Research on time-domain dynamic analysis method for self-elevating drilling units

Author(s):  
Hao Yu ◽  
Shuguang Yang ◽  
Huilong Ren ◽  
Chenfeng Li
Author(s):  
Jia-Le Wang ◽  
Shi-Li Sun ◽  
Hui-Long Ren

Abstract In this paper, the full nonlinear method based on the three-dimensional potential flow theory and the dynamic analysis method of flexible components are combined to simulate the motion and load response of a FPSO in waves. On the boundary of the hull body, the coupled motions are considered in the impenetrable condition. An improved Eulerian method is adopted to trace strongly nonlinear 3-D free surface deformation. In the far field, artificial damping zone is applied to eliminate reflected wave. Rankine source method is adopted to solve the velocity potential in time domain. Hydrodynamic mesh on hull body is generated by using accumulative chord length cubic parameter spline function. After solving Poisson equation, the initial mesh on free surface becomes orthogonal. In each time step, elastic-mesh-technique (EMT) is used to optimize the mesh on free surface. Several auxiliary functions are introduced to decouple the motions and load, and then the fourth-order Runge-Kutta method is adopted to update the numerical model in time domain. For the forces of the mooring system on the hull at each time step, the dynamic equation of the flexible member is established by the dynamic analysis method based on the elastic slender rod mechanical model, and then the equation is discretized into matrix form by the finite element discretization method and solved. The coupled motion of FPSO hull and mooring system in regular waves of various frequencies in various directions is simulated, and the time domain solutions are obtained. RAO of heave motion in each wave direction is given. The load response at the midship section is analyzed.


Author(s):  
Yinglong Zhao ◽  
Lin He ◽  
Zhiqiang Lv ◽  
Yu Wang

Choosing the equipment with good shock-resistant performance and taking shock protection measures while designing the onboard settings, the safety of onboard settings can be assured when warships, especially submarine subjected to non-contact underwater explosion, that is, these means can be used to limit the rattlespace (i.e., the maximum displacement of the equipment relative to the base) and the peak acceleration experienced by the equipment. Using shock-resistant equipments is one of shock protection means. The shock-resistant performance of the shock-resistant equipments should be verified in the design phase of the equipments. The shock design analysis methods used before and now includes shock design number method (static g-method), dynamic analysis in the time domain and dynamic design analysis method (DDAM). The FEA (Finite Element Analysis) software, for example, MSC.NASTRAN®, can be used for shock design analysis of the shock-resistant equipments. MSC.NASTRAN are used for shock design analysis of floating raft vibration isolating equipment with dynamic analysis method in the time domain in this paper, and the analysis results are in agreement with the test results. The shock design analysis method used in this paper can be used to analyze the shock-resistant performance of onboard shock-resistant equipments.


Author(s):  
Ole Detlefsen ◽  
Lasse Theilen ◽  
Moustafa Abdel-Maksoud

This paper presents a static and a time-domain method to assess the position-keeping capability of monohull vessels. For the static analysis method, the equlibrium between mean environmental loads and available actuator forces is determined. In case of the dynamic assessment, the motions of the fully actuated ship in all degrees of freedom are simulated in time domain and evaluated by criteria regarding the position and heading of the ship. After first results from validation tests an exemplary application is shown by assessing the positioning capability of a Voith-Schneider propelled offshore supply vessel.


