Wind load is a control load that affects the safety of structures in the design of ocean platforms. It has not only direct and powerful effects that may cause structure resonance but also has indirect effects causing ...Wind load is a control load that affects the safety of structures in the design of ocean platforms. It has not only direct and powerful effects that may cause structure resonance but also has indirect effects causing waves or currents in the ocean. By analyzing the domestic and international norms, this study <span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt;font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">pre</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">sents a review of calculation methods of wind load on ocean platforms, which </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt;font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">belongs to large-scale non-entity structure used in the open sea while sur</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">round</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">ing wind has no fixed direction. Current computations according to the</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"> norms are not accurate, which even not takes the force of the wind against the surf</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">ace perpendicular to the structure into consideration. Additionally, thi</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">s study also introduces and compares the lift model of platforms based on different </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">theories, such as vortex-excitation and vibration, engineering structure dy</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">namics, gas flow pressure theory, analyzing their applicability, advantages, and disadvantages. This paper analyzes the limitations and applicable conditions of the existing calculation method itself, such as the lift model is suitable for the existence of stable vortex wake;the calculation method of the structural dynamics of marine engineering must be combined with the wind tunnel test and consider the mistakes caused by the position relationship;the numerical simulation method is accurate but tedious. This study provides an insight into the calculation methods of lift in designing ocean platforms, including the </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt;font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">finite element method for simulating fluid force and updating formulas in</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"> Chinese norms.</span>展开更多
Sail is the core part of autonomous sailboat and wing sail is a new type of sail. Wing sail generates not only propulsion but also lateral force and heeling moment. The latter two will affect the navigation status and...Sail is the core part of autonomous sailboat and wing sail is a new type of sail. Wing sail generates not only propulsion but also lateral force and heeling moment. The latter two will affect the navigation status and bring resistance. Double sail can effectively reduce the center of wind pressure and heeling moment. In order to study the effect of distance between two sails, airfoil and attack angle on the total lift coefficient of double sail propulsion system, pressure coefficient distribution and lift coefficient calculation model have been established based on vortex panel method. By using the basic finite solution, the fluid dynamic forces on the two-dimensional sails are computed.The results show that, the distance in the range of 0 to 1 time chord length, when using the same airfoil in the fore and aft sail, the total lift coefficient of the double sail increases with the increase of distance, finally reaches a stable value in the range of one to three times chord length. Lift coefficients of thicker airfoils are more sensitive to the change of distance. The thicker the airfoil, the longer distance is required of the total lift coefficient toward stable.When different airfoils are adopted in fore and aft sail, the total lift coefficient increases with the increase of the thickness of aft sail. The smaller the thickness difference is, the more sensitive to the distance change the lift coefficient is. The thinner the fore sail is, the lower the influence will be on the lift coefficient of aft sail.展开更多
Ground-penetrating radar(GPR)is a highly efficient,fast and non-destructive exploration method for shallow surfaces.High-precision numerical simulation method is employed to improve the interpretation precision of det...Ground-penetrating radar(GPR)is a highly efficient,fast and non-destructive exploration method for shallow surfaces.High-precision numerical simulation method is employed to improve the interpretation precision of detection.Second-generation wavelet finite element is introduced into the forward modeling of the GPR.As the finite element basis function,the second-generation wavelet scaling function constructed by the scheme is characterized as having multiple scales and resolutions.The function can change the analytical scale arbitrarily according to actual needs.We can adopt a small analysis scale at a large gradient to improve the precision of analysis while adopting a large analytical scale at a small gradient to improve the efficiency of analysis.This approach is beneficial to capture the local mutation characteristics of the solution and improve the resolution without changing mesh subdivision to realize the efficient solution of the forward GPR problem.The algorithm is applied to the numerical simulation of line current radiation source and tunnel non-dense lining model with analytical solutions.Result show that the solution results of the secondgeneration wavelet finite element are in agreement with the analytical solutions and the conventional finite element solutions,thereby verifying the accuracy of the second-generation wavelet finite element algorithm.Furthermore,the second-generation wavelet finite element algorithm can change the analysis scale arbitrarily according to the actual problem without subdividing grids again.The adaptive algorithm is superior to traditional scheme in grid refinement and basis function order increase,which makes this algorithm suitable for solving complex GPR forward-modeling problems with large gradient and singularity.展开更多
