Exciting forces for a wave energy device consisting of a pair of coaxial cylinders in water of finite depth

Two coaxial vertical cylinders-one is a riding hollow cylinder and the other a solid cylinder of greater radius at some distance above an impermeable horizontal bottom,were considered.This problem of diffraction by these two cylinders,which were considered as idealization of a buoy and a circular plate,can be considered as a wave energy device.The wave energy that is created and transferred by this device can be appropriately used in many applications in lieu of conventional energy.Method of separation of variables was used to obtain the analytical expressions for the diffracted potentials in four clearly identified regions.By applying the appropriate matching conditions along the three virtual boundaries between the regions,a system of linear equations was obtained,which was solved for the unknown coefficients.The potentials allowed us to obtain the exciting forces acting on both cylinders.Sets of exciting forces were obtained for different radii of the cylinders and for different gaps between the cylinders.It was observed that changes in radius and the gap had significant effect on the forces.It was found that mostly the exciting forces were significant only at lower frequencies.The exciting forces almost vanished at higher frequencies.The problem was also investigated for the base case of no plate arrangement,i.e.,the case having only the floating cylinder tethered to the sea-bed.Comparison of forces for both arrangements was carried out.In order to take care of the radiation of the cylinders due to surge motion,the corresponding added mass and the damping coefficients for both cylinders were also computed.All the results were depicted graphically and compared with available results.     

基于高阶边界元法和波浪交互理论的三维相邻多浮体问题研究

在解决三维相邻多浮体的水动力问题时,正确处理各浮体之间的相互作用是分析计算的关键所在。文章分别运用高阶边界元法和波浪交互理论对一个由箱型浮体组成的三维多浮体问题进行求解,通过对比分析浮体所受波浪力和水下表面压力分布结果,验证两种方法计算结果的精确度,研究该模型的水动力特点;并通过改变各浮体之间的距离,寻求波浪交互理论在求解三维多浮体问题中的适用性,对该方法在浮体间距不满足限制条件时的计算结果进行解释。     

水槽侧壁对任意三维结构波浪力的影响

基于势流理论,采用高阶边界元法在线性频域内研究水槽中波浪对任意结构的作用。探讨水槽侧壁对垂直圆柱和方箱所受到的波浪力的影响,研究水槽宽度与入射波长以及结构特征长度之间的关系,重点研究横向立波的产生及其共振对结构受到的水平力和垂向力的影响。     

平板及立板式防波堤散射波浪力研究

文章应用边界单元方法研究了波浪与平板及立板两种防波堤结构的相互作用,揭示了这两种型式防波堤的散射波浪力与板的相对板厚、相对潜深及相对板长之间的关系。研究发现:(1)有效波浪力存在的前提条件是潜深小于0.5m并且板厚为O(0.005m);(2)水面和水下平板的垂荡波浪力为控制要素并有极值存在,横摇波浪力可以忽略;(3)水面或者水下立板的横荡波浪力为控制要素,并且横摇波浪力约为平板的20倍。     

考虑流固耦合影响的桩基波浪力简化计算方法

离岸深水全直桩码头,由于其桩基的自由高度大、柔度增加、自振周期长,且位于无掩护开敞海域,波浪与结构相互作用问题突出。如何考虑流固耦合作用对桩上波浪力的影响,并建立便于工程应用的计算方法,是工程实践提出的亟待解决的课题。文中利用有限元软件ADINA建立了水体和桩基结构相互作用的三维有限元数值模型,并采用有限元数值模型对考虑流固耦合影响的改进Morison波浪力计算公式进行了验证。采用改进Morison波浪力计算公式研究了流固耦合对桩身波浪力的影响,并给出了考虑流固耦合影响的波浪力放大系数图表。在此基础上,提出了考虑流固耦合影响的波浪力简化计算方法。