Nonlinear hydroelastic behavior of propellers using a finite-element method and lifting surface theory

A finite-element method coupled with analysis of a noncavitating lifting surface was used to assess the performance of a marine propeller, including the thrust, torque, efficiency coefficients, and deflections. The formulation used displacements as unknowns in the structural part and the strength of the vortex as unknowns in the fluid part. A coupled matrix derived from the Bernoulli equation and hydrostatic pressure in terms of the strength, of the vortex enforced coupling between the fluid and the structure. The resulting matrix equation was unsymmetric and nonlinear; a Newton-Raphson procedure was used to solve this equation. The numerical results were compared with test data; computed and measured values agreed satisfactorily. We also investigated the effect of blade thickness on the performance and strength of the propeller. We did not consider the fatigue strengh of the propeller in this analysis.     

基于非线性理论的船舶结构稳定性研究

本文以结构的线性分析为基础，对船舶结构的线性稳定性分析方法进行了改进。同时，采用基于特征值分析的线性稳定性分析方法得到了船舶结构的临界载荷，从该载荷值可以预测出实际结构临界载荷的上限并能较好地反映船舶结构线性性能对其稳定性的影响，据此得出船舶结构的失稳位形。在非线性稳定性分析中，采用NEWTON—ROPHSON方法及弧长法求解考虑非线性时船舶结构的临界载荷，并详细讨论了结构缺陷对稳定性的影响，提出考虑结构缺陷时船舶结构稳定性计算方法。通过不同类型的算例进行分析比较，总结出船舶结构边界条件、几何缺陷变化与船舶结构稳定性之间关系，验证了本文稳定性分析方法的正确性、有效性及对现役散货船船体结构的适用性。     

潜艇内部有平台支撑的平面舱壁极限承载能力非线性有限元计算

对由平台支撑的潜艇内部平面舱壁这种新型结构进行非线性有限元分析,得到结构的极限承载能力,分析结构上应力分布规律,探讨结构的塑性破坏机理。     

管道壁厚计算公式改进探讨

通过输油管道及注汽管线壁厚的选择等应用实例来说明传统的管道壁厚的设计公式过于保守,没有相应的壁厚修正标准或公式。这个问题在美国已经得到重视。可参照美国的做法,改进管道壁厚的计算公式,即引入最小壁厚设计因素,完善环向应力公式计算并研究确定管道壁厚与温差之间的关系。     

适用于有限元分析的非线性弹性壳体理论

本文从连续介质力学出发导出了计及横剪效应的非线性弹性壳体理论。这个理论适合于有限元列式,可用于壳体的几何非线性和后屈曲分析。     

非线性横摇跳跃现象的预报方法

船舶在波浪中的大角度横摇运动、本质上是非线性振动问题。本文以非线性振动理论中的平均法为基础,推演了船模非线性横摇运动的幅频和相频曲线的计算公式,可预报其跳跃现象。与应用新型可控力矩式横摇激振装置的船模试验结果相比较,一致性较好。     

A method for estimation of vehicle inertial parameters

In this paper, a new method is presented for estimating the current sprung mass inertial parameters of a vehicle, such as the mass, pitch and roll mass moments of inertia, and lateral and longitudinal centre of gravity locations. The method measures the sprung mass response when the vehicle is driven over an unknown and unmeasured random road profile. From these measurements, the equivalent free-decay responses are extracted and modal analysis techniques used to estimate the sprung mass natural frequencies, damping ratios and mode shapes. This information is combined with a simplified vehicle estimation model, least squares analysis and known equivalent stiffness parameters to estimate the vehicles’ inertial parameters. The results obtained from several simulation examples show that estimates of the inertial parameters generally have small relative errors.     

Vehicle control synthesis using phase portraits of planar dynamics

ABSTRACT

Phase portraits provide control system designers strong graphical insight into nonlinear system dynamics. These plots readily display vehicle stability properties and map equilibrium point locations and movement to changing parameters and system inputs. This paper extends the usage of phase portraits in vehicle dynamics to control synthesis by illustrating the relationship between the boundaries of stable vehicle operation and the state derivative isoclines in the yaw rate–sideslip phase plane. Closed-loop phase portraits demonstrate the potential for augmenting a vehicle's open-loop dynamics through steering and braking. The paper concludes by applying phase portrait analysis to an envelope control algorithm for yaw stability and a sliding surface controller for stabilising a saddle point equilibrium in drifting.     

临时路径发生器学引的UUV跟踪控制(英文)

A path following control algorithm for an unmanned underwater vehicle(UUV) using temporary path generation guidance was proposed in this paper.Owing to different initial states of the vehicle,such as position and orientation,the path following control in the horizontal plane may yield a poor performance.To deal with the negative effect induced by initial states,a temporary path generation was presented based on the relationship between the original reference path and the vehicle’s initial states.With different relative positions between the vehicle and reference path,including out of straight lines,as well as inside and outside a circle,the related temporary paths guiding the vehicle to the reference path were able to be generated in real time.The vehicle was guided to steer along the temporary path until it reached the tangent point at the reference path,where the controller was designed using the input-output feedback linearization method.Simulation results demonstrated that the proposed algorithm is effective under the three different situations mentioned above.