气垫船波浪载荷预报方法研究

高速气垫船对船体结构重量控制严格,而合理确定作用于船体的波浪载荷是结构设计、优化和安全性评估的基础。本文在气垫船船体结构受力特点分析的基础上,采用“分段船模”模型试验方法对目标气垫船开展了波浪载荷预报研究,重点解决了试验模型垫升系统动力特征相似、重量控制等关键问题。试验结果能反映目标气垫船围裙气垫的响应特点,说明所用分段船模试验方法预报气垫船运动与载荷的结果可信。基于此,对目标气垫船波浪载荷设计值的规范计算结果表明,给定的载荷规范计算方法可为气垫船结构设计提供参考。     

航行气垫船激励均匀水深浮冰层位移响应的数值模拟

在均匀水深条件下,基于 ALE算法对匀速航行气垫船激励浮冰层的位移响应问题进行数值模拟。计算不同气垫船速度和河道岸壁宽度条件下的冰层位移响应,获得对应于冰层最大垂向位移变形情况下的气垫船临界速度。计算结果与理论解和试验结果符合良好,验证计算方法的有效性。计算结果表明：在临界速度时冰层下陷位移达到最大,而河道岸壁的存在将会使临界速度减小。     

Ice impact response and energy dissipation characteristics of PVC foam core sandwich plates: Experimental and numerical study

In this paper, the dynamic responses and energy dissipation characteristics of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) foam core sandwich plates under ice impact are investigated. The ice impact tests of PVC foam core sandwich plates were conducted by employing the horizontal impact experimental apparatus. The finite element simulations were conducted to analyze the dynamic response of PVC foam core sandwich plates based on soil and concrete material model for ice impactor. It was demonstrated that numerical results were in good agreement with experimental results. The deformation modes of the top facesheets were coupling of local indentation with global bending deformation, while the deformation modes of bottom facesheets were overall bending deformation. The permanent deformation of face sheets show that the impact resistance of sandwich plate is better than that of equivalent weight hull plate (EWHP). In addition, based on the actual navigation environment of ship, the effect of impact angle and ice floe shape on dynamic response and energy dissipation are analyzed.     

Prediction of design loads for deep water subsea lifting operations based on non-stationary time response

Two methodologies for the prediction of the design loads of deep water subsea lifting operations crossing resonance zones are presented. These methodologies are applicable to models that consider the influence of the payout speed on the dynamics of the operation, leading to a non-stationary time series for the dynamic forces on the system. The first model is based on running several random simulations of the same scenario and using these simulations as a sample in which statistical parameters are inferred. The second model uses a weighted least squares approach to predict a normalizing function that is used to evaluate the statistical parameters of the response. Both models are tested by considering the installation of a typical manifold in the Pre-Salt fields, in Brazil, and are able to predict the general form of the envelope of forces on the cable for various sea states and payout speeds. The models also provided similar results for the availability of the vessel after evaluating the weather window for this operation. Finally, the advantages of using the weighted least squares approach in comparison to the direct method are discussed, since it may considerably reduce the total number of simulations required to perform a real operation assessment, especially during preliminary design phases.     

Deformation process of web girders in small-scale tanker double hull structures subjected to lateral impact

Experimental drop weight impact tests are performed to examine the dynamic response of web girders in a one-tenth scaled tanker double hull structure struck laterally by a knife edge indenter. The small stiffeners of the full-scale prototype are smeared in the small-scale specimen by increasing the thicknesses of the corresponding plates. The plastic response is evaluated at two impact velocities and the impact location is chosen between two web frames to assure damage to the outer shell plating and the stringers. The laboratory results are compared with numerical simulations performed by the LS-DYNA finite element solver. In the simulations, the strain hardening of the material is defined using experimental data of quasi-static tension tests and the strain rate sensitivity is evaluated using standard coefficients of the Cowper–Symonds constitutive model. The experimental permanent deflection and shape of the deformation show a good agreement with the collision simulations. It is found that the crushing resistance of the specimens is determined by the deformation mechanism of the stringers. Thus, the deformation process is described and compared with theoretical deformation modes for web girders subjected to large in-plane quasi-static loads. Additionally, the influence of the stiffeners on the shape of the deformation of the stringers is illustrated through simulations of stiffened structural elements.     

