Experimental investigation into the effects of air pockets on wave-in-deck loads of offshore structures |
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| Institution: | 1. National Centre for Maritime Engineering and Hydrodynamics, Australian Maritime College, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia;2. NavTec Pty Ltd, Perth, Western Australia, Australia;1. School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, PR China;2. Guangzhou Jishi Construction Group Co. Ltd, Guangzhou, 510115, PR China;3. Department of Civil Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, 528000, PR China;4. State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Building Science, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, PR China;1. School of Civil Engineering, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou, Hunan, 412007, China;2. Key Laboratory of Safety Control of Bridge Engineering, Ministry of Education (Changsha University of Science and Technology), Changsha, Hunan, 410114, China;3. China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing, 100038, China;1. College of Automotive Engineering, Hunan Industry Polytechnic, 410000, China;2. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China;1. National Maritime Research Institute, 6-38-1, Shinkawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo, 181-0004, Japan;2. Faculty of Engineering Yokohama National University, 79-1 Tokiwadai Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 240-8501, Japan;1. China Communication Construction Corporation Third Harbor Engineering Corporation Limited, Shanghai, 200032, China;2. Key Laboratory of Performance Evolution and Control for Engineering Structures (Ministry of Education), Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China;1. State Key Laboratory of Hydraulic Engineering Simulation and Safety, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China;2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, 135 Yaguan Road, Tianjin, 300072, China |
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| Abstract: | In this paper, air entrapment during slamming is an investigation subjected to an experimental method of inquiry, analysed alongside a theoretical approach obtained from previous attempts to address similar matters. The experiment consisted of assembling three different sizes and depths of artificially created pockets underneath the 1:75 deck model of a 76 m × 76 m prototype to encourage air entrapment and study how this entrapped air affects local and global loads. A parametric study is ultimately conducted on the geometry of the pocket, altering area and depth to observe the response to the pressure. Air entrapment effects were observed to reduce the magnitudes of impact pressure inside the pocket while slightly altering the force time histories in x and z-directions. Force magnitudes for global forces are significantly close to the smooth deck results. However, horizontal force data are slightly higher than their corresponding smooth deck due to additional surfaces inside the pocket. In addition, a parametric study of the depth and size of the pocket reveals that pocket depth is the dominant parameter that affects the impact pressure inside a pocket. |
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| Keywords: | Offshore structures Wave-in-deck loads Air entrapment Air pocket |
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