Numerical Methods for Hull Structure Strength Analysis and Ships Service Life Evaluation, for a LPG Carrier

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard Domnisoru ◽  
Dumitru Dragomir ◽  
Alexandru Ioan
Keyword(s):  
Service Life ◽  
Dynamic Response ◽  
Ship Hull ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Head Wave ◽  
Strength Analysis ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Wave Loads ◽  
Life Evaluation ◽  
Hull Structure

In this paper the authors focus on the ship hull structure strengths and fatigue analyses, in order to estimate the ship service life period at the initial design stage. The topic of the paper is divided in three-interlinked parts. The first part includes the method for the hull strength analysis, based on 3D/1D-FEM models, under equivalent quasi-static head wave loads. The second part presents the method for the ship hull dynamic response analysis, based on non-linear hydroelasticity theory with second order wave spectrum. The last part includes the fatigue analysis method for the initial ship hull structure, based on the long-term prediction ship dynamic response, the cumulative damage ratio and the design S-N material curves. The numerical analyses are carried out for a LPG carrier with independent cargo-tanks type A. Two significant load cases are considered: full and ballast. The numerical results outline the extreme wave loads and the ships initial service life evaluation.

Dynamic Response Analysis of Ship Hull Structures

2000 ◽  
Vol 37 (03) ◽  
pp. 117-128
Author(s):  
T. V. S. R. Appa Rao ◽  
Nagesh R. Iyer ◽  
J. Rajasankar ◽  
G. S. Palani
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Finite Elements ◽  
Dynamic Response ◽  
Finite Element Model ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Ship Hull ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Dynamic Response Analysis ◽  
Hull Structure ◽  
The Finite Element Model

Finite-element modeling and use of appropriate analytical techniques play a significant role in producing a reliable and economic design for ship hull structures subjected to dynamic loading. The paper presents investigations carried out for the dynamic response analysis of ship hull structures using the finite-element method. A simple and efficient interactive graphical preprocessing technique based on the "keynode" concept and assembly-line procedure is used to develop the finite-element model of the hull structure. The technique makes use of the body plan of a ship hull to build the finite-element model through an interactive session. Stiffened plate/shell finite elements suitable to model the hull structure are formulated and used to model the structure. The finite elements take into account arbitrary placement of stiffeners in an element without increasing the number of degrees-of-freedom of the element. A three-dimensional finite-element model and a procedure based on the Bubnov-Galerkin residual approach are employed to evaluate the effects of interaction between the ship hull and water. Mode superposition technique is used to conduct the dynamic response analysis. The efficiency of the finite elements and the procedures is demonstrated through dynamic analysis of a submerged cantilever plate and a barge when both are subjected to sinusoidal forces. The dynamic responses exhibit expected behavior of the structure and a comparison with the results available in the literature indicate superior performance of the finite element and methodologies developed. Thus, the finite-element models and the procedures are found to be efficient and hence suitable for the dynamic analysis of similar structures.

Dynamic Response Analysis of Butt Joint of HTS-A Steel Considering Welding Residual Stresses

2013 ◽  
Vol 423-426 ◽  
pp. 944-950
Author(s):  
Wei Shen ◽  
Ren Jun Yan ◽  
Lin Xu ◽  
Kai Qin ◽  
Xin Yu Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Dynamic Response ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
Time History ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Butt Joint ◽  
Welding Residual Stress ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Hull Structure

This paper uses both numerical simulation method and experimental research method to study on welding residual stress of high-strength steel of the cone-cylinder hull. Welding is often accompanied by a larger welding residual stress, which directly affects the safety and service life of the hull structure. In order to obtain the distribution of the welding residual stress, the welding procedure was developed by its parameter language by using FE analysis software in this paper. Then the welding residual stress of hot spot region was measured through X-ray nondestructive testing method, and compared it with simulation results. Finally, considering the residual stress as the initial stress, this paper analyzed dynamic response process of the welding structure under combined actions of the welding residual stress and multiaxial loads, which could more accurately determine the stress of welding structure and the location of fatigue risk point. According to the amplitude of damage parameters and strain time-history curve, we can estimate the fatigue life of structure by selecting the corresponding damage models.