船体典型结构局部强度考核试验模型设计

针对船体舱段模型典型结构,设计易于实际操作实施的缩比模型试验方案;通过有限元软件对板架水下爆炸响应进行分析．对比各个缩比模型在水下爆炸载荷作用下的响应规律．寻找为完成不同试验目的而设计的最佳试验方案。数值分析结果表明：纵桁和实肋板梁模型在水下爆炸作用下的动力响应可验证梁在爆炸冲击载荷作用下的理论分析方法,十字交叉梁塑性变形可验证实船板架结构中交叉梁系的结构动力响应分析方法。双层底板架结构的塑性变形可对舰船局部强度考核的理论分析提供基础,缩比模型计算结果与实船较为一致。计算结果对舰船型号研制和强度考核具有理论指导意义。     

加筋球冠结构在静动载荷作用下的动响应分析

借助ANSYS/LS-DYNA程序,分析加筋球面艏端隔壁在静动载荷作用下的动响应,求得了静动载荷作用下的球面艏端隔壁结构的动力响应;分析潜艇发射雷弹时发射管的转角变形,给出了潜艇发射雷弹时发射管转角变形的规律。分析时选用顺序求解法,即借助ANSYS对艏端隔壁结构进行静力分析,将其结果作为艏端隔壁结构动力作用下的初始条件,然后再借助LS-DYNA进行艏端隔壁结构的动力响应分析。通过大量的数值实验,并结合理论分析,最终给出了潜艇发射雷弹时发射管的转角变形规律。     

Nonlinear dynamic response of blast-loaded stiffened plates considering the strain rate sensitivity

The aim of the present paper is to develop a simple theoretical method which can quickly calculate the nonlinear dynamic response of stiffened plates under a blast loading. The large deformation behavior of the stiffened plate is analyzed by using a singly symmetric beam model as representative of the stiffened plate. The material is assumed to be rigid-perfectly plastic, and the strain rate sensitivity is considered by using the Cowper–Symonds constitutive model (CS model). By Lee's extremum principle, the instantaneous modes of nonlinear structural response are determined. A series of calculations are performed to investigate the influence of pulse intensity, pulse duration, plate thickness, stiffener spacing and material property on the displacement response. The obtained results are in good agreement with those of numerical simulations performed by software package ABAQUS, and then a definition for the cases when the simplified method proposed here can be used is provided.     

气垫船高速纵稳性与艏裙流体动力性能分析

在气动力与水动力的联合作用下,艏部围裙的响应度及抗缩进能力与气垫船的阻力、纵稳性及耐波性密切相关。该文结合气垫船的升沉、纵倾及艏部围裙在气动力和水动力联合作用下的响应特性,对全垫升气垫船艏部围裙响应性能、抗缩进性能和高速纵稳性计算方法进行了初步的探讨和研究。     

Sequential sampling method using Gaussian process regression for estimating extreme structural response

A methodology for estimating extreme response statistics for marine structures, that takes both the long-term variability of the metocean environment and the short-term variability of response into account is presented. The proposed methodology uses Gaussian process regression to estimate parameters of the short-term response distribution, based on output from computationally expensive hydrodynamic simulations. We present an adaptive design strategy for sequential updating of the model, focusing on the metocean conditions that contribute the most to the long-term extreme. With this approach, only a limited number of hydrodynamic simulations are needed.The suggested approach is demonstrated on the problem of estimating the 25-year extreme vertical bending moment on a ship. We show that a relatively small number of iterations (full hydrodynamic simulations) are needed to converge toward the “exact” results obtained by running a large number of simulations covering the entire range of sea states.The results suggest that the proposed method can be used as an alternative to contour-based methods or other methods that consider a few sea states using accurate numerical simulations, with little or no added complexity or computational effort.     

Time series prediction based on LSTM neural network for top tension response of umbilical cables

The umbilical cable is an essential component of offshore oil and gas extraction systems. The severe marine environment poses a high challenge to the safety of the umbilical cable structure during operation. The analysis of an umbilical cable requires complex and resource-demanding finite element time-domain simulations to obtain their nonlinear dynamic response. Therefore, in order to solve the problem of structural safety monitoring and real-time assessment of remaining life of umbilical cables under extreme sea states, there is a great need to predict the dynamic response of umbilical cables quickly and accurately during operation, for ease of making fast decisions for system operation and maintenance before the arrival of extreme sea states. Given the strong nonlinear function-approximation ability of the neural network, this study proposes an efficient method for the prediction of the time series of umbilical cable top tension response based on LSTM (long short-term memory) neural network. We use LSTM neural network and ARIMA (autoregressive integrated moving average) model in a real engineering case for time series prediction of the top tension response of the umbilical cable, and the results of the two models are analyzed and compared, and the efficiency and accuracy of the LSTM neural network model are verified. Furthermore, the hyperparameter, dataset and generalization ability of LSTM model are discussed. The results indicate that feasibility of the tension response prediction of umbilical cables under dynamic load in complex marine environments.     

