Structural safety assessment procedure for membrane-type LNG CCS considering hydroelasticity effect

As environmental regulations have become more onerous, the demand for LNG and LNG carriers has increased. The LNG cargo containment system (LNG CCS) is one of the most important facilities in LNG carriers, and many membrane types of LNG CCS have been developed so far. Traditionally, sloshing model tests are performed and a series of statistical approaches are used to obtain design sloshing pressures. Then, these design loads are utilized to analyze the structural safety of LNG CCS. In the sloshing model test, the flat and almost rigid plate is used as the LNG CCS instead of a real model, and thus, the hydroelasticity effect cannot be considered. In the present research, the effect of hydroelasticity on sloshing pressure was investigated in a fluid-structure interaction simulation. A wet drop simulation was conducted, and its results subsequently were compared with wet drop experimental test results to ensure their validity. Then, two types of structure model, namely a flat-rigid plate model and a flat-flexible CCS model, were generated to investigate the effect of hydroelasticity. Also, a fluid hitting analysis model was devised to realize the sloshing phenomenon, and the two generated structure models were applied as the structure domain in the analysis. In the fluid hitting simulations, it was found that the hydroelasticity effect on sloshing pressure is significant. Thus, correction factors, which are quantitative values of the effect of hydroelasticity, were derived (and are proposed herein). Finally, a structural safety assessment procedure for consideration of the hydroelasticity effect was derived (and is suggested herein).     

Numerical modelling of hydrodynamic responses of Ocean Farm 1 in waves and current and validation against model test measurements

With the continuous growing of the aquaculture industry and increasingly limited fish farming sites at close to shore areas both in Norway and worldwide, there is a need to develop fish farms suitable for aquaculture production in typical offshore environments. For this purpose, SALMAR has developed and deployed the Ocean Farm 1 facility for offshore fish farming.The main purpose of this paper is to develop a reliable numerical model and investigate the motion responses of the Ocean Farm 1 structure in waves and current. The established numerical model consists of the Ocean Farm 1's frame structure (with rigidly-connected circular column components), the net and the mooring system. The hydrodynamic external loads and coefficients of the frame structure are obtained by using potential flow theory. The quadratic drag load on the individual circular columns of the frame structure is formulated by a given drag coefficient. The loads on the net are formulated by using the screen model, where the Reynold number dependent lift and drag forces are formulated as a function of the solidity ratio Sn of the net, relative inflow angle and velocity. The hydrodynamic loads on the mooring lines are formulated using the Morison's equation and the structural responses of the mooring lines are obtained using a nonlinear FE model.With the developed numerical model, time domain simulations are performed. The simulation results are firstly validated against measured data from the decay tests, current tests, and regular wave tests. After the validation, numerical simulations are performed in different irregular wave and current combined weather conditions and the obtained motion response of Ocean Farm 1 are discussed and compared with available measurement data.     

Buckle propagation of damaged SHCC sandwich pipes: Experimental tests and numerical simulation

Sandwich pipe (SP) combining high-strength performance and thermal insulation has been considered an effective solution for oil and gas transportation in ultra-deepwater. Strain hardening cementitious composite (SHCC) is well known for its capacity to withstand both tensile load and external hydrostatic pressure. The sandwich pipe considered in the research is constituted of concentric steel pipes with SHCC annular layer. In the present research work, the SHCC was manufactured, and full scale sandwich pipes were assembled. Intact and damaged specimens were submitted to controlled external pressure in a hyperbaric chamber to obtain the collapse and propagation pressures, respectively. Modeling and simulation of the buckle propagation of the SPs were correlated with the experimental results. The results show that sandwich pipe with SHCC core has an excellent structural strength under high external pressure in both intact and damaged conditions. Moreover, the results also show that the interaction between the annular and the inner/outer pipes provides a significant contribution to the buckling resistance under propagation pressure.     

内河船舶和国内海船CO2系统的异同分析

针对船舶现场检验中发现的固定式灭火系统的CO₂系统以及瓶头阀及其相关组件的各种缺陷,主要阐述内河船舶CO₂系统和国内海船CO₂系统的异同、瓶头阀的结构、释放总管的安装要求、泄放总管的安装要求、控制管路的安装要求,这也是验船师现场检验的难点,以期相关人员在遇到问题时了解如何处理。     

基于MIMO法的行星齿轮减速器的模态试验

针对行星齿轮减速器,采用MIMO方法进行模态试验,将方案一(弹性绳悬挂)和方案二(弹性绳和充气轮胎混合支撑)两种形式下高频信号和低频信号得到的六组试验数据用LMS模态分析软件进行处理,得到七阶模态频率及其振型,及各阶模态的模态质量、模态刚度和模态阻尼等信息。最后分别对两种方案进行模态可信度和有效性分析,分析结果表明,两种方案在模态参数估计上都能取得相对合理的结果,方案二在获取低频模态信息方面效果较好,而方案一在获取高频模态信息方面效果较好,具体应用时应根据所关心的频段和模态参数选取不同方案的数据进行参考。     

船舶推进轴系冲击特性试验研究

文章对船舶推进轴系冲击特性进行试验研究.为了和理论模型相比较,设计、制作了轴系试验模型,进行了轴系固有频率测试和冲击试验研究.冲击试验测试值与理论预估值基本一致,验证了轴系冲击动力学理论模型的可靠性和适用性.     

多成份缆索静力特性测量及调整

针对一工作水深为160m的转塔式FPSO的系泊缆索,研究了在空气中测量和调整多成份系泊缆索静力特性的方法,并在模型试验水池中测量了经过调整的系泊缆索的静力特性,其结果与期望值符合程度令人满意.因此,可认为采用此法测量及调整多成分缆索的静力特性是适宜的.     

舰船上层建筑端部及舷侧大开口应力集中分析和光弹性实验

建立了××型舰艉部分段详细的有限元模型,应用MSC.Nastran软件进行了分析计算,给出了艉部分段整体应力分布状况;分别对比分析了上层建筑端部过渡和舷侧开口的两种设计方案,并计算了上层建筑端部和舷侧开口处的应力集中系数.同时对××舰做了光弹性实验,实验与有限元结果吻合较好,表明了两者结果的有效性.文中还讨论了船舶结构应力集中分析中基准应力的选取问题,所建议的基准应力可以使相应的应力集中系数符合设计人员的思路,便于设计参考.     

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.     

天津港某翻车机房水文地质条件及基坑地下水控制方案探讨

本文通过野外钻探、现场抽水试验及室内试验等综合方法研究了天津港某翻车机房工程水文地质条件,对基坑地下水控制方案进行了探讨。