The land area of Japan, especially flat land, is very small compared with its economic size. Large-scale floating structures
are one solution to satisfy the demand for space by utilizing the ocean. This paper presents a general view of the dynamic
response characteristics of large-scale floating structures, pontoons and semi-submersibles. For example, it is shown that
the natural frequencies of eigenmodes are higher than the natural frequency of heaving motion. The response of the outer framework
of a structure is shown to be generally larger than the response of the central part. Within the limits of our present understanding
of the general dynamic response characteristics of such structures, the design and analysis of semi-submersible, large-scale
floating structures is discussed. For a pontoon-type large-scale floating structure, a type whose perimeter structure has
been modified to become lighter and more rigid is proposed. With this modification, the dynamic response of the whole structure
is imporved. 相似文献
Pitting corrosion is typical corrosion observed on coated hold frames of bulk carriers which exclusively carry coal and iron ore. In order to secure the safety of these types of bulk carriers, it is important to understand the effect of pitting corrosion on local strength of hold frames.
In order to investigate this effect, a series of 4- and 3-point bend tests on structural models which consist of web, shell and face plates has been carried out. Artificial pitting was created on the web plate to simulate pitting. In the 4-point bend tests, two equal concentrated loads have been applied vertically at the one-third points of simply supported models so that compression load due to bending would act on the face plate. In this testing condition, lateral-distortional buckling occurred before reaching the ultimate strength and local buckling of the face plate was observed after reaching the ultimate strength. The effect of web plate pitting on the lateral-distortional buckling strength was found to be small but the ultimate strength decreases with increase in the degree of pitting intensity. In the 3-point bend tests, concentrated load has been applied vertically at the center of simply supported models so that compression load due to bending would act on the face plate. In this testing condition, local face buckling occurred just after reaching the ultimate strength. The ultimate strength is found to be decreasing with increase in the degree of pitting intensity.
A series of non-linear FE analyses has been performed to simulate the deformation behavior observed in the tests. It has been revealed that even in the case of randomly distributed pitting corrosion the ultimate strength of the structural models was almost the same as that of the structural models with uniform corrosion corresponding to the average thickness loss. 相似文献