scholarly journals WAVE LOADS ON HORIZONTAL CYLINDERS

1978 ◽  
Vol 1 (16) ◽  
pp. 147
Author(s):  
P. Holmes ◽  
J.R. Chaplin

The problem of predicting wave induced loads on cylinders is an enormously complex one. It is clear from the scatter present in most experimental determinations of force coefficients that there are many individual factors which influence the mechanisms of flow induced loading. Among these are some, for instance Reynolds number, separation and periodic vortex shedding, which are inter-related and whose influences cannot be studied in isolation. Others, such as shear flow, irregular waves and free surface effects, can at least be eliminated in the laboratory, in order to approach an understanding of the more fundamental characteristics of the flow. A vertical cylinder in uniform waves experiences an incident flow field which can be described in terms of rotating velocity and acceleration vectors, always in the same vertical plane, containing also the cylinder axis, whose magnitudes are functions of time and of position along the length of the cylinder. Some of the essential features of this flow can be studied under two-dimensional oscillatory conditions, in which either the cylinder or the fluid is oscillated relative to the other along a straight line (planar oscillatory flow). The incident velocity and acceleration vectors are then always concurrent, normal to the cylinder axis, and oscillating in magnitude with time.

1971 ◽  
Vol 15 (03) ◽  
pp. 217-220
Author(s):  
T. Francis Ogilvie

In the calculation of wave loads on a ship, one must consider the effects of both the incident waves and the diffraction waves (the latter being caused by the presence of the ship in the incident waves). In the ship-motions problem, Khaskind showed how one can do this without having to solve the diffraction-wave boundary-value problem. Khaskind's procedure is here extended to the calculation of structural loads on a ship. Two examples are discussed: (i) bending moment in the vertical plane of a ship in waves and (ii) torsion in the cross member of a catamaran. Many other applications are possible. In each case, it is necessary to solve a boundary-value problem, but it is generally much simpler than the diffraction problem.


2021 ◽  
pp. 103940
Author(s):  
Julie Caroee Kristoffersen ◽  
Henrik Bredmose ◽  
Christos Thomas Georgakis ◽  
Hubert Branger ◽  
Christopher Luneau

2014 ◽  
Vol 1036 ◽  
pp. 935-940
Author(s):  
Leonard Domnisoru ◽  
Ionica Rubanenco ◽  
Mihaela Amoraritei

This paper is focused on an enhanced integrated method for structural safety assessment of maritime ships under extreme random wave loads. In this study is considered an 1100 TEU container test ship, with speed range 0 to 18 knots. The most comprehensive criteria for ships structural safety evaluation over the whole exploitation life is based on the long term ship structures analysis, that includes: stress hot-spots evaluation by 3D/1D-FEM hull models, computation of short term ship dynamic response induced by irregular waves, long term fatigue structure assessment. The analysis is enhanced by taking into account the ships speed influence on hydroelastic response. The study includes a comparative analysis on two scenarios for the correlation between the ships speed and waves intensity. The standard constant ship speed scenario and CENTEC scenario, with total speed loss at extreme waves condition, are considered. Instead of 20 years ship exploitation life estimated by classification societies rules from the long term structural safety criteria, the enhanced method has predicted more restrictive values of 14.4-15.7 years. The numerical analyses are based on own software and user subroutines. The study made possible to have a more realistic approach of ships structural strength assessment, for elastic and faster ships as container carriers, in compare to the standard one based only on naval rules, delivering a method with higher confidence in the designed structural safety.


2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (03) ◽  
pp. 145-155
Author(s):  
Ya-zhen Du ◽  
Wen-hua Wang ◽  
Lin-lin Wang ◽  
Yu-xin Yao ◽  
Hao Gao ◽  
...  

In this paper, the influence of the second-order slowly varying loads on the estimation of deck wetness is studied. A series of experiments related to classic cylindrical and new sandglass-type Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading Unit (FPSO) models are conducted. Due to the distinctive configuration design, the sand glass type FPSO model exhibits more excellent deck wetness performance than the cylindrical one in irregular waves. Based on wave potential theory, the first-order wave loads and the full quadratic transfer functions of second-order slowly varying loads are obtained by the frequency-domain numerical boundary element method. On this basis, the traditional spectral analysis only accounting for the first-order wave loads and time-domain numerical simulation considering both the first-order wave loads and nonlinear second-order slowly varying wave loads are employed to predict the numbers of occurrence of deck wetness per hour of the two floating models, respectively. By comparing the results of the two methods with experimental data, the shortcomings of traditional method based on linear response theory emerge and it is of great significance to consider the second-order slowly drift motion response in the analysis of deck wetness of the new sandglass-type FPSO.


2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Suresh Kumar ◽  
D. Achani ◽  
M. R. Sunny ◽  
T. Sahoo

This study focuses on the buckling of pipelines in shallow waters subjected to surface gravity waves. The wave-induced uplift forces on pipelines buried in sandy seabeds are investigated using Biot's consolidation model. Empathetic imperfection model proposed by Taylor and Tran (1994, “Experimental and Theoretical Studies in Subsea Pipeline Buckling," Mar. Struct., 9(2), pp. 211–257.) is used for the study. Thereafter, buckling analyses are performed on the pipeline with the combined temperature and the wave-induced loads. The differences in the critical buckling temperatures for the pipe with consideration of wave loads are analyzed within a range of sea states. The influence of wave loads is found significant for low burial depth ratios.