Author(s):  
K. Gurumurthy ◽  
Suhail Ahmad ◽  
A. S. Chitrapu

Efficient dynamic analysis of mooring lines and risers is necessary for deepwater floating systems that typically consist of a number of mooring lines and risers. In deepwater, the interactions between the floater motions and the large number of risers and mooring lines become significant and must be considered for accurate prediction of floater motions as well as line dynamics. Time-domain coupled dynamic analysis procedures have been proposed which can account for the coupling effects and consider most of the nonlinearities present in the problem. These methods have been shown to give more accurate results compared to traditional de-coupled analysis methods although they tend to be computationally more expensive. If the system has a large number of mooring lines and risers, it becomes very difficult and impractical to perform time domain coupled analysis. A number of efficient methodologies have therefore been proposed in the past to balance the accuracy of results with computational efficiency. Such methods include the frequency domain approach, combination of frequency and time domain methods, and combination of coupled and uncoupled analysis methodologies. Enhanced de-coupled dynamic analysis is an efficient method and is similar to the traditional de-coupled dynamic analysis method except that the floater motions are computed by coupled analysis considering a coarse finite element model of the mooring lines. In this paper, dynamic analysis of mooring lines for a deep water classical spar floater under random waves is performed by using the enhanced de-coupled dynamic analysis method and the response statistics are compared with results obtained from coupled dynamic analysis. The spar is modeled as a rigid body with six degrees-of-freedom and the mooring lines are modeled as finite element assemblage of elastic rods. All major non-linearities and the dynamic interaction between spar and its mooring lines are considered while determining the tension time histories. Hinge connection is assumed at the fairleads. At every time step of the integration of equations of motion of the spar, a series of nonlinear dynamic analyses of the mooring lines is performed using a subcycling technique. From the analyses, it is found that the enhanced de-coupled dynamic analysis provides results comparable in accuracy with the results obtained from coupled dynamic analysis in terms of predicting the response statistics, but requires only one third of the computational time. Therefore, enhanced de-coupled dynamic analysis can be used for accurate prediction of mooring line dynamics for deep water floating systems.


2011 ◽  
Vol 131 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshihiro Nakata ◽  
Hiroshi Ishiguro ◽  
Katsuhiro Hirata

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 781
Author(s):  
Shi He ◽  
Aijun Wang

The numerical procedures for dynamic analysis of mooring lines in the time domain and frequency domain were developed in this work. The lumped mass method was used to model the mooring lines. In the time domain dynamic analysis, the modified Euler method was used to solve the motion equation of mooring lines. The dynamic analyses of mooring lines under horizontal, vertical, and combined harmonic excitations were carried out. The cases of single-component and multicomponent mooring lines under these excitations were studied, respectively. The case considering the seabed contact was also included. The program was validated by comparing with the results from commercial software, Orcaflex. For the frequency domain dynamic analysis, an improved frame invariant stochastic linearization method was applied to the nonlinear hydrodynamic drag term. The cases of single-component and multicomponent mooring lines were studied. The comparison of results shows that frequency domain results agree well with nonlinear time domain results.


2011 ◽  
Vol 199-200 ◽  
pp. 251-256
Author(s):  
Kai An Yu ◽  
Ke Yu Chen

Based on requirements of pipe transport systems on deepwater pipelaying vessel, a new pipe lifting mechanism was designed. It was composed of crank-rocker and rocker-slider mechanism with good lifting capacity and high efficiency. When the slider went to the upper limit position, the mechanism could approximatively dwell, meeting the requirement for transverse conveyor operation. According to the theory of dynamics, numerical analysis method was used to the dynamic analysis of the mechanism. The results showed the maximum counterforce was at the joint between the rocker and ground, and this calculation could be a guideline for the kinematic pair structure designing.


Author(s):  
K. Harold Yae ◽  
Su-Tai Chern ◽  
Howyoung Hwang

Abstract Using forward and inverse dynamic analysis, the dynamic simulation of a backhoe has been compared with experiments. In the experiment, recorded were the configuration and force histories; that is, velocity and position, and force output from the hydraulic cylinder-all were measured in the time domain. When the experimental force history is used as driving force in the simulation, forward dynamic analysis produces a corresponding motion history. And when the experimental motion history is used as if a prescribed trajectory, inverse dynamic analysis generates a corresponding force history. Therefore, these two sets of motion and force histories — one set from experiment, and the other from the simulation that is driven forward and backward with the experimental data — are compared in the time domain. The comparisons are discussed in regard to the effects of variations in initial conditions, friction, and viscous damping.


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