Prandtl’s lifting line theory was generalized to the lifting problem of a three-dimensional hydrofoil in the presence of a free surface. Similar to the classical lifting theory, the singularity distribution method wa...Prandtl’s lifting line theory was generalized to the lifting problem of a three-dimensional hydrofoil in the presence of a free surface. Similar to the classical lifting theory, the singularity distribution method was utilized to solve two-dimensional lifting problems for the hydrofoil beneath the free surface at the air-water interface, and a lifting line theory was developed to correct three-dimensional effects of the hydrofoil with a large aspect ratio. Differing from the classical lifting theory, the main focus was on finding the three-dimensional Green function of the free surface induced by the steady motion of a system of horseshoe vortices under the free surface. Finally, numerical examples were given to show the relationship between the lift coefficient and submergence Froude numbers for 2-D and 3-D hydrofoils. If the submergence Froude number is small free surface effect will be significant registered as the increase of lift coefficient. The validity of these approaches was examined in comparison with the results calculated by other methods.展开更多
Owing to the increase in unprecedented accidents with new root causes in almost all operational areas, the importance of risk management has dramatically risen. Risk assessment, one of the most significant aspects of ...Owing to the increase in unprecedented accidents with new root causes in almost all operational areas, the importance of risk management has dramatically risen. Risk assessment, one of the most significant aspects of risk management, has a substantial impact on the system-safety level of organizations, industries, and operations. If the causes of all kinds of failure and the interactions between them are considered, effective risk assessment can be highly accurate. A combination of traditional risk assessment approaches and modern scientific probability methods can help in realizing better quantitative risk assessment methods. Most researchers face the problem of minimal field data with respect to the probability and frequency of each failure. Because of this limitation in the availability of epistemic knowledge, it is important to conduct epistemic estimations by applying the Bayesian theory for identifying plausible outcomes. In this paper, we propose an algorithm and demonstrate its application in a case study for a light-weight lifting operation in the Persian Gulf of Iran. First, we identify potential accident scenarios and present them in an event tree format. Next, excluding human error, we use the event tree to roughly estimate the prior probability of other hazard-promoting factors using a minimal amount of field data. We then use the Success Likelihood Index Method(SLIM) to calculate the probability of human error. On the basis of the proposed event tree, we use the Bayesian network of the provided scenarios to compensate for the lack of data. Finally, we determine the resulting probability of each event based on its evidence in the epistemic estimation format by building on two Bayesian network types: the probability of hazard promotion factors and the Bayesian theory. The study results indicate that despite the lack of available information on the operation of floating objects, a satisfactory result can be achieved using epistemic data.展开更多
Lifting-line model is developed for a propeller of large aspect ratio inblade-attached noninertial system. In the analysis of the method of matched asymptoticexpansions, a fictitious velocity potential is introduced. ...Lifting-line model is developed for a propeller of large aspect ratio inblade-attached noninertial system. In the analysis of the method of matched asymptoticexpansions, a fictitious velocity potential is introduced. Control equation, boundarycondition and Bernoulli equation are derived in blade- attached system. The analysis ofthe matched asymptotic expansions shows that if the advance ratio of propeller is notvery small, lifting-line theory is still valid in blade-attached noninertial system for propeller.展开更多
The kinetic model of the four-post-frame lifting mechanical system was established. The stiffness and damping matrices of differential equations of motion were obtained by using Lagrange’s equations. And the dynamic ...The kinetic model of the four-post-frame lifting mechanical system was established. The stiffness and damping matrices of differential equations of motion were obtained by using Lagrange’s equations. And the dynamic characteristics of system were analyzed by modal analysis method. Based upon this, the modifications of structural parameters which can improve dynamic performance were discussed. The low-level high-speed palletizer MDJ1200L was taken as a real case in the paper.展开更多
An optimal maneuver strategy is proposed for lifting reentry vehicle to reach the maximum lateral range after reentering the atmosphere. Aiming at problems that too many co-state variables and difficulty in estimating...An optimal maneuver strategy is proposed for lifting reentry vehicle to reach the maximum lateral range after reentering the atmosphere. Aiming at problems that too many co-state variables and difficulty in estimating the initial values of co-state variables,the equilibrium glide condition (EGC) is utilized to reduce the reentry motion equations and then the optimal maneuver strategy satisfied above performance index is derived. This maneuvering strategy is applied to the lifting reentry weapon platform CAV which was designed by America recently to realize both longitudinal and lateral trajectory design by controlling the attack angle and the bank angle respectively. The simulation result indicates that the maneuver strategy proposed enables CAV to reach favorable longitudinal range and lateral range.展开更多
