A Numerical Study on Water Flooding in a Damaged Oil Carrier

Author(s):  
Liang-Yee Cheng ◽  
Diogo Vieira Gomes ◽  
Adriano Mitsuo Yoshino ◽  
Kazuo Nishimoto

The objective of the present paper is to carry out numerical simulations on the coupled transient processes of oil leakage, water flooding and study of the stability in a damaged crude oil carrier. For this purpose, numerical approach based on Moving Particle Semi-Implicit (MPS) method is applied to model the complex fluid-solid interaction problem with free surface and oil-water multiphase flow. Changes on the modeling of the towing tank utilized in a previous study on oil leakage carried by the author are done to reduce the undesirable effects of the wave reflection. As a consequence, the improved results of the transient behaviors of hull motions are obtained for the cases with oil leak, as well as the final list angle and volume inside the tank in cases of water flooding. The results of the simulations show that the volume of flooded water is inversely proportional to the filling ratio. Also, the height of the opening has not significant effect on the final list and flooded volume.

Author(s):  
Liang-Yee Cheng ◽  
Diogo Vieira Gomes ◽  
Kazuo Nishimoto

The objective of the present paper is to carry out a study on coupled transient process of the oil leakage and the damaged stability of a crude oil carrier. For this purpose, numerical simulations based on MPS (Moving particle Semi-Implicit) method are carried out considering a two dimensional small scaled model and the oil-water multiphase flow with free surface. The results are compared with that obtained by the stability analysis software SSTAB, which provides the final list angle in case of the damage, and show good agreement.


Author(s):  
A. I. Lopato ◽  
◽  
A. G. Eremenko ◽  

Recently, we developed a numerical approach for the simulation of detonation waves on fully unstructured grids and applied it to the numerical study of the mechanisms of detonation initiation in multifocusing systems. Current work is devoted to further development of our numerical approach, namely, parallelization of the numerical scheme and introduction of more comprehensive detailed chemical kinetics scheme.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. H. Sweilam ◽  
S. M. Al-Mekhlafi ◽  
A. O. Albalawi ◽  
D. Baleanu

Abstract In this paper, a novel coronavirus (2019-nCov) mathematical model with modified parameters is presented. This model consists of six nonlinear fractional order differential equations. Optimal control of the suggested model is the main objective of this work. Two control variables are presented in this model to minimize the population number of infected and asymptotically infected people. Necessary optimality conditions are derived. The Grünwald–Letnikov nonstandard weighted average finite difference method is constructed for simulating the proposed optimal control system. The stability of the proposed method is proved. In order to validate the theoretical results, numerical simulations and comparative studies are given.


2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (01) ◽  
pp. 1550021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heekyu Woo ◽  
Young S. Shin

In this paper, a new third-order approximation model for an acoustic-structure interaction problem is introduced. The new approximation model is designed to be an accurate and a stable model for predicting the response of a submerged structure. The proposed model is obtained by combining two lower order approximation models instead of using an operator matching method. The stability of this model is checked by a modal analysis. Finally, the approximation model is coupled to the spherical shell structure, and its performance is checked by a shock analysis.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Samuelson ◽  
P. Seshaiyer

The enlargement and rupture of intracranial and abdominal aortic aneurysms constitutes a major medical problem. It has been suggested that enlargement and rupture are due to mechanical instabilities of the associated complex fluid-solid interaction in the lesions. In this paper, we examine a coupled fluid-structure mathematical model for a cylindrical geometry representing an idealized aneurysm using both analytical and numerical techniques. A stability analysis for this subclass of aneurysms is presented. It is shown that this subclass of aneurysms is dynamically stable both with and without a viscoelastic contribution to the arterial wall.


2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Valtorta ◽  
Khaled E. Zaazaa ◽  
Ahmed A. Shabana ◽  
Jalil R. Sany

Abstract The lateral stability of railroad vehicles travelling on tangent tracks is one of the important problems that has been the subject of extensive research since the nineteenth century. Early detailed studies of this problem in the twentieth century are the work of Carter and Rocard on the stability of locomotives. The linear theory for the lateral stability analysis has been extensively used in the past and can give good results under certain operating conditions. In this paper, the results obtained using a linear stability analysis are compared with the results obtained using a general nonlinear multibody methodology. In the linear stability analysis, the sources of the instability are investigated using Liapunov’s linear theory and the eigenvalue analysis for a simple wheelset model on a tangent track. The effects of the stiffness of the primary and secondary suspensions on the stability results are investigated. The results obtained for the simple model using the linear approach are compared with the results obtained using a new nonlinear multibody based constrained wheel/rail contact formulation. This comparative numerical study can be used to validate the use of the constrained wheel/rail contact formulation in the study of lateral stability. Similar studies can be used in the future to define the limitations of the linear theory under general operating conditions.


