简介:Theextendingofacantileverandtransversemovingofadrillingfloorenablethejack-uptooperateinseveralwellpositionsaftertheJack-uphaspitched.Thecantileverallowableloadnephogramisthecriticalreferencewhichcanevaluatethejack-up’sdrillingability,designthecantileverstructureandinstructajack-upmanagertomaketheoperationssafe.Theintentofthispaperistoexploretheinterrelationshipsbetweenthecantileverposition,drillingfloorandtheloadsincludingwindforce,thestandset-backweightetc.,throughanalyzingthestructureandloadcharacteristicsofthex-typecantileverandthesimplifiedmechanicsmodelwiththerestrictionofthemaximummomentcapacityofthecantileversinglesidebeam.Referringtoseveraltypicalpositiondesignsloadvalues,thecantileverallowableloadnephogramisobtainedbyusingthesuitableinterpolationmethod.Thepapergivesamethodforcantileverallowableloaddesign,whichisprovedreliableandeffectivebythecalculationexample.
简介:Theprogressofeconomicglobalization,therapidgrowthofinternationaltrade,andthemaritimetransportationhasplayedanincreasinglysignificantroleintheinternationalsupplychain.Asaresult,worldwideseaportshavesufferedfromacentralproblem,whichappearsintheformofmassiveamountsoffuelconsumedandexhaustgasfumesemittedfromtheshipswhileberthed.Manyportshavetakenthenecessaryprecautionstoovercomethisproblem,whileothersstillsufferduetothepresenceoftechnicalandfinancialconstraints.Inthispaper,thebarriers,interconnectionstandards,rules,regulations,powersources,andeconomicandenvironmentalanalysisrelatedtoships,shore-sidepowerwerestudiedineffortstofindasolutiontoovercomehisproblem.Asacasestudy,thispaperinvestigatesthepracticability,costsandbenefitsofswitchingfromonboardshipauxiliaryenginestoshore-sidepowerconnectionforhigh-speedcraftscalledAlkaherawhileberthedattheportofSafaga,Egypt.Theresultsprovidethenationalelectricitygridconceptasthebesteconomicalselectionwith49.03percentofannualcostsaving.Moreover,environmentally,itcouldachieveanannualreductioninexhaustgasemissionsofCO2,CO,NOx,P.M,andSO2by276,2.32,18.87,0.825and3.84tons,respectively.
简介:Acomplianttowerismodeledasapartiallydry,partiallytapered,dampedTimoshenkobeamwiththesuperstructuremodeledasaneccentrictipmass,andanon-classicaldampedboundaryatthebase.Thefoundationismodeledasacombinationofalinearspringandatorsionalspring,alongwithparallellinearandtorsionaldampers(Kelvin-Voigtmodel).Thesuperstructureaddstothekineticenergyofthesystemwithoutaffectingthepotentialenergy,therebyreducingthenaturalfrequencies.Theweightofthesuperstructureactsasanaxialcompressiveloadonthebeam,reducingitsnaturalfrequenciesfurther.Theemptyspacefactorduetothetruss-typestructureofthetowerisincluded.Theeffectofsheardeformationandrotaryinertiaareincludedinthevibrationanalysis;withthenon-uniformbeammode-shapesbeingaweightedsumoftheuniformbeammode-shapessatisfyingtheendcondition.TheweightsareevaluatedbytheRayleigh-Ritz(RR)method,andverifiedusingfiniteelementmethod(FEM).Theweightofthesuperstructureactsasanaxialcompressiveloadonthebeam.Kelvin-Voigtmodelofstructuraldampingisincluded.Apartofthestructurebeingunderwater,thevirtualaddedinertiaisincludedtocalculatethewetnaturalfrequencies.Aparametricstudyisdoneforvariousmagnitudesoftipmassandvariouslevelsofsubmergence.ThecomputationalefficiencyandaccuracyoftheRayleigh-Ritzmethod,ascomparedtotheFEA,hasbeendemonstrated.Theadvantageofusingclosed-formtrialfunctionsisclearlyseenintheefficacyofcalculatingthevariousenergycomponentsintheRRmethod.