Transient responses of a VLFS during landing and take-off of an airplane

The transient elastic deformation of a pontoon-type very large floating structure (VLFS) caused by the landing and take-off of an airplane is computed by the time-domain mode-expansion method. The memory effects in hydrodynamic forces are taken into account, and great care is paid to numerical accuracy in evaluating all the coefficients appearing in the simultaneous differential equations for the elastic motion of a VLFS. The time-histories of the imparted force and the position and velocity of an airplane during landing and take-off are modeled with data from a Boeing 747-400 jumbo jet. Simulation results are shown of 3-D structural waves on a VLFS and the associated unsteady drag force on an airplane, which is of engineering importance, particularly during take-off. The results for landing show that the airplane moves faster than the structural waves generated in the early stage, and the waves overtake the airplane as its speed decreases to zero. The results for take-off are essentially the same as those for landing, except that the structural waves develop slowly in the early stage, and no obstacle exists on the runway after the take-off of airplane. The additional drag force on an airplane due to the elastic responses of the runway considered in this work was found to be small in magnitude.     

At-sea towing of a Mega-Float unit

A huge floating offshore platform (359m long, 60m wide, and 3m deep) was towed into the Pacific Ocean for a validation experiment for a floating airport. Full-scale measurements of towline tension and the bending strain on the upper-deck were made during towing. The measured bending moment agreed well with numerical calculation without taking the draught and towing speed into consideration.     

浮式平台与钢吊箱相结合技术在忠县长江公路大桥基础施工中的应用

忠县长江公路大桥11号主墩基础施工采用浮式平台与钢吊箱相结合的方法,施工技术新颖,工序转换快捷、安全。介绍其具体施工情况。     

水下爆炸作用下船舱浮筏系统的冲击响应试验研究

设计了船舱浮筏系统的水下爆炸试验装置，测试了浅水域中爆炸的水下爆炸载荷，分析了存在结构反射时的冲击波和气泡脉动压力的幅值、比冲量和能量密度，指出以低频成分为主的气泡脉动压力，对舰船设备隔离系统的冲击响应产生重要的作用。并对水下爆炸载荷作用下船舱浮筏系统的冲击响应进行分析，其结果对于研究舰船设备的抗冲击性能具有参考价值。     

防波堤箱筒型基础结构气浮拖运与负压下沉工艺

以天津港箱简型基础防波堤试验工程为例，介绍了防波堤箱简型基础新结构及基础结构气浮拖运和负压下沉的新工艺，实践证明：这种国内首次开发的新工艺，安全可靠，耗能少，操作简单，适用于淤泥质地质条件下的防波堤、导堤及护岸工程。     

珠三角实行区域年票制面临的主要难题及解决方案

鉴于珠三角区域公路收费年票制存在诸多问题和困难,针对年票制债务、收费标准、站点设置、高速公路代收路费及经营性公路回购等问题,对珠三角实行区域年票制的影响逐一分析,并提出了解决问题的方案.     

Response-based extreme value analysis of moored offshore structures due to wave, wind, and current

Floating moored offshore structures have a significant future in offshore operations as an attractive economic alternative to fixed structures in deep waters and/or in areas where there is no existing infrastructure. This paper describes an analysis procedure based on the structure variable approach to estimate load and response values of a moored offshore platform at a given return period by taking into account the joint occurrence of wave, wind, and current. The results show that the most severe mooring loads may not occur when wind, wave, and current are collinear and are at their maximum design values, i.e., the 50- or 100-year case. It is recommended that the extreme mooring design loads for moored offshore systems should be determined through a range of physical or numerical simulations where wave, wind, and current are noncollinear and act with less severe magnitudes than the 50- or 100-year case. This recommendation has also been adopted in the ITTC/Ocean Engineering Committee recommendations to the ITTC Conference held in September 1996.     

On the dispersion relation of hydroelastic waves in a plate

This paper deals with the dispersion relation of hydroelastic waves in pontoon-type very large floating structures (VLFS) using a simple beam modeling, where the term hydroelastic waves means propagation of deflection vibrations in VLFS. The purpose of this paper is to show the properties of the hydroelastic waves. The dispersion relation of hydroelastic waves propagating in an infinite plate floating on the water is derived based on the linear water wave theory. The effects of the water depth and of the bending rigidity of the floating plate on the wavelength, phase velocity, and group velocity of the hydroelastic waves are shown theoretically or numerically. Then, the dispersion relation of hydroelastic waves in a finite plate floating on shallow water is investigated. It is shown that the wavelength or the phase velocity of the hydroelastic waves varies with the location in the plate. Received for publication on April 7, 1999; accepted on Aug. 20, 1999     

“港船浮吊2号”取暖系统改造

文章介绍了新港船舶重工有限责任公司修船厂"港船浮吊2号"在改造取暖系统出现的问题,研讨其中的原因,提出了改进方案,并最终得到解决。     

波浪中锚泊浮堤系统特性的理论研究

本文研究了在规则波作用下锚泊浮堤的运动响应、消波性能、横漂力引起的堤体横漂量以及此时链的受力情况。在理论计算过程中应用了Frank源汇分布法和Grim切片理论,并采用九尾的远场积分法计算二阶漂移力,采用Kim法计算无穷远处的反射波波幅,用传统的悬链线理论对锚泊系统作静力计算,还将矩形剖面防波堤的计算结果与日本井上义行的计算结果以及我国南京水利科学研究院有关矩形剖面防波堤的系列模型试验結果做了比较,计算结果和试验结果接近,吻合。本研究的目的在于用理论方法预测浮式防波堤的特性并优化防波堤的形状。