Two-dimensional numerical simulation and experiment on strongly nonlinear wave–body interactions

A constrained interpolation profile (CIP)-based Cartesian grid method for strongly nonlinear wave–body interaction problems is presented and validated by a newly designed experiment, which is performed in a two-dimensional wave channel. In the experiment, a floating body that has a rectangular section shape is used. A superstructure is installed on the deck and a small floating-body freeboard is adopted in order to easily obtain water-on-deck phenomena. A forced oscillation test in heave and a wave–body interaction test are carried out. The numerical simulation is performed by the CIP-based Cartesian grid method, which is described in this paper. The CIP scheme is applied in the Cartesian grid-based flow solver. New improvements of the method include an interface-capturing method that applies the tangent of hyperbola for interface capturing (THINC) scheme and a virtual particle method for the floating body. The efficiency of the THINC scheme is shown by a dam-breaking computation. Numerical simulations on the experimental problem for both the forced oscillation test and the wave–body interaction test are carried out, and the results are compared to the measurements. All of the comparisons are reasonably good. It is shown, based on the numerical examples, that the present CIP-based Cartesian grid method is an accurate and efficient method for predicting strongly nonlinear wave–body interactions.     

Database of sail shapes versus sail performance and validation of numerical calculations for the upwind condition

A database of full-scale three-dimensional sail shapes is presented with the aerodynamic coefficients for the upwind condition of International Measurement System (IMS) type sails. Three-dimensional shape data are used for the input of numerical calculations and the results are compared with the measured sail performance. The sail shapes and performance were measured using sail dynamometer boat Fujin. This is a boat of 10.3-m length overall in which load cells and CCD cameras were installed to simultaneously measure the sail forces and shapes. At the same time, the sailing conditions of the boat, e.g., boat speed, heel angle, wind speed, and wind angle, were measured. The sail configurations tested were: mainsail with 130% jib, mainsail with 75% jib, and mainsail alone. Sail shapes were measured at several vertical positions for the shape parameters defined by: chord length, maximum draft, maximum draft position, entry angle at the luff, and exit angle at the leech, all of which finally yield three-dimensional coordinates of the sail geometry. The tabulated shape data, along with aerodynamic coefficients, are presented in this article. In addition, numerical flow simulations were performed for the measured sail shapes and the sailing conditions to investigate the capability and limitations of the methods through detailed comparison with the measurements. Two numerical methods were used: a vortex lattice method (VLM) and a Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS)-based computational fluid dynamics method. The sail shape database, in association with the numerical results, provides a good benchmark for the sail performance analysis of the upwind condition of IMS type sails.     

Numerical simulations of fatigue crack initiation and propagation based on re-tensile plastic zone generating load criterion for in-plane gusset welded joints

Many accidents are caused by fatigue in welded built-up steel structures, and so it is important to estimate the fatigue lives of such structures quantitatively for safety reasons. By assuming that fatigue cracks cannot grow without an accumulation of alternating tensile/compressional plastic strain, one of the authors identified an improved effective stress intensity factor range ΔK _RPG based on the re-tensile plastic zone generating (RPG) load, which represents the driving force for fatigue cracks, and suggested that ΔK _RPG should be used as the parameter to describe fatigue crack growth behavior. The “FLARP” numerical simulation code in which ΔK _RPG is implemented as the fatigue crack growth parameter, was developed in order to predict fatigue crack initiation and propagation behavior. In this paper, it is demonstrated that FLARP gives accurate estimates for fatigue life by comparing the estimated fatigue crack growth curves and S–N curves with the experimental results for in-plane gusset welded joints, which are used in many welded steel structures. Moreover, the effect of induced bending moment due to the linear misalignment in the out of plane direction on the fatigue strength of in-plane gusset welded joints is investigated through numerical simulations.     

Water entry of a bow-flare ship section with roll angle

The two-dimensional water entry of a bow-flare ship section with constant roll angle, or heel angle, was studied by using a boundary element method. The fully nonlinear free surface conditions and exact body boundary conditions were satisfied. Nonviscous flow separation from the knuckles of the section or from the curved bottom could be simulated. The numerical calculations were compared with existing experimental results. First, the effects of roll angle were investigated and then the characteristics associated with large roll angles were examined in particular. The evolution of the free surfaces and the pressure distributions on the section surface are illustrated and the influence of nonviscous flow separation from the leeward section surface is discussed.     

船舶电力推进同步发电机-推进变流器系统谐波特性仿真

对船舶电力推进用同步发电机-推进变流器系统的电压畸变进行了量化分析,建立了该系统的Matlab/Simulink仿真模型,对负载为线性和非线性的两种工况进行了仿真分析,从而确定同步发电机-推进变流器系统中的谐波特性,并针对系统中存在的谐波提出了抑制总谐波及单次谐波畸变的方法.最后,对比分析了仿真谐波畸变值和IEEE标准中规定的畸变值.     

援潜救生系统装备概况

援潜救生是复杂的系统工程,在提倡立体救援的新形势下,各种援潜救生装备的配套使用,扬长避短,协同作战,才能真正满足援潜救生的要求,文章主要论述援潜救生装备的分类及深潜救生艇的技术性能分析类比.     

气泡艉流场特征及其研究综述

船舶气泡艉流场特征研究蕴含着重要的军事和民用价值.从气泡艉流场的几何特征、声光物理特征以及尾流中气泡的数密度、尺度分布特征等方面,总结了当前国内外关于船舶气泡艉流场特征研究的主要成果,进而通过分析它们在遥感探测、制导等领域的应用情况,进一步阐明了船舶气泡艉流场特征研究的重要性,并提出了应加强对气泡艉流场的探测技术和抑制消除技术研究的发展建议.     

无人水下航行器实时系统设计

针对集中式体系结构已不能满足无人水下航行器(UUV)越来越复杂的水下任务,设计并实现了UUV实时系统,该实时系统以分布式结构为基础,在硬件上采用CAN总线技术,减少了通信时间,提高了实时性,简化了系统,并提供了良好的扩展性;在软件设计上采用μC/OS实时操作系统,方便地实现了逻辑复杂的程序,并进一步满足了系统的实时性.仿真和实时性测试试验结果表明,该系统软、硬件设计满足程序运算、数据存储和实时性的要求,并具有较高的可靠性.     

一种自带能源的观察型ROV控制体系结构

介绍一种自带能源的观察型微细光缆遥控潜水器控制系统的结构和组成.FROV自身携带锂离子电池用于水下系统的供电,同时采用细光缆进行水下、水面系统的通讯.FROV具有水下机动性较好,活动范围较大等特点.     

海上溢油收集装置概念设计

随着海洋石油开采和运输事业的日益发展,海上溢油问题的研究越来越受到重视,具有重要的理论价值和实际意义.论文针对各类海上溢油事故,在现有技术的基础上进行突破和创新,提出了三套新概念的海上溢油处理装置,热气球海上浮油收集装置、海上铲车浮油收集器和下潜式浮油收集器,分别利用漩涡原理,面面接触的物理方式和生物环保技术,有效提高海上溢油的收集效率,丰富了溢油处理装置的设计理念,为后续的详细设计奠定了基础.