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
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.
