When incidents happen with the positioning spud of a backhoe dredger,the hull loses stability,heels significantly,and may even capsize under extreme conditions.Coupling the hydrodynamics and spud vibrations,this paper...When incidents happen with the positioning spud of a backhoe dredger,the hull loses stability,heels significantly,and may even capsize under extreme conditions.Coupling the hydrodynamics and spud vibrations,this paper investigates the dynamic stability of a backhoe dredger after spud failure based on the time domain method.The maximum dynamic heeling angle verifies the stability of the backhoe dredger.To identify the influences of environmental load,operating conditions,and spud-soil interactions,numerical motion simulations were conducted in the time domain.The main conclusions on dynamic stability consider the influences of relative environmental and operational factors.This study provides a powerful and efficient approach to analyze the dynamic stability of backhoe dredgers and to design flooding angles.展开更多
To investigate the effect of the radius of the spherical heads of the indenter on the results of a point load test,this study uses a discrete element model based on the flat joint contact for numerical simulation.Resu...To investigate the effect of the radius of the spherical heads of the indenter on the results of a point load test,this study uses a discrete element model based on the flat joint contact for numerical simulation.Results show that the discrete element model based on the flat joint model can accurately describe the damage process and size effects of rocks under point loads.Damage of rock samples under the loading of different radii of the indenter can be characterized as vertical splitting damage,and the larger the radius of the indenter is,the larger the damage area.Values of the point load strength of rock samples increase with increasing the radius of the indenter and obey a power function relationship.The results of this study provide a theoretical basis for the selection of the spherical heads of indenters in point load tests and tool design for mechanical rock breaking.展开更多
文摘When incidents happen with the positioning spud of a backhoe dredger,the hull loses stability,heels significantly,and may even capsize under extreme conditions.Coupling the hydrodynamics and spud vibrations,this paper investigates the dynamic stability of a backhoe dredger after spud failure based on the time domain method.The maximum dynamic heeling angle verifies the stability of the backhoe dredger.To identify the influences of environmental load,operating conditions,and spud-soil interactions,numerical motion simulations were conducted in the time domain.The main conclusions on dynamic stability consider the influences of relative environmental and operational factors.This study provides a powerful and efficient approach to analyze the dynamic stability of backhoe dredgers and to design flooding angles.
文摘To investigate the effect of the radius of the spherical heads of the indenter on the results of a point load test,this study uses a discrete element model based on the flat joint contact for numerical simulation.Results show that the discrete element model based on the flat joint model can accurately describe the damage process and size effects of rocks under point loads.Damage of rock samples under the loading of different radii of the indenter can be characterized as vertical splitting damage,and the larger the radius of the indenter is,the larger the damage area.Values of the point load strength of rock samples increase with increasing the radius of the indenter and obey a power function relationship.The results of this study provide a theoretical basis for the selection of the spherical heads of indenters in point load tests and tool design for mechanical rock breaking.