Application of analytical model in the prediction of dynamic responses and fatigue damage of flexible risers: Part II – Dynamic analysis of flexible risers in large-scale domain using a direct moment correction method

In recent years, the dynamic responses of flexible risers have been the focus of many researchers. Most flexible risers undergo a substantial level of irregular motion from environmental loadings, which involves a continuous slip of helical wires. The slip of helical wires especially leads to a hysteretic effect by reducing the bending stiffness, making it hard to predict the dynamic responses of flexible risers. The current study, as an extension to Part I, presents a new large-scale dynamic analysis method for flexible risers. The suggested method creates a large-scale model for the dynamic analysis that considers a geometric and bending nonlinearity of flexible risers. The kinematics of each beam element is formulated based on a Green-Lagrangian strain and the interaction with the seabed, providing a realistic analysis of flexible risers. In particular, the current study introduces a direct moment correction method that modifies the internal force vector using an improved analytical model. The improved analytical model is assigned at each node of the large-scale model and estimates an accurate bending hysteresis curve considering the effect of shear deformation and varying tension. The suggested method corrects the bending moment and shear force of all beam elements based on the bending hysteresis curves obtained from the improved analytical model, by which a complex bending behavior of flexible risers is reflected in a large-scale domain. As a result, this study achieves a more accurate prediction of the dynamic responses and fatigue damage of flexible risers. A new dynamic analysis program, called OPFLEX, is developed herein based on the suggested analysis method. Using the developed program, the current study conducts several numerical investigations to identify the effect of the shear deformation and varying tension. Consequently, it is confirmed that the shear deformation of internal layers reduces the fatigue damage of helical wires by delaying the increase of internal stress. It is also identified that the effect of varying tension deteriorates the fatigue life of flexible risers through a continuous change of contact pressure during bending.     

极限平衡法与有限元法结合分析平阿高速公路高边坡稳定性

结合平安至阿岱高速公路高边坡工程实例,先用极限平衡法计算得出边坡的稳定安全系数,再用有限元法分析边坡的应力、应变和位移,这两种方法相结合既能反映边坡的稳定和变形之间的关系,又能用安全系数来评价边坡的稳定性。采用预应力锚索等加固,高边坡处于稳定状态。     

聚合物改性水泥基材料对沥青路面面层疲劳性能的改善

通过有限元计算对比分析了普通小梁和复合小梁的应力分布规律,设计并实施了室内重复弯曲试验,得到不同条件下小梁的疲劳寿命,运用回归分析建立了小梁疲劳方程,研究表明聚合物改性水泥基材料对沥青混合料小梁的疲劳性能有显著改善。     

顺置式吊杆锚固区受力特性与极限承载力研究

为掌握顺桥向设置的吊杆锚固区在吊杆力作用下的受力特性和极限承载力,以某在建斜拉-自锚式悬索组合体系桥为依托工程,利用ANSYS软件建立壳单元空间有限元模型,对锚固区在最不利荷载作用下的受力性能进行研究;并分别采用线弹性及非线性分析方法对吊杆锚固区极限承载力进行分析,讨论构件的受力情况。结果表明:在最不利荷载作用下,钢锚箱及钢锚梁应力较横隔板应力小;除钢锚梁与横隔板焊接处应力集中现象显著外,各构件应力分布较均匀;各构件顺桥向变形较大。不同极限承载力分析方法表明,此类结构采用壳单元建模进行极限承载力分析时应仅考虑材料非线性。建议在此类结构设计时,对于横隔板刚度不足问题应给予足够重视。     

不良线形组合情况下城市道路工程与交通安全设施设置措施的探讨

在城市道路设计中,一些道路与立交匝道形成了如小半径平曲线、陡坡等不良的平纵线形组合,在车辆超速、天气等不利条件的共同作用下容易引发重大交通事故,造成负面的社会影响。通过对规划、设计、速度等方面的原因分析,希望引起设计、管理部门的重视,并提出通过适度增加工程措施、加大交通安全设施设置力度的方法,达到限制和降低车辆的运行速度,保障交通安全的目的。     

多轴轮式工程机械动力学建模及制动性能仿真

为了预先掌握多轴轮式工程机械制动性能,指导制动系统设计,以某四轴轮式工程机械为对象,考虑了地面附着条件、质心位置、制动产生的轴荷转移等因素,进行了制动性能仿真研究。通过车轮坐标系与整车坐标系映射关系,对悬挂和车轮的小变形作线性假设,建立了整机在制动稳定极限状态下的动力学模型,利用MATLAB/Simulink分析附着系数、质心相对位置、制动初速度对制动距离的影响,并将仿真结果与试验结果进行了对比。结果表明：仿真结果与试验结果吻合良好;随地面附着系数和质心距离第Ⅰ轴中心线位置的增加,整车制动距离减小;随制动初速度和质心距离地面高度的提高,整车制动距离增加;相对静止状态,制动过程中第Ⅰ轴和第Ⅳ轴轴荷变化最显著。     

水面舰船规范中甲板纵骨稳定性校核的差异研究

甲板纵骨的稳定性问题是水面舰船结构设计中的一个重要问题。《舰船通用规范》和《水面舰艇结构设计计算方法》对纵骨带板折减系数取法的差异有时会导致工程中出现不同的结果。从理论上分析了《舰船通用规范》和《水面舰艇结构设计计算方法》对纵骨屈曲分析评估方法的差异,并用数值算例结果给予说明。研究结果为:《舰船通用规范》中的稳定性校核标准较《水面舰艇结构设计计算方法》严格,对于理解和修订国军标以及保证舰船结构安全有一定的理论意义和实用价值。     

Fatigue behaviour and life prediction of filament wound CFRP pipes based on coupon tests

This paper investigates the fatigue behaviour of filament wound Toray T700/Epotech X4201 composite pipes with different lay-ups. The present work compares the fatigue behaviour of coupon specimens manufactured with two different fiber orientations under tension-tension and tension-compression cyclic actions. The test results show that the lay-up and stress ratio have significant effect on the failure mechanism and fatigue life of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite coupons. This paper develops an empirical model, which integrates the effect of stress ratio in a fatigue damage parameter, to evaluate the fatigue life of the CFRP filament wound coupons. Combined with the numerically calculated stresses at the critical locations corresponding to the fatigue damage locations, the proposed empirical model developed from the coupon test database predicts successfully the fatigue life of full diameter CFRP pipes, using stresses computed at critical locations in the CFRP pipe.     

单线铁路CTCS-2级列控系统设计应用研究

CTCS-2级列控系统主要应用于双线铁路,在单线铁路中尚无工程应用先例,为解决单线铁路CTCS-2级列控系统应用存在的问题,在符合现行规范、不修改列控车载设备的前提下提出CTCS-2级列控系统总体方案。通过单线铁路与双线铁路的差异性对比分析,结合CTCS-2级列控系统功能需求,对闭塞方式、轨道电路配置、应答器设置、临时限速管理等特殊技术问题进行了研究并提出了解决方案。研究表明:CTCS-2级列控系统应用于时速200～250 km单线铁路能够实现列车高速安全运行。