Numerical Analysis on Mathieu Instability of a Top-Tensioned Riser in a Dry-Tree Semisubmersible

2019 ◽  
Vol 142 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hooi-Siang Kang ◽  
Moo Hyun Kim ◽  
Shankar S. Bhat Aramanadka

Abstract The development of a dry-tree semisubmersible (DTS), a new type offshore hydrocarbon production system, is facing unconventional challenges in the issues of dynamic stability, structural integrity, and parametric resonance. The Mathieu equation is used to assess the dynamic stability of a top-tensioned riser (TTR) in order to prevent the parametric resonance which leads to detrimental effects on structural integrity. The objectives of this paper are to (i) study a Mathieu stability diagram and its coefficients for an assessment of the stability of a TTR, (ii) identify the effects of the dynamic tension variations in the Mathieu stability assessment, and (iii) analyze the stability of the TTR on a DTS, which is equipped with a long-stroke tensioner, by using numerical simulation. The dynamic tension variation in the DTS was identified to induce instability in the TTR. Hence, the Mathieu stability assessment is recommended to be included in an analysis of TTR behaviors in a dry-tree interface of semisubmersibles.

2006 ◽  
Vol 321-323 ◽  
pp. 1654-1658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Hee Yoo ◽  
Sung Jin Eun

Dynamic stability of axially accelerated beams is investigated in this paper. The equations of motion of a fixed-free beam undergoing axially accelerated motion are derived. Unstable regions due to the acceleration are obtained by using the Floquet’s theory. Stability diagrams are presented to illustrate the influence of the acceleration characteristics. Large unstable regions of flutter type instability exist around the first, twice the first, and twice the second bending natural frequencies. Divergence type instability also occurs when the acceleration exceeds a certain value. The validity of the stability diagram is confirmed by direct numerical integration of the equations of motion.


Author(s):  
Reiko Osada ◽  
Chikara Sato

Abstract Parametric stabilization of a single inverted pendulum has been extensively studied using the Mathieu equation and its corresponding stability diagram. The inverted single pendulum may be stabilized using parametric excitation at a specified frequency and amplitude given by a narrow stable region in the Mathieu diagram. Coupled pendula with parametric excitation or corresponding resonant systems have been studied from mathematical view point (Cesari, 1959; Gambill, 1955; Richards, 1983), from electrical view point (Sato, 1962a; Sato, 1962b; Sato, 1971; Sato, 1975) and from mechanical view point (Sato, 1995). Coupled pendula with parametric excitation have been studied within a limited region by some researchers, including the authors. A study of inverted coupled pendula with parametric excitation has not been performed as far as the authors know. Usually it is assumed that inverted coupled pendula are unstable in the absence of any other stabilizing mechanism such as feedback. One question is whether the inverted coupled pendula could be stabilized only by parametric excitation? The present paper gives an affirmative answer to this question in a limited and finite region. The stability is also examined using the differential equations and other methods.


