Experimental and numerical study of containership responses in severe head seas

An accurate determination of the global load effects in a ship is vital for the design of the vessel. This paper addresses an experimental and numerical study of containership responses in severe head seas. Experimental results were obtained using a flexible model of a containership of newer design. The experiments showed that, taking hull flexibility into account, the fourth and sixth harmonic of the vertical bending moments had a maximum value of between 25% and 50% of the first harmonic. We also demonstrated that hull flexibility can increase the vertical bending moment by up to 35% in sea states relevant for design. Comparisons of moments found experimentally with results from a nonlinear hydroelastic strip theory method showed that the effect of nonlinearities on the rigid body moments was slightly over-predicted in the aft body. The method also tends to over-predict the increase of the bending moments due to hull flexibility. In general however, the numerical results compared reasonably well with the experimental ones.     

A regression and beam theory based approach for fatigue assessment of containership structures including bending and torsion contributions

Container shipping has been expanding dramatically during the last decade. Due to their special structural characteristics, such as the wide breadth and large hatch openings, horizontal bending and torsion play an important role to the fatigue safety of containerships. In this study the fatigue contributions from vertical bending, horizontal bending and torsion are investigated using full-scale measurements of strain records on two containerships. Further, these contributions are compared to results from direct calculations where a nonlinear 3D panel method is used to compute wave loads in time domain. It is concluded that both bending and torsion have significant impacts on the fatigue assessment of containerships. The stresses caused by these loads could be correctly computed by full-ship finite element analysis. However, this requires large computational effort, since for fatigue assessment purposes the FE analysis needs to be carried out for all encountered sea states and operational conditions with sufficient time steps for each condition. In this paper, a new procedure is proposed to run the structure finite element analysis under only one sea condition for only a few time steps. Then, these results are used to obtain a relationship between wave loads and structural stresses through a linear regression analysis. This relation can be further used to compute stresses for arbitrary sea states and operational conditions using the computed wave loads (bending and torsion moments) as input. Based on this proposed method for structure stress analysis, an efficient procedure is formulated and found to be in very good agreement with the full-ship finite element analysis. In addition it is several orders of magnitude more time efficient for fatigue assessment of containership structures.     

波致立管疲劳损伤计算方法研究

针对波浪作用下平台运动引起的立管疲劳损伤,进行完整的频域计算方法研究。首先采用势流理论对平台的运动响应进行分析,求得平台的运动频响函数;接着采用有限元法对立管的应力响应进行分析,求得立管的应力频响函数;最后,结合立管材料的S-N曲线,采用谱分析方法对四种不同海况下波致立管振动引起的疲劳损伤进行分析,获得损伤沿立管轴线方向的分布曲线。研究结果表明：波致立管振动疲劳损伤与有义波高密切相关,疲劳损伤值随着波高的增加成指数次方增长;立管的最大疲劳损伤值通常出现在立管的边界区域。     

Fatigue damage induced by vortex-induced vibrations in oscillatory flow

Vortex-induced vibration (VIV) of a flexible cylinder in oscillatory flow was experimentally investigated in an ocean basin. An intermittent VIV was confirmed to have occurred during the tests. The fatigue damage caused by VIV was calculated based on rainflow counting and a standard S–N curve. There are 3 main observations for fatigue damage from VIV in oscillatory flow: 1) the damage varied significantly with the KC number, which is a unique feature for VIV in oscillatory flow. 2) Fatigue damage at small KC number cases was found to be larger compared to those at large KC numbers owing to the fact that number of vortex shedding cycles per half of the motion cycle is low, and damping within half of the motion cycle will hence become low. The fact that vortices from the previous cycle still are active during the next may also contribute to the large response at small KC numbers. 3) ‘Amplitude modulation’ and ‘mode transition’, two specific features for VIV in oscillatory flow, were found to have a strong influence on fatigue. Fatigue damage has also been calculated by an empirical VIV prediction model assuming that all cases have steady flow at an equivalent velocity. Finally, a simplified method for calculating fatigue damage from VIV in oscillatory flow based on steady flow conditions is proposed. A modification factor diagram is presented, but the scope of the present study is too limited to provide a good basis for a general model for this factor. A general model for how to apply results from constant current analysis to predict fatigue in oscillatory flow will therefore need further research.     

