简介:Tosolvethedimensionallimitationsofphysicalmodelsintests,anequivalentwaterdepthtruncateddesignforaclassicalSPARworkingin913mwaterwasinvestigated.Thewaterdepthwasreducedto736mandthento552m.Asthiswasdone,themooringlinelengths,EAvalue,andmasspermeterwereadjusted.Truncationrulesandformulasforparametersandtruncationfactorswereproposed.SPARstaticcharacteristicsweremadetobeconsistentwiththoseatfullwaterdepth.Thenfurthertime-domaincoupledanalysiswascarriedoutfortheSPARwhenthemooringsystemexperiencedwaves.Themooringlinesweresimulatedbyquasi-staticmethod.Globalresponsesandmooringlineforceswerefoundtoagreewellwithtestresultsforaprototypeatthatwaterdepth.Thetruncationmethodprovedtoberobustandreliable.
简介:Thispaperfocusesontheresearchofasemi-submersibleplatformequippedwithaDP-assistedmooringsystem.BasedontheworkingprinciplesoftheDP-assistedmooringsystemandthemodeloftheplatformmotion,atimedomainsimulationprogramisappliedtoanalyzetheimpact,inthecaseofonelinefailure,ontheplatformmotion,powerconsumptionofthethrustersandthetensionofthemooringlines.Theresultsshowthat,underthe10-yearwinddominant,aonelinefailurewillhavelittleimpactonthetensionofthemooringlines.Whenthefailurelineiswindward,thepowerconsumptionwillincreasegreatlywithaweakenedpositionofaccuracy.Howeverwhenthefailurelineisleeward,thepowerconsumptionwillbereducedwithapartlystrengthenedpositionofaccuracy.
简介:Fishareabletomakegooduseofvortices.Inacomplexflowfield,manyfishcontinuetomaintainbothefficientcruisingandmaneuverability.Traditionalman-madepropulsionsystemsperformpoorlyincomplexflowfields.Withfish-likepropulsionsystems,itisimportanttopaymoreattentiontocomplexflowfields.Inthispaper,theinfluenceofvorticesonthehydrodynamicperformanceof2-Dflapping-foilswasinvestigated.Theflapping-foilheavedandpitchedundertheinfluenceofinflowvorticesgeneratedbyanoscillatingD-sectioncylinder.Anumericalsimulationwasrunbasedthefinitevolumemethod,usingthecomputationalfluiddynamics(CFD)softwareFLUENTwithReynolds-averagedNavier-Stokes(RANS)equationsapplied.Inaddition,dynamicmeshtechnologyandpostprocessingsystemswerealsofullyused.Thecalculationsshowedfourmodesofinteraction.Thehydrodynamicperformanceofflapping-foilswasanalyzedandtheresultscomparedwithexperimentaldata.Thisvalidatedthenumericalsimulation,confirmingthatflapping-foilscanincreaseefficiencybyabsorbingenergyfrominflowvortices.