This paper presents an implementation and posterior analysis of the convergence of the panel method. The implemented panel method is based on vortex lines and an unsteady wake on a flat plate as a wing. The main goal ...This paper presents an implementation and posterior analysis of the convergence of the panel method. The implemented panel method is based on vortex lines and an unsteady wake on a flat plate as a wing. The main goal of the study was to discover parameters and their values range to obtain convergence of the solution. Results of lift convergence in function of control panel’s position, the effect of the size of the wake panels, the dimension of the wake, and the computation time are quantitatively described. The lift results are similar to the predictions by the lifting-line theory and the wake exhibited an expected shape, showing wingtip, and start vortices. Geometric parameters and non-dimensional values were developed to increase accuracy and stability of the method.展开更多
For new submarine pipeline maintenance lifting equipment,a specialized analysis model is constructed in this study.A pipeline can be divided into the lifted portion and the touch-down portion that lies on the seabed,a...For new submarine pipeline maintenance lifting equipment,a specialized analysis model is constructed in this study.A pipeline can be divided into the lifted portion and the touch-down portion that lies on the seabed,and each of these portions can be analyzed separately by converting the continuity conditions at the touch-down points to boundary conditions.The typical two-point sequence secant iterative technique is used to obtain the unknown lifted length and determine pipeline lifting confgurations.The BVP4C module in MATLAB software is used to solve this multiple-point boundary value problem issued from frst-order diferential equations.Also,the triple-point lifting mode of truncated maintenance and the two-point lifting mode of online maintenance are discussed.When the lifted heights at truss positions are shown,the lifting deformation,lifting forces,bending moment distribution,and axial force distribution can be analyzed using a dedicated analysis program.Numerical results can then be used to design a lifting strategy to protect the pipeline.展开更多
The objective of the paper is to compute the optimal burn-out conditions and control requirements that would result in maximum down-range/cross-range performance of a waverider type hypersonic boost-glide(HBG) vehicle...The objective of the paper is to compute the optimal burn-out conditions and control requirements that would result in maximum down-range/cross-range performance of a waverider type hypersonic boost-glide(HBG) vehicle within the medium and intermediate ranges,and compare its performance with the performances of wing-body and lifting-body vehicles vis-a-vis the g-load and the integrated heat load experienced by vehicles for the medium-sized launch vehicle under study.Trajectory optimization studies were carried out by considering the heat rate and dynamic pressure constraints.The trajectory optimization problem is modeled as a nonlinear,multiphase,constraint optimal control problem and is solved using a hp-adaptive pseudospectral method.Detail modeling aspects of mass,aerodynamics and aerothermodynamics for the launch and glide vehicles have been discussed.It was found that the optimal burn-out angles for waverider and wing-body configurations are approximately 5° and 14.8°,respectively,for maximum down-range performance under the constraint heat rate environment.The down-range and cross-range performance of HBG waverider configuration is nearly 1.3 and 2 times that of wing-body configuration respectively.The integrated heat load experienced by the HBG waverider was found to be approximately an order of magnitude higher than that of a lifting-body configuration and 5 times that of a wing-body configuration.The footprints and corresponding heat loads and control requirements for the three types of glide vehicles are discussed for the medium range launch vehicle under consideration.展开更多
文摘Wind load is a control load that affects the safety of structures in the design of ocean platforms. It has not only direct and powerful effects that may cause structure resonance but also has indirect effects causing waves or currents in the ocean. By analyzing the domestic and international norms, this study <span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt;font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">pre</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">sents a review of calculation methods of wind load on ocean platforms, which </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt;font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">belongs to large-scale non-entity structure used in the open sea while sur</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">round</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">ing wind has no fixed direction. Current computations according to the</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"> norms are not accurate, which even not takes the force of the wind against the surf</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">ace perpendicular to the structure into consideration. Additionally, thi</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">s study also introduces and compares the lift model of platforms based on different </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">theories, such as vortex-excitation and vibration, engineering structure dy</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">namics, gas flow pressure theory, analyzing their applicability, advantages, and disadvantages. This paper analyzes the limitations and applicable conditions of the existing calculation method itself, such as the lift model is suitable for the existence of stable vortex wake;the calculation method of the structural dynamics of marine engineering must be combined with the wind tunnel test and consider the mistakes caused by the position relationship;the numerical simulation method is accurate but tedious. This study provides an insight into the calculation methods of lift in designing ocean platforms, including the </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt;font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">finite element method for simulating fluid force and updating formulas in</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"> Chinese norms.</span>
基金financially supported by the JIANG Xinsong Innovation Fund(Grant No.Y8F7010701)