Onboard monitoring of fatigue damage rates in the hull girder

Most new advanced ships have extensive data collection systems to be used for continuous monitoring of engine and hull performance, for voyage performance evaluation etc. Such systems could be expanded to include also procedures for stress monitoring and for decision support, where the most critical wave-induced ship extreme responses and fatigue damage accumulation can be estimated for hypothetical changes in ship course and speed in the automatically estimated wave environment.The aim of this paper is to outline a calculation procedure for fatigue damage rate prediction in hull girders taking into account whipping stresses. It is conceptually shown how such a method, which integrates onboard estimation of sea states, can be used to deduce decision support with respect to the accumulated fatigue damage in the hull girder.The paper firstly presents a set of measured full-scale wave-induced stress ranges in a container ship, where the associated fatigue damage rates calculated from a combination of the rain-flow counting method and the Palmgren-Miner damage rule are compared with damage predictions obtained from a computationally much faster frequency fatigue analysis using a spectral method. This analysis verifies the applied multi-modal spectral analysis procedure for fatigue estimation for cases where hull girder flexibility plays a role.To obtain an automated prediction method for the fatigue damage rates it is in the second part of the paper shown how a combination of the full-scale onboard acceleration and stress measurements can be used to calculate sea state parameters. These calculated environmental data are verified by a comparison to hindcast data.In the third part of the paper the full-scale fatigue stress ranges are compared to results from an analytical design oriented calculation procedure for flexible ship hulls in short-term estimated sea states.Altogether, it is conceptually shown that by a combination of the onboard estimated sea state parameters with the described analytical fatigue damage prediction procedure a method can be established for real-time onboard decision support which includes estimates of fatigue damage rates.     

水下爆炸作用下对称结构船体梁整体损伤特性研究

基于相似原则设计了全封闭对称结构船体梁模型,将TNT炸药置于模型中部正下方爆炸,通过改变爆距和药量来研究梁模型在水下近距非接触爆炸作用下的整体损伤特性,比较爆炸气泡运动对梁结构造成的中垂和中拱弯曲损伤作用,探索近距条件下炸药爆炸造成梁发生整体损伤变形时的高效攻击方式。研究发现:在近距非接触爆炸作用下,当爆炸气泡脉动频率与梁一阶湿频率相近时,水下爆炸气泡对梁结构造成的损伤作用以中垂弯曲为主,且爆径比越小,中垂损伤作用越明显;若爆径比不变,随着药量的增大,梁的整体损伤模式会由中垂弯曲向中拱弯曲转变;一定爆距范围内,炸药在远距离多次爆炸比近距离一次爆炸所造成的梁结构中垂损伤变形要大。     

Estimation of fatigue damage and extreme response for a jack-up platform

Results from four different methods for stochastic dynamic response analysis of a proposed jack-up platform are compared. This structure exhibits both significant dynamic amplification and non-linear transfer of sea elevation into load effects. Both estimation of extreme response and fatigue damage are considered. The most complex procedure based on time-domain simulation and step-by-step integration is employed as a benchmark for assessment of three simplified methods. The simplifications consist of various types of linearization in conjunction with transfer function approximations. Applicability of the methods to structures with increasingly non-linear behaviour and dynamic amplification is briefly discussed.     

Nonlinear dynamics of ship capsizing due to broaching in following and quartering seas

To provide a theoretical methodology to predict the critical condition for capsizing due to broaching, a nonlinear dynamical system approach was applied to the surge–sway–yaw–roll motion of a ship running with an autopilot in following and quartering seas. Fixed points of a mathematical model for the ship motion and unstable manifolds of the fixed point near the wave crest were systematically investigated. As a result, the existence of heteroclinic bifurcation was identified. With numerical experiments, it was confirmed that this heteroclinic bifurcation reasonably well represents the critical condition for capsizing due to broaching. Thus the nonlinear dynamical approach can be substituted for tedious numerical experiments. Received for publication on Nov. 20, 1998; accepted on March 16, 1999     

A minimization theory in Hilbert space and its application to two-dimensional cavity flow with a numerical study

A minimization theory, which is based on the Hilbert space theory, is proposed and applied to two-dimensional cavity flow past a strut with the assumption of potential flow. That is, the minimization of the cavity drag of the strut on the cavity flow is studied with the help of the optimization theory proposed. To accelerate the optimization process, the Euler beam theory is introduced to generate a small variation in the strut. The introduction of the Euler beam theory makes the mathematical formulation for the present theory ill-conditioned. To overcome this condition, the Tikhonov regularization and the Morozov's discrepancy principle are used to regularize the present optimal theory. From the numerical study, it is shown that the proposed minimization theory is able to find an optimized shape for the given strut and corresponding optimized cavity drag. Received: June 22, 2000 / Accepted: January 30, 2001     

巴拿马型73 000 t散货船横舱壁结构损坏分析和处理方法

以某巴拿马型营运散货船为研究对象,分析该船货舱区域横舱壁结构损坏的根源是设计结构计算应力超过许用值,通过细化有限元分析计算,对重压载舱横舱壁区域提出中间槽条加深方案,在槽形舱壁斜板同一平面的下墩结构内设置附加肘板,以降低因结构突变而产生的应力集中问题。     

舰用柴油机预混合等压燃烧的数值模拟及试验研究

运用CFD软件Star-cd对一台舰用高速大功率柴油机实现预混合近似等压燃烧进行了缸内喷雾及燃烧过程的模拟计算,主要考察了不同压缩比的燃烧室型线,以及喷油器喷孔参数对柴油机性能、缸内温度场、速度场和NO排放的分布的影响.经过多方案的计算分析,确定了高速大功率柴油机实现预混合近似等压燃烧的压缩比和喷孔参数,并能在提高柴油机性能的同时降低排放.通过对最优方案的台架试验,在直喷式柴油机上实现了预混合等压燃烧要求的放热率.     

