Shared pilot passage plan and navigational safety during pilotage

Navigating in confined waters with a pilot aboard requires that the pilot’s intention and plan is understood by all present on the bridge. The present study investigates the effect of having a detailed route plan and monitoring it in the context of pilotage. The aim was to see how the presence of a shared pilot passage plan in the Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) affects the identification and recovery from navigational errors made by a pilot. Twenty participants, 10 with a shared route plan and 10 without, participated as navigators in a simulator scenario involving pilotage in the Oslofjord. Participants were bachelor students in nautical science. The navigation scenarios involved the intentional error by the pilot just before a predefined way point. Three measurements of relevance to navigational safety were recorded: (1) the time it took the participant to express concern, (2) the time it took the participant to correct the error (‘time to recovery’), and (3) the number of groundings. The study revealed that time to express concern and time to recovery were significantly much shorter for the group with a shared pilot passage plan presented in ECDIS than for the group without such a plan. Providing a bridge team with a shared pilot passage plan in ECDIS during pilotage might improve the ability to identify and correct navigational errors.     

Response-based analysis for Tension Leg Platform

The typical industry practice for Tension Leg Platform (TLP) design focuses on a conventional short-term design recipe, which assumes that an N-year design environment leads to an N-year response. In the response-based design method, the TLP is designed to withstand N-year responses rather than respond to N-year environmental conditions. In this paper, we present an overview and a general procedure for the response-based design method and use a case study to compare the critical TLP responses between the two methods. The results of our comparison show that the conventional short-term design method often contains an element of conservatism and that the response-based design method can reduce the design conditions and thereby achieve cost savings.     

Response spectrum method for extreme wave loading with higher order components of drag force

Response spectra of fixed offshore structures impacted by extreme waves are investigated based on the higher order components of the nonlinear drag force. In this way, steel jacket platforms are simplified as a mass attached to a light cantilever cylinder and their corresponding deformation response spectra are estimated by utilizing a generalized single degree of freedom system. Based on the wave data recorded in the Persian Gulf region, extreme wave loading conditions corresponding to different return periods are exerted on the offshore structures. Accordingly, the effect of the higher order components of the drag force is considered and compared to the linearized state for different sea surface levels. When the fundamental period of the offshore structure is about one third of the main period of wave loading, the results indicate the linearized drag term is not capable of achieving a reliable deformation response spectrum.     

Numerical modeling of ground response during diaphragm wall construction

Construction of diaphragm wall panels may cause considerable stress changes in heavily overconsolidated soil deposits and can induce substantial ground movement. The 3D Lagrangian method was adopted to model the mechanical response of ground, including horizontal normal stress and shear stress, lateral ground displacement and vertical ground surface settlement, during the slurry trenching and concreting of diaphragm wall panels. Numerical results show that slurry trenching leads to horizontal stress relief of ground, reducing the horizontal stress of the ground from initial K0 pressure to hydrostatic betonite pressure. Wet concrete pressure lies between the hydrostatic bentonite pressure and the initial K0 pressure, so it can compensate partially the horizontal stress loss of the ground adjacent to the trench and thus reduce the lateral movement of the trench face as well as the vertical settlement of the ground surface.     

EFFECT OF La-RICH RE ON THE STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF B319 ALLOY IN LOST FOAM CASTING

IntroductionLost foam casting( LFC) process is a newtechnology that is different from the conventionalempty mould cavity casting completely.This tech-nology is an important orientation of casting tech-nology,and is called as casting technology for to-morrow.At present,the studies on LFC are fo-cused on casting techniques mainly[1～ 5] .There islittle information on the structure and mechanicalproperties of B31 9in LFC process.Now for alu-minum alloy in LFC process,the main problemsare se…     

