简介:Aninnovativefloatingmooringsystemwithtwoormoreindependentfloatingmooringplatformsinthemiddleandonerigidplatformoneachsideisproposedforimprovingefficiencyandsafetyinshallowwater.Forthisnewsystem,mostofcollisionenergyisabsorbedthroughthedisplacementoffloatingplatforms.Inordertoillustratethevalidityofthesystem,aseriesofmodeltestswereconductedatascaleof1:40.Thecoupledmotioncharacteristicsofthefloatingmooringplatformswerediscussedunderregularandirregularwaves,andtheinfluencesofwavedirectionandothercharacteristicsondynamicresponseofthesystemwereanalyzed.Theresultsshowthatthemooringsystemissafestat0°ofwaveincidentangle,whereasthemostdangerousmooringstateoccursat90°ofwaveincidentangle.Motionresponsesincreasewiththeincreaseofwaveheight,butarenotlinearlyrelatedtochangesinwaveheight.
简介:—Analyticalandnumericalinvestigationismadeofthesourcepotentialforfloatingstructurewithforwardspeedinwaves.Aparticularformisselectedfornumericalapplications,wherethedoublein-tegraloftheGreenfunctionistransformedintothesingleoneandtheoscillationcharacteristicsforintegrandsinthespecificcomputationdomainaretreatednumerically.Acomparisonofcalculatedexam-p1eswithpublisheddataisgivenanditshowsthatthenumericalsimulationissatisfactoryandtheaccura-cyisadequatetoengineeringapplication.
简介:现在的学习理论上以及试验性地基于线性波浪理论调查在波浪和一连串的多孔的圆形的柱体之间的相互作用与或没有一个内部多孔的盘子。设计更有效的漂浮的防波提,通过数组宣传的波浪的传播率被评估。在数组的每柱体是部分用多孔的材料做的。明确地,它拥有多孔的sidewall和一个透不过的底部。另外,一个内部多孔的盘子水平地在柱体内被修理。它更有效地驱散波浪并且消除sloshing现象。当一个层次相互作用理论被采用在很多身体之中处理水动力学相互作用时,Kagemoto和Yue(1986)建议的途径被采用解决多重散布问题,它高效地节省计算时间。同时,有一连串的多孔的柱体的一系列模型测试在波浪盆被执行验证理论工作和计算结果。柱体,内部多孔的板的地点,和在邻近的柱体之间的间距的草稿也被适应在波浪驱散上调查他们的效果。
简介:Verticalaxiswindturbines(VAWTs)areadvantageousforthedevelopmentoflarge-scaleoffshorewindpowerbecausethedrivesystemislocatedatthebottomoftheturbine.Thisstudyinvestigatesthestructuralstrengthofatri-floaterfloatingfoundationsupportinga2.6MWDarrieusVAWT.Finiteelementmodelsofthefloatingfoundationweredevelopedusingspaceplate-beamelements.Theenvironmentalloads,suchastheaerodynamicloads,staticwindloads,andwave-currentloads,wereconsidered.Thegeneralstrengthsofthefloatingfoundationwerecalculatedforthenormaloperatingcase(acut-outwindspeedof25ms^(-1)andbladerotationof12rmin^(-1)wereusedtoanalyzethemostunfavorableloads)andanextremecase(windspeedof40ms^(-1)andparkedblades),andtheweakcomponentsofthestructurewereanalyzed.Theresultsshowthatthefloatingfoundationmeetsthestrengthrequirementsandthestructuralstressishighestwhenthewave,wind,andcurrentareinacollineardirection.Themainandsecondarysupportingbarstransmittheloadsbetweenthestandcolumnsandthetowerfoundation,andtheirstressesarehigherthanthoseintheothercomponents.Intheactualdesign,thesesupportingbarsshouldbestrengthened.Theaerodynamicloadsareveryimportantandshouldbeconsideredinthestructuralstrengthanalysisofthefloatingfoundationandthefloatingwindturbinesystem.
简介:Inordertoaccountforrigid-flexiblecouplingeffectsoffloatingoffshorewindturbines,anonlinearrigid-flexiblecoupleddynamicmodelisproposedinthispaper.Theproposednonlinearcoupledmodeltakesthehigher-orderaxialdisplacementsintoaccount,whichareusuallyneglectedintheconventionallineardynamicmodel.Subsequently,investigationsonthedynamicdifferencesbetweentheproposednonlineardynamicmodelandthelinearoneareconducted.Theresultsdemonstratethatthestiffnessoftheturbinebladesintheproposednonlineardynamicmodelincreaseswithlargeroverallmotionsbutthatinthelineardynamicmodeldeclineswithlargeroverallmotions.Deformationofthebladesinthenonlineardynamicmodelismorereasonablethanthatinthelinearmodelaswell.Additionally,moredistinctcouplingeffectsareobservedintheproposednonlinearmodelthanthoseinthelinearmodel.Finally,itshowsthattheaerodynamicloads,thestructuralloadsandglobaldynamicresponsesoffloatingoffshorewindturbinesusingthenonlineardynamicmodelareslightlysmallerthanthoseusingthelineardynamicmodel.Insummary,comparedwiththeconventionallineardynamicmodel,theproposednonlinearcouplingdynamicmodelisahigher-orderdynamicmodelinconsiderationoftherigid-flexiblecouplingeffectsoffloatingoffshorewindturbines,andaccordmoreperfectlywiththeengineeringfacts.