Author(s):  
Елена Петровна Белоусова

Для многих видов медицинских вмешательств требуется применение ультразвуковых инструментов с различными характеристиками. Используются инструменты, совершающие продольные колебания, значительно реже - инструменты с изгибами и крутильными колебаниями, либо достаточно длинные ультразвуковые медицинские инструменты, либо короткие, но тонкие. В таких инструментах часто наблюдается так называемая динамическая потеря устойчивости, когда прямолинейный инструмент, совершающий продольные колебания, внезапно начинает совершать изгибные колебания, амплитуда которых бывает настолько высока, что приводит к разрушению инструмента. Такое явление также называют параметрическим резонансом ультразвуковых инструментов. Цель статьи - анализ условий и параметров, позволяющих минимизировать травматичность применения ультразвуковых медицинских инструментов, исследование в динамике устойчивости ультразвуковых низкочастотных медицинских инструментов. Для определения оптимального набора параметров динамической устойчивости изгибных колебаний ультразвуковых низкочастотных медицинских инструментов используется уравнение Матье-Хилла. В этом аспекте решение задачи сводится к определению: 1) границ областей неустойчивости уравнения Матье; 2) границ областей неустойчивости при разных значениях коэффициента возбуждения; 3) границ областей неустойчивости с применением метода малого параметра. Для исследования динамической устойчивости уравнения колебаний прямолинейного стержня переменного сечения достаточно выполнить расчет коэффициентов уравнения Матье и использовать диаграмму Айнса-Стретта для нахождения точек попадания в область устойчивости. Результаты расчетов показали, что инструменты, изготовленные из титана, обладают высокой динамической устойчивостью, что практически исключает вероятность их разрушения при проведении медицинских операций. Полученные характеристики медицинских инструментов указывают на эффективность их применения в медицинской практике Many types of medical interventions require the use of ultrasound instruments with different characteristics. Instruments that perform longitudinal vibrations are used, much less often-instruments with bends and torsional vibrations, or rather long ultrasound medical instruments, or short, but thin. In such instruments, the so-called dynamic loss of stability is often observed, when a straight-line tool that performs longitudinal vibrations suddenly begins to make bending vibrations, the amplitude of which is so high that it leads to the destruction of the tool. This phenomenon is also called parametric resonance of ultrasonic instruments. The purpose of the article is to analyze the conditions and parameters that allow minimizing the traumaticity of the use of ultrasonic medical instruments, to study the dynamics of the stability of ultrasonic low-frequency medical instruments. The Mathieu-Hill equation is used to determine the optimal set of parameters for the dynamic stability of bending vibrations of ultrasonic low-frequency medical instruments. In this aspect, the solution of the problem is reduced to the definition of: 1) the boundaries of the instability regions of the Mathieu equation; 2) the boundaries of the instability regions at different values of the excitation coefficient; 3) the boundaries of the instability regions using the small parameter method. To study the dynamic stability of the equation of oscillations of a rectilinear rod of variable cross-section, it is sufficient to calculate the coefficients of the Mathieu equation and use the Ains-Strett diagram to find the points of falling into the stability region. The results of the calculations showed that the instruments made of titanium have a high dynamic stability, which practically eliminates the possibility of their destruction during medical operations. The obtained characteristics of medical instruments indicate the effectiveness of their use in medical practice


2011 ◽  
Vol 308-310 ◽  
pp. 1389-1394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nian Li Lu ◽  
Shi Ming Liu

In this paper, the dynamic stability of stepped columns under the axial resonant force is investigated, and the dynamic stability, which is also known as parametric resonance, of stepped columns with two ends simply supported and clamped ones are studied, respectively. The dynamic stability of multi-stepped columns is obtained by using Mathieu Equation deduced by Hamiliton Principle. The formula of the dynamic stability region is given and the effect of stiffness of stepped columns on the dynamic stability is analyzed. Results show that the area of dynamic instability decreases with the increase of the ratio of each section’s stiffness, and that the dynamic stability would be better when each section is of similar size.


2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 168781401668565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai An ◽  
Ling Zhou ◽  
Xing Wei ◽  
Weiguang An

The dynamic stability of supercavitating vehicles under periodic axial loading is investigated in this article. The supercavitating vehicle is simulated as a long and thin cylindrical shell subjected to periodic axial loading and simply supported boundary conditions. The nonlinear transverse vibration differential equation is obtained in terms of nonlinear geometric equations, physical equations, and balance equations of cylindrical shells. Mathieu equation with periodic coefficients and nonlinear term is derived by employing Galerkin variational method and Bolotin method. The analytical expressions of the steady-state amplitudes of vibrations in the first- and second-order instable regions are obtained by solving nonlinear Mathieu equation derived in this article. Numerical results are presented to analyze the influence of the sailing speed, ratio of loads, the frequency of axial loads, and the mode of vibration on parametric resonance curves and to show the nonlinear parametric resonance curves incline toward the side where it is greater than the excitation frequency, which significantly extends the range of the exciting region. The presented results indicate the enlargement of the exciting region will cause shrinkage of the safe frequency range of external loads and decrease in dynamic stability of supercavitating vehicle.