Timing sequence changes of landscape plants in Shanghai Area,China

Based on published reports and direct observation, the common resources of landscape plant species in the Shanghai area were identified and studied in terms of the landscape characteristics of timing sequence changes over a one year time period. The results showed that there were 199 common landscape plant species in Shanghai, distributed in 67 families and 129 genera. These plants were categorized by three ornamental characteristics: flowers, foliage and fruits. The species were thus further analyzed according to the time periods which these characteristics were present. The results showed that flower ornamental distributed throughout the year, particularly from April to June, and plant species with colorful foliage could be seen every month, and particularly in November and December. On the other hand, few plant species with fruit ornamentals were observed in Shanghai area. The diversity of landscape timing sequence changes of the 199 plant species under examination was then analyzed by using the Shannon-Weiner and Simpson index formulas. The results showed that the higher diversity was observed in January, February and from August to October, while the lowest diversity was recorded from March to July and during November and December. The diversity of landscape characteristics of these plants was ranked according to foliage, flowers and fruit. Using this method, one park and one plant community were selected to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of their time-changing plant landscape, with the goal of assessing the validity of the chosen ranking method. These results in the present study would be helpful to evaluate the plant landscape in a specified space and further enrich the diversity of plant and landscape by a target-oriented way.     

Study on launch dynamics of the tank marching fire

As an army main battle equipment, it is required that the tank should have high firing accuracy and high first round hit probability during marching. The initial disturbance of the projectile is the premier factor that takes effect on the marching fire accuracy of the tank. And the marching fire accuracy of the tank depends on the launch dynamics behaviors of the tank. In this paper, the launch dynamics theory of a tank marching fire is studied, and its launch dynamics model is established. Based on the transfer matrix method for multibody system(MSTMM) and the automatic deduction theorem of overall transfer equations, the overall transfer equation and the overall transfer matrix of a tank multibody system are deduced; the launch dynamics equations of the tank marching fire are deduced, and the dynamic response of the tank system, the motion of projectile in barrel, the initial disturbance of the projectile and the vertical target dispersion are exactly simulated; meanwhile, the results of simulation are verified by tests. This work provides both theoretical foundation and simulation approaches for improving the marching fire accuracy of the tank.     

基于桥区水流数值模拟的桥墩对通航影响分析

建桥后桥墩会干扰桥区水流的流动,进而对桥区通航产生不利影响。为了保证桥区通航安全,有必要了解建桥前后桥区水流的变化情况。数值模拟方法是桥梁设计阶段分析建桥前后桥区水流变化及其对通航影响的一种有效方法。以长江河口地区为例,通过桥区水流数值模拟分析建桥对通航的影响。首先建立了长江河口段的江阴至青龙港(北支)、杨林(南支)河段的二维有限元水动力数学模型,并用实测的潮位和流速资料对模型进行了验证;随后以苏通大桥为例建立桥墩模型进行数值模拟,从建桥前后流速和流向的变化两方面分析了建桥对通航的影响,并计算了通航影响宽度。算例结果表明所采用的数值模拟方法及其软件具有工程实用性,可用于分析建桥对通航的影响。     

竖向荷载作用下桩基荷载传递计算方法

通过对己有各种单桩计算方法的研究总结,建立了单桩计算新理论。该理论与以往基于荷载传递法的单桩计算方法相比,做了如下改进:(1)桩侧与桩端采用广义荷载传递模型;(2)引入混凝土的Rusch模型以考虑高荷载水平作用下桩身混凝土的弹塑性性状;(3)耦合Mindlin解答以考虑桩侧摩阻力在桩端处产生的桩端位移。因此该单桩荷载-沉降关系计算方法在理论上更趋完善,使基于荷载传递法的多层地基中单桩荷载-沉降关系计算方法得到完善和统一。     

海事审判中船舶的适航性

船舶适航应包括:船舶在设计、构造和设备上应符合船舶建造和检验规范的要求,并经过检验获得相应的合格证书;配备不可少的船员、船舶装备和供应品;货物积载应符合有关公约、规范和规定的要求等。海事审判时,首先要审查船舶适航的形式要件和实质要件两个方面,这样便可以提高认定船舶适航的准确性和办案效果,使民事责任的承担与我国法律的过错归责原则相一致,将有利于推动我们海事立法和审判工作上升到一个新的水平。