Estimation of the response of a deeply immersed cylinder to the shock wave generated by an underwater explosion

The work presented in this paper is focused on the development of a simplified method to study the structural response of a deeply immersed cylinder subjected to the primary shock wave generated by an underwater explosion. The proposed analytical model is based on the string-on-foundation method initially developed by Hoo Fatt and Wierzbicki, who converted the two dimensional boundary value problem of a cylindrical shell to an equivalent one-dimensional problem of a plastic string on a plastic foundation. This method has already been extended by the authors to study the shock wave response of an unstiffened cylinder immersed in shallow water. The present work focuses on deep-immersed cylinders subjected to both high hydrostatic pressure and explosion shock wave. The elastic deformation energy of the cylinder under hydrostatic pressure is first calculated and used to determine the initial conditions of the dynamic problem. Cylinder deflection and plastic deformation energy are then calculated for various immersion depths. When confronted to numerical results, the proposed model appears to underestimate the increase of deflection and absorbed energy with the immersion depth. A thorough analysis of the results post-processed from Ls-Dyna/USA finite element simulations highlights a new mechanism which is due to the action of hydrostatic pressure that continues to push inward the immersed cylinder. In order to improve the analytical model, a correction factor on the hydrostatic pressure is introduced but it is finally concluded that a new mechanism dedicated to the late action of the hydrostatic pressure still needs to be developed.     

Experimental and numerical investigations on laser-welded corrugated-core sandwich panels subjected to air blast loading

Experimental investigations on the laser-welded triangular corrugated core sandwich panels and equivalent solid plates subjected to air blast loading are presented. The experiments were conducted in an explosion tank considering three levels of blast loading. Results show that the maximum deflection, core web buckling and core compaction increased as the decrease of stand-off distance. Back face deflections of sandwich panels were found to be nearly half that of equivalent solid plates at the stand-off distances of 100 mm and 150 mm. At the closest stand-off distance of 50 mm, the panel was found to fracture and fail catastrophically. Autodyn-based numerical simulations were conducted to investigate the dynamic response of sandwich panels. A good agreement was observed between the numerical calculations and experimental results. The model captured most of the deformation/failure modes of panels. Finally, the effects of face sheet thickness and core web thickness on the dynamic response of sandwich panel were discussed.     

饱和冲量及其等效方法在舱室内爆炸中的应用

[目的]对于受到爆炸脉冲载荷冲击作用的船体结构,基于饱和冲量现象的相关研究表明,仅根据最大载荷幅值和脉冲总冲量来设计船体结构是不合理的,需探究工程应用中的饱和冲量现象。[方法]首先,总结饱和冲量概念的提出及研究发展;然后,以舱室内爆炸为典型算例,分析内爆炸载荷的曲线特性及结构响应特征;最后,基于饱和等效方法将复杂的内爆炸载荷等效为矩形脉冲载荷,采用理论及数值方法对等效载荷进行计算。[结果]结果表明:在舱室内爆炸准静态超压情况下普遍存在饱和冲量现象,实际工程应用中爆炸载荷会对结构造成较大的塑性变形,通常超过10倍板厚;而运用基于饱和冲量的等效方法分析,所得结果与数值仿真结果的误差小于10%。[结论]运用此方法可更准确地得出结构塑性动力响应结果,在结构抗冲击设计优化时,还可减少繁琐的复杂非线性数值计算,使设计更高效。     

LQR control on multimode vortex-induced vibration of flexible riser undergoing shear flow

Under the actions of ocean currents and/or waves, deep-sea flexible risers are often subject to vortex-induced vibration (VIV). The VIV can lead to severe fatigue and structural safety issues caused by oscillatory periodic stress and large-amplitude displacement. As flexible risers have natural modes with lower frequency and higher density, a multimode VIV is likely to occur in risers under the action of ocean currents, which is considered as shear flow. To decrease the response level of the VIV of the riser actively, a multimode control approach that uses a bending moment at the top end of the riser via an LQR optimal controller is developed in this study. The dynamic equations of a flexible riser including the control bending moment in shear flow are established both in the time and state-space domains. The LQR controllers are then designed to optimize the objective function, which indicates the minimum cost of the riser's VIV response and control input energy based on the Riccati equation of the closed-loop system under the assumption that the lift coefficient distribution is constant. Finally, the VIV responses of both the original and closed-loop systems under different flow velocities are examined through numerical simulations. The results demonstrate that the designed active control approaches can effectively reduce the riser displacement/angle by approximately 71%–89% compared with that of the original system. Further, for multimode control, the presented mode-weighted control is more effective than the mode-averaged control; the decrease in displacement is approximately 1.13 times than that of the mode-averaged control. Owing to the increase in flow velocity as more and higher-order modes are excited, the VIV response of the original system decreases slightly while the frequency response gradually increases. For the closed-loop system, the response becomes smaller and more complicated, and the efficiency of the controller becomes lower at a certain flow velocity.     