文摘Sail is the core part of autonomous sailboat and wing sail is a new type of sail. Wing sail generates not only propulsion but also lateral force and heeling moment. The latter two will affect the navigation status and bring resistance. Double sail can effectively reduce the center of wind pressure and heeling moment. In order to study the effect of distance between two sails, airfoil and attack angle on the total lift coefficient of double sail propulsion system, pressure coefficient distribution and lift coefficient calculation model have been established based on vortex panel method. By using the basic finite solution, the fluid dynamic forces on the two-dimensional sails are computed.The results show that, the distance in the range of 0 to 1 time chord length, when using the same airfoil in the fore and aft sail, the total lift coefficient of the double sail increases with the increase of distance, finally reaches a stable value in the range of one to three times chord length. Lift coefficients of thicker airfoils are more sensitive to the change of distance. The thicker the airfoil, the longer distance is required of the total lift coefficient toward stable.When different airfoils are adopted in fore and aft sail, the total lift coefficient increases with the increase of the thickness of aft sail. The smaller the thickness difference is, the more sensitive to the distance change the lift coefficient is. The thinner the fore sail is, the lower the influence will be on the lift coefficient of aft sail.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41574116 and 41774132)Hunan Provincial Innovation Foundation for Postgraduate(Grant Nos.CX2017B052)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Central South University(Nos.2018zzts693)。
文摘Ground-penetrating radar(GPR)is a highly efficient,fast and non-destructive exploration method for shallow surfaces.High-precision numerical simulation method is employed to improve the interpretation precision of detection.Second-generation wavelet finite element is introduced into the forward modeling of the GPR.As the finite element basis function,the second-generation wavelet scaling function constructed by the scheme is characterized as having multiple scales and resolutions.The function can change the analytical scale arbitrarily according to actual needs.We can adopt a small analysis scale at a large gradient to improve the precision of analysis while adopting a large analytical scale at a small gradient to improve the efficiency of analysis.This approach is beneficial to capture the local mutation characteristics of the solution and improve the resolution without changing mesh subdivision to realize the efficient solution of the forward GPR problem.The algorithm is applied to the numerical simulation of line current radiation source and tunnel non-dense lining model with analytical solutions.Result show that the solution results of the secondgeneration wavelet finite element are in agreement with the analytical solutions and the conventional finite element solutions,thereby verifying the accuracy of the second-generation wavelet finite element algorithm.Furthermore,the second-generation wavelet finite element algorithm can change the analysis scale arbitrarily according to the actual problem without subdividing grids again.The adaptive algorithm is superior to traditional scheme in grid refinement and basis function order increase,which makes this algorithm suitable for solving complex GPR forward-modeling problems with large gradient and singularity.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.50921001973 Program under Grant No. 2010CB83270
文摘Prandtl’s lifting line theory was generalized to the lifting problem of a three-dimensional hydrofoil in the presence of a free surface. Similar to the classical lifting theory, the singularity distribution method was utilized to solve two-dimensional lifting problems for the hydrofoil beneath the free surface at the air-water interface, and a lifting line theory was developed to correct three-dimensional effects of the hydrofoil with a large aspect ratio. Differing from the classical lifting theory, the main focus was on finding the three-dimensional Green function of the free surface induced by the steady motion of a system of horseshoe vortices under the free surface. Finally, numerical examples were given to show the relationship between the lift coefficient and submergence Froude numbers for 2-D and 3-D hydrofoils. If the submergence Froude number is small free surface effect will be significant registered as the increase of lift coefficient. The validity of these approaches was examined in comparison with the results calculated by other methods.
文摘Owing to the increase in unprecedented accidents with new root causes in almost all operational areas, the importance of risk management has dramatically risen. Risk assessment, one of the most significant aspects of risk management, has a substantial impact on the system-safety level of organizations, industries, and operations. If the causes of all kinds of failure and the interactions between them are considered, effective risk assessment can be highly accurate. A combination of traditional risk assessment approaches and modern scientific probability methods can help in realizing better quantitative risk assessment methods. Most researchers face the problem of minimal field data with respect to the probability and frequency of each failure. Because of this limitation in the availability of epistemic knowledge, it is important to conduct epistemic estimations by applying the Bayesian theory for identifying plausible outcomes. In this paper, we propose an algorithm and demonstrate its application in a case study for a light-weight lifting operation in the Persian Gulf of Iran. First, we identify potential accident scenarios and present them in an event tree format. Next, excluding human error, we use the event tree to roughly estimate the prior probability of other hazard-promoting factors using a minimal amount of field data. We then use the Success Likelihood Index Method(SLIM) to calculate the probability of human error. On the basis of the proposed event tree, we use the Bayesian network of the provided scenarios to compensate for the lack of data. Finally, we determine the resulting probability of each event based on its evidence in the epistemic estimation format by building on two Bayesian network types: the probability of hazard promotion factors and the Bayesian theory. The study results indicate that despite the lack of available information on the operation of floating objects, a satisfactory result can be achieved using epistemic data.
