海上浮式风力机支撑结构的流固耦合动力学研究

海上漂浮式风力机支撑结构动力载荷的确定不仅对于结构设计、施工过程非常重要,对于设施的运维保障同样重要。水动力载荷的计算可归为基于势流理论的理论模型和基于计算流体动力学的数值模型两类方法。本文简述了两类模型各自的基本原理,明确其优劣,为实际工程应用的合理建模提供参考。对于海洋工程,水池物理模型实验发挥着重要作用。本文以某结构型式的浮式支撑结构的物理模型实验为例,阐述了物理模型实验技术的局限性及改进措施,为工程建设提供必要的技术支撑。

     

Interaction between two consecutive axisymmetric Taylor drops flowing in a heavier liquid in a vertical tube

A study regarding the interaction between two consecutive Taylor drops flowing in a heavier liquid in a vertical tube is reported. Under certain conditions, due to the wake of the leading drop, the trailing drop accelerates, leading to coalescence of the two drops. This study was developed using a numerical model based in the Volume of Fluid method in an axisymmetric geometry. The simulations reported in the present work had to fulfill two conditions: axisymmetry (due to the numerical model) and a high enough drop Reynolds number (which is related to the disturbances in the wake of an isolated drop, and thus to the tendency to drop interaction). Relevant dimensionless numbers are used to assess the effect of the acting forces. Detailed flow patterns and drop shapes are provided. Furthermore, the approaching velocity acquired by the trailing drop is analyzed and velocity profiles between the leading and the trailing drop are also reported. In general, the trailing drop shows an accelerating region, followed by a deceleration near the leading drop. The increase of Eotvos number promotes higher accelerations, while the increase in Morton number and viscosity ratio has the opposite effect. By comparison to literature gas-liquid studies, it was also found that interfacial forces promote the shape stability of the drops.     

DEPENDENCE OF DAMPING CHARACTERISTICS OF A BEAM WITH DAMPING RUBBER MAGNETIC POWDER ON RUBBER PROPERTY

A cantilever beam with Damping Material Applying Rubber Magnetic Powder （DRM） has been investigated. Two methods are selected to hold DRM to a vibrating steel beam, one is to attach DRM by the magnetic attractive force （called DRM beam） and the other by adhesive bonding （called AB-DRM beam）. Different from the damping property of AB-DRM beam caused by shear deformation of damping material, the damping property of DRM beam is characterized by the sliding frictional loss together with the internal loss of damping material. The authors established a formulation to predict the damping characteristics of DRM beam, which was validated experimentally. It is found that rubber material loss factor β has a decisive influence on damping improvement of DRM beam versus AB-DRM beam. If β is smaller than the critical value around 0.8255, a valid range of vibratory amplitude always exists in which DRM beam can achieve better damping than AB-DRM beam; conversely, if β is bigger than the critical value, the valid range does not exist when slide occurs. Such results are used to determine the merits and limitations of DRM and develop design guidelines.     

Study of vibration characteristics for orthotropic circular cylindrical shells using wave propagation approach and multivariate analysis

A study of free vibration of orthotropic circular cylindrical shells is presented. The vibration control equations of shells are based on Flügge classical thin shell theory. Wave approach is used in the analysis, in which the boundary conditions of shells can be simplified according to the associated beam. The free vibration frequencies of shells can be obtained from a frequency polynomial equation of order 6. The parametric analysis of the free vibration of orthotropic cylindrical shells is investigated using a statistical method. The effects of geometrical parameters and material characteristics upon frequencies are investigated here. Multivariate analysis (MVA) can be a useful tool for this parametric study. Some statistical characteristics, including correlation analysis and ANOVA are applied. ANOVA has been conducted to predict the statistical significance of the various factors. Calculations are performed in the Minitab statistical software. The results show that the L/R, h/R and m have larger effects on the lowest frequency. The importance of input parameters is ranked according to their contributions to the total variance. A knowledge and data visualization approach, Self-organizing mapping (SOM) is also adopted here for mining some intrinsic characteristics of shells.     

Post-divergence and post-flutter analysis of sub-tangentially loaded and damped Beck column using a nonlinear FE procedure

Both post-divergence and post-flutter behaviors of damped Beck columns subjected to a sub-tangentially follower force are rigorously explored using an exact co-rotational frame element. First a linear stability theory of the damped Beck column is summarized using a stability map. A geometrically nonlinear frame element based on the co-rotational formulation is then formulated including mass matrix, Rayleigh damping matrix, and load-correction stiffness matrix due to circulatory forces. The dynamic FE analysis is performed using Newmark integration method. Finally a Beck column model is parametrically analyzed in order to investigate non-linear stability characteristics of the internally and externally damped non-conservative system. In particular, interesting nonlinear behaviors of Beck column quite different from those predicted by the linear theory are reported through static and dynamic nonlinear analysis with variation of sub-tangentiality of the follower force.     

Computation of frequencies and damping ratios for adaptive structures

In this paper, a new technique of state vector approach to solving damping ratios of adaptive structures is proposed, by which the state matrix can be analytically conducted the Cholesky decomposition, providing that the mass matrix is derived by lumped method. In this case, not only the computional accuracy is raised, but also the numerical operations are reduced. Finally, some numerical results are presented to show that the solution method is simple and efficient. Foundation item: the National 863 Program Foundation of China(863-2-4-4-4)     

基于二阶双渐近法的双层圆柱壳在水下爆炸作用下的鞭状运动

针对潜艇在水下爆炸载荷下的鞭状运动,从波动方程出发,推导了二阶双渐近法后期近似,并结合声固耦合法初步解决了双层圆柱壳的内域问题,然后将其与显式有限元耦合形成了圆柱壳结构水下爆炸流固耦合分析方法。通过简单算例验证了本文分析方法的有效性和精度。最后,基于此方法分析了双层圆柱壳结构在水下爆炸载荷下的总体响应特性以及周期比和爆距比对其影响规律。     

Nonlinear dynamics of a non-autonomous network with coupled discrete–continuum oscillators

A network model of a multi-modular floating platform incorporated with a runway structure, viewed as a non-autonomous network with discrete–continuum oscillators, is developed for a general purpose of dynamic analysis. Numerical analysis shows the coupling effect between the two different types of oscillators on various complex dynamics, including sudden leaps, torus motions, beating vibrations, the synergetic effect of phase lock and anti-phase synchronizations. The amplitude death phenomenon, a suppressed weak oscillation state, is studied by using the fundamental solution derived by the averaging method. The parametric domain of the onset of amplitude death is illustrated to show the great significance to the stability design of the floating platform. The effect of the flexural rigidity of the runway on the distribution of amplitude death state is also discussed.