A review of the effect of a／W ratio on fracture toughness （Ⅰ）—experimental investigation in EPFM

Many experimental investigations have previously been performed and recently done on different shipbuilding structural steels where the specimens size and crack depth/specimen width (a/W) were varied. A series of interesting results have been gained. It is worthwhile to have a review on the effect of a/W ratio on fracture toughness, and further theoretical analysis is necessary. In this paper, experimental work in elasticplastic fracture mechanics (EPFM) was discussed. Tests had been carried out on 10 kinds of strength steels. Results showed that J _i and δ₁ values increased with decreasing a/W when a/W<0.3 for three-point bend specimens and that shallow crack specimens which have less constrained flow field give markedly higher values of toughness than deeply notched specimens. However, for a/W>0.3, the toughness was found to be independent of a/W. Slip line field analysis shows that for shallow cracks, the hydrostatic stress is lower than that from standard deeply cracked bend specimen which develops a high level of crack tip constraint, provides a lower bound estimate of toughness, and will ensure an unduly conservative approach when applied to structure defects especially if initiation values of COD/J-integral are used.     

Geometric modelling of bulbous bows with the use of non-uniform rational B-spline surfaces

Nowadays, bulbous bow forms have become a common design feature in most conventional ship designs. The design of a bulbous bow is usually attempted with the use of certain form parameters that are imposed using the designer's experience or regression values that provide the optimum parameters based on experimental tests or computational fluid dynamics (CFD) calculations. In this article, the geometric modelling of a bulbous bow form that complies with a series of parameters is presented. First, a wire model was constructed with cubic B-spline curves that hold certain form parameters that the designer wants to impose. Second, a B-spline surface that fits these splines was mathematically constructed. A review of the influence of the design parameters used on the bulbous bow properties was made. This method could be used prior to numerical optimization of a bulbous bow because different variations of the design can be easily generated. These variations can be tested numerically using CFD software. A practical application example of the method is shown.     

New Model and Simulation of Condenser for Ship Nuclear Power Plant

A new reasonably perfect dynamic mathematic model has been established for condenser used in ship nuclear powerplant according to its structural features and Operating principle. The model has been solved by the Runge-Kutta method. Andan analysis program has been developed for dynamic numerical simulation under steady operation condition, disturbance condi-tion, and accident condition. The dynamic characteristics of condenser has been calculated and analyzed under several kinds of     

Calculating the return value using a mathematical model of significant wave height

This study presents a new method for calculating return values. The essence of the method is that it utilizes nonstationary data to calculate the return value for a region in the Northeast Pacific. The nonstationary data was obtained from a model which was previously developed for the behavior of the significant wave height as a function of time in the region. The method is illustrated by convolving two generalized Pareto distribution functions fitted to two parts of the model, computing a suitable extreme value from the new distribution function, and calculating the return value using this extreme value.     

A new marine propulsion system

A new marine propulsion system is proposed . A small liquid sodium cooled reactor acts as prime mover; alkali-metal thermal-to-electric conversion (AMTEC) cells are employed to convert the heat energy to electricity; superconducting magneto-hydrodynamic thruster combined with spray-water thruster works as propulsion. The configuration and characteristics of this system are described. Such a nuclear-powered propulsion system is not only free of noise, but also has high reliability and efficiency. It would be a preferable propulsion system for ships in the future。     

Determination of attainable regions in ship maneuvers: an application of differential inclusions to the modeling of ship dynamics

A commonly used mathematical tool in vehicle dynamics simulation is the ordinary differential equation. However, in some situations, these equations may not be sufficient to solve problems. For robust flight, surface ship or submarine control design, safety assessment, missile and aircraft guidance, the influence of disturbances, and differential games of pursuit–evasion, more versatile tools are needed. The differential inclusion (DI) is a generalization of a differential equation that can be extremely useful. The solution of a DI is not just a model trajectory or a set of trajectories obtained by a randomization of the original problem. The solution is a reachable set, and it is a deterministic object. A differential inclusion solver and its application to vessel movement are described. Compared to previous publications on the DI solver, the new feature is an implementation of the fuzzy sets technique to improve the resulting images. It is pointed out that the reachable sets cannot be assessed properly while treating the uncertain variables as random. The application of the DI solver can give a proper view of the regions in the state space where all the possible model trajectories belong.     

Novel Manufacturing Technology of Hyperbolic Plates for Shipbuilding

On the basis of the principle of dieless hydrobulging technology, a novel hydrobulging technology for manufacturinghyperbolic plates is proposed. First, a toroidal pipe elbow or a partial toroidal pipe elbow is formed, then the single hydrobulgedstructure can be cut up into some desired plates. It is proved by experiments and finite element simulation that manufacturingtechnology of hyperbolic plates adopting integrated hydrobulging forming technology is feasible.