In the present study, the dynamic and fatigue characteristics of two types of stress joints are investigated under ocean environmental condition. Connected with the riser and the platform, stress joint at the vessel h...In the present study, the dynamic and fatigue characteristics of two types of stress joints are investigated under ocean environmental condition. Connected with the riser and the platform, stress joint at the vessel hang-off position should be one of the main critical design challenges for a steel catenary riser （SCR） in deepwater. When the riser is under a high pressure and deepwater working condition, the stress state for the joint is more complex, and the fatigue damage is easy to occur at this position. Stress joint discussed in this paper includes two types： Tapered Stress Joint （TSJ） and Sleeved Stress Joint （SSJ）, and multiaxial fatigue analysis results are given for comparison. Global dynamic analysis for an SCR is performed first, and then the local boundary conditions obtained from the previous analysis are applied to the stress joint FE model for the later dynamic and multiaxial fatigue analysis. Results indicate that the stress level is far lower than the yield limit of material and the damage induced by fatigue needs more attention. Besides, the damage character of the two types of stress joints differs： for TSJ, the place where the stress joint connects with the riser is easy to occur fatigue damage; for SSJ, the most probable position is at the place where the end of the inner sleeve pipe contacts with the riser body. Compared with SSJ, TSJ shows a higher stress level but better fatigue performance, and it will have a higher material cost. In consideration of various factors, designers should choose the most suitable type and also geometric parameters.展开更多
Flexible risers and steel catenary risers often provide unique riser solutions for today’s deepwater field development. Accurate analysis of these slender structures, in which there are high-speed HP/HT internal flow...Flexible risers and steel catenary risers often provide unique riser solutions for today’s deepwater field development. Accurate analysis of these slender structures, in which there are high-speed HP/HT internal flows, is critical to ensure personnel and asset safety. In this study, a special global coordinate-based FEM rod model was adopted to identify and quantify the effects of internal flow and hydrostatic pressure on both flexible and deepwater steel catenary risers, with emphasis on the latter. By incorporating internal flow induced forces into the model, it was found that the internal flow contributes a new term to the effective tension expression. For flexible risers in shallow water, internal flow and hydrostatic pressure made virtually no change to effective tension by merely altering the riser wall tension. In deep water the internal pressure wielded a dominant role in governing the riser effective tension and furthering the static configuration, while the effect of inflow velocity was negligible. With respect to the riser seabed interaction, both the seabed support and friction effect were considered, with the former modeled by a nonlinear quadratic spring, allowing for a consistent derivation of the tangent stiffness matrix. The presented application examples show that the nonlinear quadratic spring is, when using the catenary solution as an initial static profile, an efficient way to model the quasi-Winkler-type elastic seabed foundation in this finite element scheme.展开更多
对钢悬链线立管X65管线钢进行无衬垫全自动熔化极气体保护焊(Gas Metal Arc Welding,GMAW),然后对焊接接头开展疲劳试验。疲劳试验载荷值根据API RP 2A-WSD的规定进行设定,为了弥补小尺寸试件焊接残余应力的释放,对焊接后的管子测试残...对钢悬链线立管X65管线钢进行无衬垫全自动熔化极气体保护焊(Gas Metal Arc Welding,GMAW),然后对焊接接头开展疲劳试验。疲劳试验载荷值根据API RP 2A-WSD的规定进行设定,为了弥补小尺寸试件焊接残余应力的释放,对焊接后的管子测试残余应力,将残余应力作为平均应力进行考虑。在疲劳试验后,采用扫描电镜进行疲劳断口分析。试验结果表明,X65管线钢环缝无衬垫全自动GMAW焊接接头在高、中、低3个应力水平下的疲劳寿命最低值和平均值均高于API RP 2A-WSD标准的要求,疲劳断裂以盖面焊缝焊趾断裂为主。疲劳断口分析结果表明,部分试件盖面焊缝焊趾处存在微咬边缺陷,根部焊缝存在微小未熔合缺陷。展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51009093)
文摘In the present study, the dynamic and fatigue characteristics of two types of stress joints are investigated under ocean environmental condition. Connected with the riser and the platform, stress joint at the vessel hang-off position should be one of the main critical design challenges for a steel catenary riser （SCR） in deepwater. When the riser is under a high pressure and deepwater working condition, the stress state for the joint is more complex, and the fatigue damage is easy to occur at this position. Stress joint discussed in this paper includes two types： Tapered Stress Joint （TSJ） and Sleeved Stress Joint （SSJ）, and multiaxial fatigue analysis results are given for comparison. Global dynamic analysis for an SCR is performed first, and then the local boundary conditions obtained from the previous analysis are applied to the stress joint FE model for the later dynamic and multiaxial fatigue analysis. Results indicate that the stress level is far lower than the yield limit of material and the damage induced by fatigue needs more attention. Besides, the damage character of the two types of stress joints differs： for TSJ, the place where the stress joint connects with the riser is easy to occur fatigue damage; for SSJ, the most probable position is at the place where the end of the inner sleeve pipe contacts with the riser body. Compared with SSJ, TSJ shows a higher stress level but better fatigue performance, and it will have a higher material cost. In consideration of various factors, designers should choose the most suitable type and also geometric parameters.
基金Supported by the National High-tech Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) under Grant No. 2010AA09Z303the Key Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50739004)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11002135)
文摘Flexible risers and steel catenary risers often provide unique riser solutions for today’s deepwater field development. Accurate analysis of these slender structures, in which there are high-speed HP/HT internal flows, is critical to ensure personnel and asset safety. In this study, a special global coordinate-based FEM rod model was adopted to identify and quantify the effects of internal flow and hydrostatic pressure on both flexible and deepwater steel catenary risers, with emphasis on the latter. By incorporating internal flow induced forces into the model, it was found that the internal flow contributes a new term to the effective tension expression. For flexible risers in shallow water, internal flow and hydrostatic pressure made virtually no change to effective tension by merely altering the riser wall tension. In deep water the internal pressure wielded a dominant role in governing the riser effective tension and furthering the static configuration, while the effect of inflow velocity was negligible. With respect to the riser seabed interaction, both the seabed support and friction effect were considered, with the former modeled by a nonlinear quadratic spring, allowing for a consistent derivation of the tangent stiffness matrix. The presented application examples show that the nonlinear quadratic spring is, when using the catenary solution as an initial static profile, an efficient way to model the quasi-Winkler-type elastic seabed foundation in this finite element scheme.
文摘对钢悬链线立管X65管线钢进行无衬垫全自动熔化极气体保护焊(Gas Metal Arc Welding,GMAW),然后对焊接接头开展疲劳试验。疲劳试验载荷值根据API RP 2A-WSD的规定进行设定,为了弥补小尺寸试件焊接残余应力的释放,对焊接后的管子测试残余应力,将残余应力作为平均应力进行考虑。在疲劳试验后,采用扫描电镜进行疲劳断口分析。试验结果表明,X65管线钢环缝无衬垫全自动GMAW焊接接头在高、中、低3个应力水平下的疲劳寿命最低值和平均值均高于API RP 2A-WSD标准的要求,疲劳断裂以盖面焊缝焊趾断裂为主。疲劳断口分析结果表明,部分试件盖面焊缝焊趾处存在微咬边缺陷,根部焊缝存在微小未熔合缺陷。