简介:Asloshingmitigationconcepttakingadvantageoffloatinglayersofsolidfoamelementsisproposedinthepresentstudy.Physicalexperimentsarecarriedoutinaliquidtanktoinvestigatethehydrodynamicmechanismofthisconcept.Effectsofthefoam-layerthickness,excitationamplitude,andexcitationfrequencyonthesloshingpropertiesareanalyzedindetail.Itisfoundthatthefloatinglayersofsolidfoamelementsdonotevidentlyaffectthefundamentalnaturalsloshingfrequencyoftheliquidtankevidentlyamongtheconsideredcases.Attheresonantcondition,themaximumwaveheightanddynamicpressurearegreatlyreducedasthefoam-layerthicknessincreases.Higher-orderpressurecomponentsonthetanksidegraduallyvanishwiththeincreaseofthefoam-layerthickness.Caseswithdifferentexcitationamplitudesarealsoanalyzed.Thephenomenonisobservedwhenthewavebreakinginthetankcanbesuppressedbysolidfoamelements.
简介:Deep-waterregionsoftenhavewindsfavorableforoffshorewindturbines,andfloatingturbinescurrentlyshowthegreatestpotentialtoexploitsuchwinds.Thisworkestablishedproperscalinglawsformodeltests,whichwerethenimplementedintheconstructionofamodelwindturbinewithoptimallydesignedblades.Theaerodynamic,hydrodynamic,andelasticcharacteristicsoftheproposednewmulti-columntension-leg-typefloatingwindturbine(WindStarTLPsystem)wereexploredinthewavetanktestingofa1:50scalemodelattheStateKeyLaboratoryofOceanEngineeringatShanghaiJiaoTongUniversity.Testswereconductedunderconditionsofstillwater,whitenoisewaves,irregularwaves,andcombinedwind,wave,andcurrentloads.Theresultsestablishedthenaturalperiodsofthemotion,damping,motionresponseamplitudeoperators,andtendontensionsoftheWindStarTLPsystemunderdifferentenvironmentalconditions,andthuscouldserveasareferenceforfurtherresearch.
简介:Themovingparticlesemi-implicit(MPS)methodhasdemonstrateditsusefulnessinpracticalengineeringapplications.Althoughithaswideapplicability,itisstillhardtopredictthepressurepreciselyusingtheMPSmethod.Apressure-convectionparticlemethodbasedontheMPSmethodisproposedtoovercomethisproblem.Theimprovedperformanceofthisnewmethodisvalidatedwithcomputationalandmeasuredresults.Theapproachisalsoappliedtocomputetheproblemofsloshingassociatedwithfloatingbodymotioninwaves.Thepressure-convectionMPSmethoddemonstrateditscapabilitytoimprovethepredictionofpressure.
简介:Thispaperpresentsacoupleddynamicresponseanalysisofamulti-columntension-leg-typefloatingwindturbine(WindStarTLPsystem)undernormaloperationandparkedconditions.Wind-onlyloadcases,wave-onlyloadcasesandcombinedwindandwaveloadcaseswereanalyzedseparatelyfortheWindStarTLPsystemtoidentifythedominantexcitationloads.ComparisonsbetweenanNRELoffshore5-MWbaselinewindturbineinstalledonlandandtheWindStarTLPsystemwereperformed.Statisticsofselectedresponsevariablesinspecifieddesignloadcases(DLCs)wereobtainedandanalyzed.ItisfoundthattheproposedWindStarTLPsystemhassmalldynamicresponsestoenvironmentalloadsanditthushasalmostthesamemeangeneratorpoweroutputunderoperatingconditionsastheland-basedsystem.Thetensionmooringsystemhasasufficientsafetyfactor,andtheminimumtendontensionisalwayspositiveinallselectedDLCs.Theratioofultimateloadofthetowerbasefore-aftbendingmomentfortheWindStarTLPsystemversustheland-basedsystemcanbeashighas1.9inalloftheDLCsconsidered.TheseresultswillhelpelucidatethedynamiccharacteristicsoftheproposedWindStarTLPsystem,identifythedifferenceinloadeffectbetweenitandland-basedsystems,andthusmakerelevantmodificationstotheinitialdesignfortheWindStarTLPsystem.
简介:这份报纸地址关节风波浪导致了在正常状态和差错事件下面的近海的漂浮风汽轮机(OFWT)调节的一种半类型的动态回答。在这份报纸的分析及时被进行领域,用aero-hydro-servo-elastic模拟代码--快。由于唯一粘滞参考书系统的特征,实现在的原来的粘滞的抑制模型快被二次的代替获得精确俘获粘滞效果。模拟盒子在静止的水里包含免费腐烂的运动,面对常规波浪稳定运动并且象处于有或没有风的运作的海状态的动态反应一样弯屈。模拟也包括盒子因为快片在紧急情况以后投球导致的短暂回答关机。在许多刺激下面的站台运动,本地结构的负担和典型绳索行紧张力量的特征被获得并且调查。