文摘Lifting-line model is developed for a propeller of large aspect ratio inblade-attached noninertial system. In the analysis of the method of matched asymptoticexpansions, a fictitious velocity potential is introduced. Control equation, boundarycondition and Bernoulli equation are derived in blade- attached system. The analysis ofthe matched asymptotic expansions shows that if the advance ratio of propeller is notvery small, lifting-line theory is still valid in blade-attached noninertial system for propeller.
文摘The kinetic model of the four-post-frame lifting mechanical system was established. The stiffness and damping matrices of differential equations of motion were obtained by using Lagrange’s equations. And the dynamic characteristics of system were analyzed by modal analysis method. Based upon this, the modifications of structural parameters which can improve dynamic performance were discussed. The low-level high-speed palletizer MDJ1200L was taken as a real case in the paper.
文摘An optimal maneuver strategy is proposed for lifting reentry vehicle to reach the maximum lateral range after reentering the atmosphere. Aiming at problems that too many co-state variables and difficulty in estimating the initial values of co-state variables,the equilibrium glide condition (EGC) is utilized to reduce the reentry motion equations and then the optimal maneuver strategy satisfied above performance index is derived. This maneuvering strategy is applied to the lifting reentry weapon platform CAV which was designed by America recently to realize both longitudinal and lateral trajectory design by controlling the attack angle and the bank angle respectively. The simulation result indicates that the maneuver strategy proposed enables CAV to reach favorable longitudinal range and lateral range.
文摘This paper presents an implementation and posterior analysis of the convergence of the panel method. The implemented panel method is based on vortex lines and an unsteady wake on a flat plate as a wing. The main goal of the study was to discover parameters and their values range to obtain convergence of the solution. Results of lift convergence in function of control panel’s position, the effect of the size of the wake panels, the dimension of the wake, and the computation time are quantitatively described. The lift results are similar to the predictions by the lifting-line theory and the wake exhibited an expected shape, showing wingtip, and start vortices. Geometric parameters and non-dimensional values were developed to increase accuracy and stability of the method.
基金This paper was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51679251)the authors would like to express their sincere thanks.
文摘For new submarine pipeline maintenance lifting equipment,a specialized analysis model is constructed in this study.A pipeline can be divided into the lifted portion and the touch-down portion that lies on the seabed,and each of these portions can be analyzed separately by converting the continuity conditions at the touch-down points to boundary conditions.The typical two-point sequence secant iterative technique is used to obtain the unknown lifted length and determine pipeline lifting confgurations.The BVP4C module in MATLAB software is used to solve this multiple-point boundary value problem issued from frst-order diferential equations.Also,the triple-point lifting mode of truncated maintenance and the two-point lifting mode of online maintenance are discussed.When the lifted heights at truss positions are shown,the lifting deformation,lifting forces,bending moment distribution,and axial force distribution can be analyzed using a dedicated analysis program.Numerical results can then be used to design a lifting strategy to protect the pipeline.
基金the Chinese Scholarship Council for supporting the research
文摘The objective of the paper is to compute the optimal burn-out conditions and control requirements that would result in maximum down-range/cross-range performance of a waverider type hypersonic boost-glide(HBG) vehicle within the medium and intermediate ranges,and compare its performance with the performances of wing-body and lifting-body vehicles vis-a-vis the g-load and the integrated heat load experienced by vehicles for the medium-sized launch vehicle under study.Trajectory optimization studies were carried out by considering the heat rate and dynamic pressure constraints.The trajectory optimization problem is modeled as a nonlinear,multiphase,constraint optimal control problem and is solved using a hp-adaptive pseudospectral method.Detail modeling aspects of mass,aerodynamics and aerothermodynamics for the launch and glide vehicles have been discussed.It was found that the optimal burn-out angles for waverider and wing-body configurations are approximately 5° and 14.8°,respectively,for maximum down-range performance under the constraint heat rate environment.The down-range and cross-range performance of HBG waverider configuration is nearly 1.3 and 2 times that of wing-body configuration respectively.The integrated heat load experienced by the HBG waverider was found to be approximately an order of magnitude higher than that of a lifting-body configuration and 5 times that of a wing-body configuration.The footprints and corresponding heat loads and control requirements for the three types of glide vehicles are discussed for the medium range launch vehicle under consideration.