Experimental and numerical procedures of a sonar platform with a sound absorption wedge

Experiments involving a sonar platform with a sound absorption wedge were carried out for the purpose of obtaining the low frequency acoustic characteristics. Acoustic characteristics of a sonar platform model with a sound absorption wedge were measured, and the effects of different wedge laid areas on platform acoustic characteristic were tested. Vibration acceleration and self-noise caused by model vibration were measured in four conditions: 0%, 36%, 60%, and 100% of wedge laid area when the sonar platform was under a single frequency excitation force. An experiment was performed to validate a corresponding numerical calculation. The numerical vibration characteristics of platform area were calculated by the finite element method, and self-noise caused by the vibration in it was predicted by an experiential formula. The conclusions prove that the numerical calculation method can partially replace the experimental process for obtaining vibration and sound characteristics.     

大型油船和散货船波激振动及其对结构疲劳寿命的影响

通过一艘大型油船和一艘大型散货船在水池中的波激振动模型试验,研究了规则波和不规则波中的船体波激振动现象,利用试验获得的短期海况下的高低频应力数据计算分析了波激振动对实船典型结构疲劳损伤的影响。在此基础上,通过对试验数据的规律性研究,提出了一种快速估算短期海况中船体波激振动特征及其对结构疲劳寿命影响的方法。利用该方法,结合几条典型航线的长期海况统计资料,研究了不同航线上船体波激振动对结构疲劳寿命的影响。研究结果认为:大型油船和散货船在压载状态下存在明显的波激振动现象,不同航线上的波激振动强度及其对结构疲劳寿命的影响差别较大;快速估算方法能够合理地评估船体在波激振动下的结构疲劳损伤,具有一定的工程实用价值。     

感潮河段船舶污染损害评估系统框架的研究

在分析我国内河下游水域的感潮河口特性的基础上,对船舶污染损害的特殊性、范围预测以及类型等问题进行了分析,运用GIS(地理信息系统)强大的空间分析功能,初步给出了船舶污染损害评估系统的框架,并介绍了组成部分、有关数据库的构成及各功能模块的主要功能。     

An algorithm to discover spatial–temporal distributions of physical seawater characteristics and a case study in Turkish seas

Clustering is one of the major data mining methods to obtain a number of clues about how the physical properties of the water are distributed in a marine environment. It is a difficult problem, especially when we consider the task for spatial–temporal marine data. This study introduces a new clustering algorithm to discover regions that have similar physical seawater characteristics. In contrast to the existing density-based clustering algorithms, our algorithm has the ability of discovering clusters according to the nonspatial, spatial, and temporal values of the objects. Our algorithm also overcomes three drawbacks of existing clustering algorithms: problems in the identification of core objects, noise objects, and adjacent clusters. This paper also presents a spatial–temporal marine data warehouse system designed for storing and clustering physical data from Turkish seas. Special functions were developed for data integration, data conversion, querying, visualization, analysis, and management. User-friendly interfaces were also developed, allowing relatively inexperienced users to operate the system. As a case study, we show the spatial–temporal distributions of sea surface temperature, sea surface height residual, and significant wave height values in Turkish seas to demonstrate our algorithm.     

单双壳体典型结构耐撞特性模型试验研究及仿真分析

基于单双壳体典型结构特征,以总重量相近为基础,分别设计单双壳体结构缩比试验模型,针对单壳和有舷间水双壳模型状态,以230kg球形撞击体,初速7.8m/s侧向撞击为载荷工况,开展单双壳体典型结构耐撞特性模型试验研究。通过对撞击后结构模型的损伤状态及相关参量的观测,试验结果显示,单双壳体结构撞击载荷作用下结构的失效及破坏模式存在较大差异;进一步结合高瞬态非线性有限元程序MSC/Dytran对模型试验过程中的结构动态响应特性以及构件吸能分布特性开展深入分析,研究结果显示:不考虑外壳外部附连水影响时,由于舷间水和结构构件分散的影响,双壳结构的撞击载荷过程延长,冲击载荷峰值低于单壳结构,但耐压壳体撞击形变区域相对集中,凸起明显;单壳结构撞击形变影响区域较大,撞击力作用时间短,冲击载荷峰值较高。通过综合分析单双壳结构撞击力历程特征曲线、构件塑性变形能分布规律特性分析,可以认为随着撞击强度的不断增加,单壳结构的剩余强度将趋近于双壳结构耐压壳体。     

水下爆炸气泡作用下船体总纵强度估算方法

水下爆炸中的气泡脉动载荷会造成舰船的鞭状运动,对其总纵强度产生很大威胁,是战争中造成船体总体毁伤与丧失生命力的主要原因之一。基于势流理论,推导并建立船体梁气泡弯矩的理论与计算方法,同时综合考虑气泡弯矩、船体静水弯矩、波浪弯矩及砰击弯矩等其他影响因素,建立一套完整的气泡作用下船体梁总纵强度估算方法。通过算例,校核典型工况下多种弯矩同时作用时船体梁的总纵强度。计算结果表明,气泡脉动载荷产生的总纵弯矩具有周期性鞭振特性,且数值大于其他弯矩。在评估舰船总纵强度与生命力时,应充分考虑气泡脉动载荷的影响。