1978 ◽  
Vol 1 (16) ◽  
pp. 148
Author(s):  
G.R. Mogridge ◽  
W.W. Jamieson

Cooling water from a power generating station in Eastern Canada is pumped to an outfall and distributed into the ocean through discharge ports in the sidewalls of a diffuser cap. The cap is essentially a shell-type structure consisting of a submerged circular cylinder 26.5 ft in diameter and 14 ft high. It is located in 25 ft of water at low water level and 54 ft at high water level. Horizontal forces, vertical forces and overturning moments exerted by waves on a 1:36 scale model of the diffuser cap were measured with and without cooling water discharging from the outfall. Tests were run with regular and irregular waves producing both non-breaking and breaking wave loads on the diffuser cap. The overturning moments measured on the diffuser cap were up to 150 percent greater than those on a solid submerged cylinder sealed to the seabed. Unlike sealed cylinders, all of the wave loads measured on the relatively open structure reached maximum values at approximately the same time. The largest wave loads were measured on the diffuser structure when it was subjected to spilling breakers at low water level. For a given wave height, the spilling breakers caused wave loads up to 100 percent greater than those due to non-breaking waves.


1981 ◽  
Vol 25 (04) ◽  
pp. 243-251
Author(s):  
J. Juncher Jensen ◽  
P. Terndrup Pedersen

This paper presents some results concerning the vertical response of two different ships sailing in regular and irregular waves. One ship is a containership with a relatively small block coefficient and with some bow flare while the other ship is a tanker with a large block coefficient. The wave-induced loads are calculated using a second-order strip theory, derived by a perturbational procedure in which the linear part is identical to the usual strip theory. The additional quadratic terms are determined by taking into account the nonlinearities of the exiting waves, the nonvertical sides of the ship, and, finally, the variations of the hydrodynamic forces during the vertical motion of the ship. The flexibility of the hull is also taken into account. The numerical results show that for the containership a substantial increase in bending moments and shear forces is caused by the quadratic terms. The results also show that for both ships the effect of the hull flexibility (springing) is a fair increase of the variance of the wave-induced midship bending moment. For the tanker the springing is due mainly to exciting forces which are linear with respect to wave heights whereas for the containership the nonlinear exciting forces are of importance.


Author(s):  
Thomas B. Johannessen

The present paper addresses the challenges associated with applying weakly nonlinear mode-coupled solutions for wave interaction problems to irregular waves with continuous spectra. Unlike the linear solution, the nonlinear solutions will be strongly dependent on cut-off frequency for problems such as the wave elevation itself or loads on a slender cylinder used together with typical ocean wave spectra. It is found that the divergence of the solutions with respect to the cut-off frequency is related to the nonlinear interaction between waves with very different frequencies. This is, in turn, linked to a long standing discussion about the ability of mode-coupled methods to describe the modulation of a short wave due to the presence of a long wave. In cases where nonlinear properties associated with a measured or assumed history of the surface elevation is sought, it is not necessary to calculate accurately the nonlinear evolution of the wave field in space and time. For such cases it is shown that results which are independent of frequency cut-off may be obtained by introducing a maximum bandwidth in frequency between waves which are allowed to interact. It is shown that a suitable bandwidth can be found by applying this method to the problem of back-calculating a linear wave profile from a measured wave profile. In order to verify that this choice of bandwidth is suitable for second and third order terms, nonlinear loads on a slender vertical cylinder are calculated using the FNV method of Faltinsen, Newman, and Vinje (1995, “Nonlinear Wave Loads on a Slender, Vertical Cylinder,” J. Fluid Mech., 289, pp. 179–198). The method is used to compare loads calculated based on measured surface elevations with measurements of loads on two cylinders with different diameters. This comparison indicates that the bandwidth formulation is suitable and that the FNV solution gives a reasonable estimate of loading on slender cylinders. There are, however, loading mechanisms that the FNV solution does not describe, notably the secondary loading cycle first observed by Grue et al. (1993, Higher Harmonic Wave Exciting Forces on a Vertical Cylinder, Institute of Mathematics, University of Oslo, Preprint No. 2). Finally, the method is employed to calculate the ringing response on a large concrete gravity base platform. The base moment response is calculated using the FNV loading on the shafts and linear loads from a standard diffraction code, together with a structural finite element beam model. Comparison with results from a recent model testing campaign shows a remarkable agreement between the present method and the measured response.


Author(s):  
Ivan Ćatipović ◽  
Nastia Degiuli ◽  
Andreja Werner ◽  
Većeslav Čorić ◽  
Jadranka Radanović

Towing as a specific type of sea transport is often used for installing objects for drilling and exploitation of underwater gas and oil wells. Also, towing proved to be a cost-effective solution for the installation of the offshore wind turbine electric generators at sea locations. Because of the mass of these objects the need for towing increases progressively. Time domain numerical model for the wave-induced motions of a towed ship and the towline tension in regular head seas is presented in this paper. For the sake of simplicity, one end of the towing line is attached to ship’s bow and another end has prescribed straight line motion. All considerations are done in the vertical plane so the ship is modeled as a rigid body with three degrees of freedom. Hydrodynamic loadings due to waves are taken into account along with added mass and damping. Dynamics of the towing line is described by finite elements. Due to the nonlinear properties of the problem calculations are done in time domain. Comparison of the obtained numerical results is made with previously published results.


2011 ◽  
Vol 90-93 ◽  
pp. 2521-2527
Author(s):  
Gang Qiang Li ◽  
Yan Yan Zhao ◽  
Yong He Xie

In a typical load condition of wind power equipment Installation ship, using the three-dimensional potential flow theory to prediction the long-term response of wave induced loads. then using the main load control parameters as a basis for the design wave selection, then application of DNV's SESTRA program make the wave-induced directly to the structure to finite element simulation. The results show that the hull structural design can meet the requirements.


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