Author(s):  
Timo Saksala ◽  
Reijo Kouhia ◽  
Ahmad Mardoukhi ◽  
Mikko Hokka

This paper presents a numerical study on thermal jet drilling of granite rock that is based on a thermal spallation phenomenon. For this end, a numerical method based on finite elements and a damage–viscoplasticity model are developed for solving the underlying coupled thermo-mechanical problem. An explicit time-stepping scheme is applied in solving the global problem, which in the present case is amenable to extreme mass scaling. Rock heterogeneity is accounted for as random clusters of finite elements representing rock constituent minerals. The numerical approach is validated based on experiments on thermal shock weakening effect of granite in a dynamic Brazilian disc test. The validated model is applied in three-dimensional simulations of thermal jet drilling with a short duration (0.2 s) and high intensity (approx. 3 MW m −2 ) thermal flux. The present numerical approach predicts the spalling as highly (tensile) damaged rock. Finally, it was shown that thermal drilling exploiting heating-forced cooling cycles is a viable method when drilling in hot rock mass. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Fracture dynamics of solid materials: from particles to the globe’.


2014 ◽  
Vol 755 ◽  
pp. 705-731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sasan Sarmast ◽  
Reza Dadfar ◽  
Robert F. Mikkelsen ◽  
Philipp Schlatter ◽  
Stefan Ivanell ◽  
...  

AbstractTwo modal decomposition techniques are employed to analyse the stability of wind turbine wakes. A numerical study on a single wind turbine wake is carried out focusing on the instability onset of the trailing tip vortices shed from the turbine blades. The numerical model is based on large-eddy simulations (LES) of the Navier–Stokes equations using the actuator line (ACL) method to simulate the wake behind the Tjæreborg wind turbine. The wake is perturbed by low-amplitude excitation sources located in the neighbourhood of the tip spirals. The amplification of the waves travelling along the spiral triggers instabilities, leading to breakdown of the wake. Based on the grid configurations and the type of excitations, two basic flow cases, symmetric and asymmetric, are identified. In the symmetric setup, we impose a 120° symmetry condition in the dynamics of the flow and in the asymmetric setup we calculate the full 360° wake. Different cases are subsequently analysed using dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) and proper orthogonal decomposition (POD). The results reveal that the main instability mechanism is dispersive and that the modal growth in the symmetric setup arises only for some specific frequencies and spatial structures, e.g. two dominant groups of modes with positive growth (spatial structures) are identified, while breaking the symmetry reveals that almost all the modes have positive growth rate. In both setups, the most unstable modes have a non-dimensional spatial growth rate close to $\def \xmlpi #1{}\def \mathsfbi #1{\boldsymbol {\mathsf {#1}}}\let \le =\leqslant \let \leq =\leqslant \let \ge =\geqslant \let \geq =\geqslant \def \Pr {\mathit {Pr}}\def \Fr {\mathit {Fr}}\def \Rey {\mathit {Re}}\pi /2$ and they are characterized by an out-of-phase displacement of successive helix turns leading to local vortex pairing. The present results indicate that the asymmetric case is crucial to study, as the stability characteristics of the flow change significantly compared to the symmetric configurations. Based on the constant non-dimensional growth rate of disturbances, we derive a new analytical relationship between the length of the wake up to the turbulent breakdown and the operating conditions of a wind turbine.


2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 1632-1643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masoud Amouzadeh Tabrizi ◽  
Masoud Soltani

This article focuses on the experimental and analytical investigations of masonry walls surrounded by tie-elements under in-plane loads. The experimental results of an unconfined and a confined masonry wall, tested under reversed cyclic lateral loads, are presented. For numerical study, a micro-modeling strategy, using smeared-crack-based approach, is adopted. In order to validate the numerical approach, experimental test results and data obtained from the literature are used, and through a systematic parametric study, the influence of adjoining walls and number of tie-columns on the seismic behavior of confined masonry panels is numerically assessed and a simple but rational method for predicting the nonlinear behavior of these structures is proposed.


Author(s):  
Thiago S. Hallak ◽  
José F. Gaspar ◽  
Mojtaba Kamarlouei ◽  
Miguel Calvário ◽  
Mário J. G. C. Mendes ◽  
...  

This paper presents a study regarding a novel hybrid concept for both wind and wave energy offshore. The concept resembles a semi-submersible wind platform with a larger number of columns. Wave Energy Devices such as point absorbers are to be displayed around the unit, capturing wave energy while heaving and also enhancing the stability of the platform. In this paper, a first numerical study of the platform’s hull, without Wave Energy Converters, is carried out. Experiments in wave basin regarding the same unit have been conducted and the results are presented and compared to the numerical ones. Both stability and seakeeping performances are assessed and compared.


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