Author(s):  
Akhileshwar Srivastava ◽  
Divya Singh

Presently, an emerging disease (COVID-19) has been spreading across the world due to coronavirus (SARS-CoV2). For treatment of SARS-CoV2 infection, currently hydroxychloroquine has been suggested by researchers, but it has not been found enough effective against this virus. The present study based on in silico approaches was designed to enhance the therapeutic activities of hydroxychloroquine by using curcumin as an adjunct drug against SARS-CoV2 receptor proteins: main-protease and S1 receptor binding domain (RBD). The webserver (ANCHOR) showed the higher protein stability for both receptors with disordered score (<0.5). The molecular docking analysis revealed that the binding energy (-24.58 kcal/mol) of hydroxychloroquine was higher than curcumin (-20.47 kcal/mol) for receptor main-protease, whereas binding energy of curcumin (<a>-38.84</a> kcal/mol) had greater than hydroxychloroquine<a> (-35.87</a> kcal/mol) in case of S1 receptor binding domain. Therefore, this study suggested that the curcumin could be used as combination therapy along with hydroxychloroquine for disrupting the stability of SARS-CoV2 receptor proteins


2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Terrier ◽  
Fabienne Reynard

Local dynamic stability (stability) quantifies how a system responds to small perturbations. Several experimental and clinical findings have highlighted the association between gait stability and fall risk. Walking without shoes is known to slightly modify gait parameters. Barefoot walking may cause unusual sensory feedback to individuals accustomed to shod walking, and this may affect stability. The objective was therefore to compare the stability of shod and barefoot walking in healthy individuals and to analyze the intrasession repeatability. Forty participants traversed a 70 m indoor corridor wearing normal shoes in one trial and walking barefoot in a second trial. Trunk accelerations were recorded with a 3D-accelerometer attached to the lower back. The stability was computed using the finite-time maximal Lyapunov exponent method. Absolute agreement between the forward and backward paths was estimated with the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Barefoot walking did not significantly modify the stability as compared with shod walking (average standardized effect size: +0.11). The intrasession repeatability was high (ICC: 0.73–0.81) and slightly higher in barefoot walking condition (ICC: 0.81–0.87). Therefore, it seems that barefoot walking can be used to evaluate stability without introducing a bias as compared with shod walking, and with a sufficient reliability.


2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (06) ◽  
pp. 1350045 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANURAG SRIVASTAVA ◽  
BODDEPALLI SANTHIBHUSHAN ◽  
PANKAJ DOBWAL

The present paper discusses the investigation of electronic properties of anthracene-based single electron transistor (SET) operating in coulomb blockade region using Density Functional Theory (DFT) based Atomistix toolkit-Virtual nanolab. The charging energies of anthracene molecule in isolated as well as electrostatic SET environments have been calculated for analyzing the stability of the molecule for different charge states. Study also includes the analysis of SET conductance dependence on source/drain and gate potentials in reference to the charge stability diagram. Our computed charging energies for anthracene in isolated environment are in good agreement with the experimental values and the proposed anthracene SET shows good switching properties in comparison to other acene series SETs.


Author(s):  
Frantisek L. Eisinger ◽  
Robert E. Sullivan

Six burner/furnace systems which operated successfully without vibration are evaluated for resistance to thermoacoustic oscillations. The evaluation is based on the Rijke and Sondhauss models representing the combined burner/furnace (cold/hot) thermoacoustic systems. Frequency differences between the lowest vulnerable furnace acoustic frequencies in the burner axial direction and those of the systems’ Rijke and Sondhauss frequencies are evaluated to check for resonances. Most importantly, the stability of the Rijke and Sondhauss models is checked against the published design stability diagram of Eisinger [1] and Eisinger and Sullivan [2]. It is shown that the resistance to thermoacoustic oscillations is adequately defined by the published design stability diagram to which the evaluated cases generally adhere. Once the system falls into the stable range, the frequency differences or resonances appear to play only a secondary role. It is concluded, however, that in conjunction with stability, the primary criterion, sufficient frequency separations shall also be maintained in the design process to preclude resonances. The paper provides sufficient details to aid the design engineers.


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