简介：Mostoftheinvestigationsregardingfrictionstirwelding(FSW)ofaluminumalloyplateshavebeenlimitedtoabout5to6mmthickplates.InpriorworkconductedthevariousaspectsconcerningtheprocessparametersandtheFSWtoolgeometrywerestudiedutilizingfrictionstirweldingof12mmthickcommercialgradealuminumalloy.Twodifferentsimple-tomanufacturetoolgeometrieswereused.TheeffectofvaryingweldingparametersanddwelltimeofFSWtoolonmechanicalpropertiesandweldqualitywasexamined.Itwasobservedthatinordertoachieveadefectfreeweldingonsuchthickaluminumalloyplates,toolhavingtrapezoidalpingeometrywassuitable.Adequatetensilestrengthandductilitycanbeachievedutilizingacombinationofhightoolrotationalspeedofabout2000r/minandlowspeedofweldingaround28mm/min.Atverylowandhighdwelltimetheductilityofweldedjointsarereducedsignificantly.

简介：Stronghydrodynamicinteractionsduringtheside-by-sideoffloadingoperationbetweenfloatingliquefiednaturalgas(FLNG)andliquefiednaturalgascarrier(LNGC)caninducehighrisksofcollision.Theweathervaneeffectofasingle-pointmooringsystemnormallyresultsinthesatisfactoryhydrodynamicperformanceoftheside-by-sideconfigurationinheadseas.Nevertheless,thechangesinwavedirectionsinrealseaconditionscansignificantlyinfluencetherelativemotions.Thisarticlestudiestherelativemotionsoftheside-by-sidesystembyusingthetheoreticalanalysismethodandthenumericalcalculationmethod.Basedonthethree-dimensionalpotentialtheorymodifiedbyartificialdamping-lidmethod,thefrequency-domainhydrodynamiccoefficientscanbeimprovedtocalculatetheretardationfunctionsforthemulti-bodyproblem.Anin-housecodeisthendevelopedtoperformthetime-domainsimulationoftwovessels,throughwhichtherelativemotionsaresubsequentlyobtained.Arangeofobliquewavesarechosenfortheextensivecalculationofrelativemotionsbetweenthetwovessels,whicharefurtheranalyzedintermsofthephaseshiftofmotionresponsesinducedbyspecificresonantwavepatterns.Investigationresultsshowthatwavedirectionshaveasignificantinfluenceontherelativesway,roll,andyawmotions.Underthecircumstancethattheabsolutephaseshiftbetweentherollmotionsoftwovesselsapproaches180°,strongerrelativemotionsareinducedwhenLNGCisontheweatherside.Moreover,thegapwaterresonancesathighfrequenciestendtocausethedangerousopposedoscillationoftwovesselsintheswayandyawmodes,whereasFLNGreducesthegapwaterresonancesandrelativemotionswhenlocatedontheweatherside.

简介：Applicationsofcomputationalfluiddynamic(CFD)tothemaritimeindustrycontinuetogrowwiththeincreasingdevelopmentofcomputers.Numericalapproacheshaveevolvedtoalevelofaccuracywhichallowsthemtobeappliedforhydrodynamiccomputationsinindustryareas.Hydrodynamictests,especiallyplanar-motion-mechanism(PMM)testsaresimulatedbyCFDsoftware-FLUENT,andallofthecorrespondinghydrodynamiccoefficientsareobtained,whichsatisfytheneedofestablishingthesimulationsystemtoevaluatemaneuverabilityofvehiclesduringtheautonomousunderwatervehicleschemedesignstage.Theestablishedsimulationsystemperformedwellintests.