简介:Themostcriticalissueinthesteelcatenaryriserdesignistoevaluatethefatiguedamageinthetouchdownzoneaccurately.Appropriatemodelingoftheriser-soilresistanceinthetouchdownzonecanleadtosignificantcostreductionbyoptimizingdesign.Thispaperpresentsaplasticitymodelthatcanbeappliedtonumericallysimulateriser-soilinteractionandevaluatedynamicresponsesandthefatiguedamageofasteelcatenaryriserinthetouchdownzone.Utilizingthemodel,numerousriser-soilelementsareattachedtothesteelcatenaryriserfiniteelements,inwhicheachsimulateslocalfoundationrestraintalongtherisertouchdownzone.Theriser-soilinteractionplasticitymodelaccountsforthebehaviorwithinanallowablecombinedloadingsurface.Themodelwillberepresentedinthispaper,allowingsimplenumericalimplementation.Moreimportantly,itcanbeincorporatedwithinthestructuralanalysisofasteelcatenaryriserwiththefiniteelementmethod.Theapplicabilityofthemodelisinterpretedtheoreticallyandtheresultsareshownthroughapplicationtoanoffshore8.625″steelcatenaryriserexample.Thefatigueanalysisresultsofthelinerelasticriser-soilmodelarealsoshown.Accordingtothecomparisonresultsofthetwomodels,thefatiguelifeanalysisresultsoftheplasticityframeworkarereasonableandthehorizontaleffectsoftheriser-soilinteractioncanbeincluded.
简介:Mostoftheinvestigationsregardingfrictionstirwelding(FSW)ofaluminumalloyplateshavebeenlimitedtoabout5to6mmthickplates.InpriorworkconductedthevariousaspectsconcerningtheprocessparametersandtheFSWtoolgeometrywerestudiedutilizingfrictionstirweldingof12mmthickcommercialgradealuminumalloy.Twodifferentsimple-tomanufacturetoolgeometrieswereused.TheeffectofvaryingweldingparametersanddwelltimeofFSWtoolonmechanicalpropertiesandweldqualitywasexamined.Itwasobservedthatinordertoachieveadefectfreeweldingonsuchthickaluminumalloyplates,toolhavingtrapezoidalpingeometrywassuitable.Adequatetensilestrengthandductilitycanbeachievedutilizingacombinationofhightoolrotationalspeedofabout2000r/minandlowspeedofweldingaround28mm/min.Atverylowandhighdwelltimetheductilityofweldedjointsarereducedsignificantly.
简介:Theextendingofacantileverandtransversemovingofadrillingfloorenablethejack-uptooperateinseveralwellpositionsaftertheJack-uphaspitched.Thecantileverallowableloadnephogramisthecriticalreferencewhichcanevaluatethejack-up’sdrillingability,designthecantileverstructureandinstructajack-upmanagertomaketheoperationssafe.Theintentofthispaperistoexploretheinterrelationshipsbetweenthecantileverposition,drillingfloorandtheloadsincludingwindforce,thestandset-backweightetc.,throughanalyzingthestructureandloadcharacteristicsofthex-typecantileverandthesimplifiedmechanicsmodelwiththerestrictionofthemaximummomentcapacityofthecantileversinglesidebeam.Referringtoseveraltypicalpositiondesignsloadvalues,thecantileverallowableloadnephogramisobtainedbyusingthesuitableinterpolationmethod.Thepapergivesamethodforcantileverallowableloaddesign,whichisprovedreliableandeffectivebythecalculationexample.
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.