Simplified analytical method for evaluating web girder crushing during ship collision and grounding

The paper presents a simplified analytical method to examine the crushing resistance of web girders subjected to local static or dynamic in-plane loads. A new theoretical model, inspired by existing simplified approaches, is developed to describe the progressive plastic deformation behaviour of web girders. It is of considerable practical importance to estimate the extent of structural deformation within ship web girders during collision and grounding accidents. In this paper, new formulae to evaluate this crushing force are proposed on the basis of a new folding deformation mode. The folding deformation of web girders is divided into two parts, plastic deformation and elastic buckling zones, which are not taken into account for in the existing models. Thus, the proposed formulae can well express the crushing deformation behaviour of the first and subsequent folds. They are validated with experimental results of web girder found in literature and actual numerical simulations performed by the explicit LS-DYNA finite element solver. The elastic buckling zone, which absorbs almost zero energy, is captured and confirmed by the numerical results. In addition, the analytical method derives expressions to estimate the average strain rate of the web girders during the impact process and evaluates the material strain rate sensitivity with the Cowper-Symonds constitutive model. These adopted formulae, validated with an existing drop weight impact test, can well capture the dynamic effect of web girders.     

高水头船闸阀门顶止水安装变形试验与数值模拟

针对高水头船闸反弧门顶止水安装变形的问题,采用止水切片试验和数值模拟相结合的方法,研究半圆头型止水在不同安装荷载作用下的变形轮廓、位移变形、头部凸起和接触宽度等安装变形规律及等效应力分布规律.结果表明,基于力学试验获得原型材料参数和接触力学计算理论,止水变形数值模拟结果与1∶1切片试验结果吻合较好;随着安装扭矩增大,止水半圆形头部凸起高度近似线性增大,胸墙处止水接触宽度呈非线性变化趋势;止水头部与压板、座板接触边界位置应力梯度最大,是止水最易发生损坏的部位.     

Design,implementation, and power estimation of a lab-scale flapping-type turbine

A lab-scale flapping-type turbine with a semi-passive activation mode has been designed and implemented. A non-linear dynamic model, developed in our previous work, is validated by a series of experiments along with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. Previously, the dynamic model was used only to estimate the dynamic response of a flapping-type turbine. In this work, the applicability of the dynamic model is extended to estimate the hydrodynamic forces, extracted power, and efficiency. It was demonstrated from a comparison of the CFD results and measured values that the dynamic model based on a quasi-steady approach estimates the aforementioned performance parameters of measurements well in cases particularly with a low effective angle of attack, thus demonstrating the usefulness of the dynamic model for a flapping-type turbine at an early stage.     

美标高桩码头抗震计算位移法的对比

从原理和适用性的角度对美标高桩码头抗震计算方法进行对比,着重研究了位移法及其中的替代结构法。对替代结构法中推覆曲线的双折线化方式、阻尼比计算、反应谱衰减等影响因素进行分析。通过推覆分析和替代结构法计算变形能力和地震位移、复核码头抗震性能。结合实际案例,采用反应谱法和替代结构法对某高桩码头结构进行抗震分析。结果表明反应谱法趋于保守,不能反映塑性后的荷载衰减,相比而言替代结构法更为准确。而对于替代结构法,不同的等效阻尼比会较大程度影响地震位移结果。     

碰撞/搁浅事故中船体强桁材结构损伤机理解析预报方法研究

随着航运业的快速发展,海上航行的船舶越来越多.尽管人们做了许多努力避免海上意外事故的发生,但海难事故依然不可避免.为了降低上述事故造成的损失,需要在设计阶段快速并准确地预报船舶的结构耐撞性.本文以强桁材结构为研究对象,通过开展准静态冲压试验及相应的数值仿真,分析强桁材结构在面内冲压载荷作用下的变形机理,并基于试验与仿真所得到的结构变形特点,提出强桁材面内受压时的变形模式.以此为基础,运用塑性力学理论,推导出结构变形能、瞬时结构变形抗力及平均结构变形抗力的解析预报公式,并将计算结果与试验结果进行比较验证.研究得到的结构面内受压变形能和抗力解析计算公式,可以快速评估事故载荷下结构的响应情况,包括结构变形阻力及能量耗散,具有使用方便,计算速度快,计算结果相对可靠的优点,对船体耐撞结构设计及抗撞性能评估具有一定的指导意义.