduction using detailed modeling of ship performance. Three container ships, two bulk carriers, and one tanker, representative of the shipping fleet, have been designed. Voyages have been simulated by modeling calm water resistance, wave resistance, propulsion efficiency, and engine limits. Six ships have been simulated in various weather conditions at different speeds. Potential fuel savings have been estimated for a range of speed reductions in realistic weather.It is concluded that the common assumption of cubic speed-power relation can cause a significant error in the estimation of bunker consumption. Simulations in different seasons have revealed that fuel savings due to speed reduction are highly weather dependent. Therefore, a simple way to include the effect of weather in shipping transport models has been proposed.Speed reduction can lead to an increase in the number of ships to fulfill the transport demand. Therefore, the emission reduction potential of speed reduction strategy, after accounting for the additional ships, has been studied. Surprisingly, when the speed is reduced by 30%, fuel savings vary from 2% to 45% depending on ship type, size and weather conditions. Fuel savings further reduce when the auxiliary engines are considered.     

Analysis of structural crashworthiness of double-hull ships in collision and grounding

A conceptual design framework for collision and grounding analysis is proposed to evaluate the crashworthiness of double-hull structures. This work attempts to simplify the input parameters needed for the analysis, which can be considered as a step towards a design-oriented procedure against collision and grounding. Four typical collision and grounding scenarios are considered: (1) side structure struck by a bulbous bow, (2) side structure struck by a straight bow, (3) bottom raking, (4) bottom stranding. The analyses of these scenarios are based on statistical data of striking ship dimensions, velocities, collision angles and locations, as well as seabed shapes and sizes, grounding depth and location. The evaluation of the damage extent considers the 50- and 90-percentile values from the statistics of collision and grounding accidents. The external dynamics and internal mechanics are combined to analyse systematically the ship structural damage and energy absorption under accidental loadings.     

谈港口国船舶污染物接收设施问题报告的处置

文中探讨了一起国际航行船舶关于港口国船舶污染物接收设施问题报告的调查情况,介绍了此次船舶污染物接收设施问题报告的原因分析及采取的措施,并向接收设施的提供者和使用者给出了优化建议,明确了各有关部门在港口国船舶污染物接收设施履约工作上的重点。     

基于自抗扰的反步非奇异终端滑模船舶航向控制器设计

针对船舶受到不确定干扰的情况下不能准确、快速地跟踪期望航向的问题,设计一种基于自抗扰技术的反步非奇异终端滑模航向控制器,该控制器通过跟踪微分器对期望航向及其微分进行精确提取,通过线性扩张状态观测器实时估计并补偿系统内部和外部的总扰动,引入一阶低通滤波器,有效避免传统反步法中出现的"微分膨胀"问题,利用反步非奇异终端滑模控制技术设计控制律,提高系统的响应速度、抗干扰性和控制精度,通过构造Lyapunov函数证明了系统的稳定性。Simulink仿真试验证明,控制器在不同外界条件下均可对期望航向进行准确、快速地跟踪,具有较强的鲁棒性。