Springing Responses Analysis and Segmented Model Testing on a 550,000 DWT Ore Carrier

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Li ◽  
Di Wang ◽  
Cheng Ming Zhou ◽  
Kaihong Zhang ◽  
Huilong Ren
Keyword(s):  
Natural Frequency ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Resonant Vibration ◽  
Bending Moments ◽  
Wave Loads ◽  
Regular Waves ◽  
Segmented Model ◽  
Ship Model ◽  
Hull Structure ◽  
Stiffness Distribution

For ultra large ore carriers, springing response should be analyzed in the design stage since springing is the steady-state resonant vibration and has an important effect on the fatigue strength of hull structure. The springing response of a 550,000 DWT ultra large ore carrier has been studied by using experimental and numerical methods. A flexible ship model composed of nine segments was used in the experiment. The model segments were connected by a backbone with varying section, which can satisfy the request of natural frequency and stiffness distribution. The experiments in regular waves were performed and the motions and wave loads of the ship were measured. The experimental results showed that springing could be excited when the wave encounter frequency coincides with half or one-third the flexural natural frequency of the ship. In this paper, the analysis of the hydroelastic responses of the ultra large ore carrier was also carried out using a 3-D hydroelastic method. Comparisons between experimental and numerical results showed that the 3-D hydroelastic method could predict the motions and the vertical bending moments quite well. Based on this numerical method, the fatigue damage was estimated and the contribution of springing was analyzed.

scholarly journals Frequency Domain Response of Jacket Platforms under Random Wave Loads

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 328
Author(s):  
Xiaoshuang Han ◽  
Weiliang Qiao ◽  
Bo Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Design Stage ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Random Wave ◽  
Preliminary Design ◽  
Wave Loads ◽  
Spectral Densities ◽  
Spectral Moments ◽  
Jacket Platform ◽  
Power Spectral ◽  
Power Spectral Densities

This article presents a procedure that simplifies an offshore jacket platform as a non-uniform cantilever beam subjected to an axial force. A Ritz method combined with a pseudo-excitation method is then used to analyze the responses of the jacket platform under random wave loads with the associated power spectral densities, variances and higher spectral moments. The theoretical basis and pertinent governing equations are derived. The proposed procedure not only eases the process of determining the pseudo wave loads, but also requires only the rudimentary structural details that are typically available at the preliminary design stage. Additionally, the merit of the proposed procedure is that the process does not require one to compute the normal modes, which saves time and is particularly convenient for the dynamic-response analysis of a complex structure (such as an offshore platform). An illustrative example based on a three-deck jacket platform is presented to demonstrate the procedure used to obtain the power spectral densities, variances and second spectral moments of jacket-top displacement and the bending moment of the jacket at the mud line. The results obtained are compared with those obtained using a Finite Element Mothed (FEM) model. Based on the findings of the study and good agreement shown in the comparison of results, it is concluded that the proposed method is effective, simple and convenient, and can be a useful tool for the preliminary design analysis of offshore platforms.

Dynamic Response of Spar Wind Turbine Moored by Dynamic Catenaries Under Random Wind and Wave Loads

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yilun Li ◽  
Shuangxi Guo ◽  
Yue Kong ◽  
Weimin Chen ◽  
Min Li
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Response ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Mooring Line ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Flexible Beam ◽  
Wave Loads ◽  
Wave Load ◽  
Floating Wind Turbine

Abstract As offshore wind turbine is developed toward larger water depth, the dynamics coming from structural and fluid inertia and damping effects of the mooring-line gets more obvious, that makes the response analysis of the large floating wind turbine under wind&wave load more challenging. In this study, the dynamic response of a spar floating wind turbine under random wind and wave loads is examined by the modified FEM simulations. Here an integrated system including flexible multi-bodies such as blades, tower, spar and mooring-lines is considered while the catenary dynamics is involved. The dynamic restoring performance of the catenary mooring-line is analyzed based on the vector equations of 3D curved flexible beam and its numerical simulations. Then the structural responses, e.g. the top tension, structural displacements and stress of the tower and the blade, undergoing random wind&wave loads, are examined. Morevoer, the influences of the catenary dynamics on its restoring performance and the hysteresis behavior are presented. Our numerical results show: the dynamics of mooring-line may significantly increase the top tension, and, particularly, the snap tension could be more than 3 times larger than the quasi-static one. Moreover, the structural response under random wind&wave load gets smaller mainly because of the hysteresis effect coming from the mooring-line dynamics. The floating body displacement at surge frequency is around 20% smaller, and the tower root stress at bending frequency is about 30% smaller than the quasi-static values respectively.

Numerical study on the dynamic response of a truncated ship-hull structure under asymmetrical slamming

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 ◽  
pp. 102767 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hang Xie ◽  
Fang Liu ◽  
Haoyun Tang ◽  
Xinyu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Response ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Ship Hull ◽  
Hull Structure
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