This study investigated the interaction between irregular waves and vertical breakwater.The main goal was to determine the wave force on the breakwater for different depths,along with the evolution of the secondary wa...This study investigated the interaction between irregular waves and vertical breakwater.The main goal was to determine the wave force on the breakwater for different depths,along with the evolution of the secondary wave generated by overtopping.The open source code DualSPHysics was used in the simulation.Wavelet transform was employed to remove the acoustic components from the weakly compressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics pressure solution.The results of the experiments and simulations showed that although the wave height at the low water level(case 2 was smaller than that at the high water level(case 1,the horizontal and uplifting force of case 2 was higher than that of case 1.In case 2,a large impact pressure occurred because of the plunging wave and wave breaking effects.As the water level was close to the breakwater top in case 1,the secondary wave generated by overtopping was studied.Results indicated that wave and breakwater interactions transfer wave energy from the leading wave component to higher harmonics.Two main harmonics were identified in the secondary wave.The first harmonic was the incident peak frequency,which was still the dominant component.During the wave propagation behind the breakwater,the frequencies of harmonics remained unchanged,but the amplitude of the first harmonic showed an obvious change.Under the same wave condition,the first and second harmonics did not change with depth.展开更多
The main objective of this paper is to examine the influences of both the principal wave direction and the directional spreading parameter of the wave energy on the wave height evolution of multidirectional irregular ...The main objective of this paper is to examine the influences of both the principal wave direction and the directional spreading parameter of the wave energy on the wave height evolution of multidirectional irregular waves over an impermeable sloping bottom and to propose an improved wave height distribution model based on an existing classical formula.The numerical model FUNWAVE 2.0,based on a fully nonlinear Boussinesq equation,is employed to simulate the propagation of multidirectional irregular waves over the sloping bottom.Comparisons of wave heights derived from wave trains with various principal wave directions and different directional spreading parameters are conducted.Results show that both the principal wave direction and the wave directional spread have significant influences on the wave height evolution on a varying coastal topography.The shoaling effect for the wave height is obviously weakened with the increase of the principal wave direction and with the decrease of the directional spreading parameter.With the simulated data,the classical Klopman wave height distribution model is improved by considering the influences of both factors.It is found that the improved model performs better in describing the wave height distribution for the multidirectional irregular waves in shallow water.展开更多
In order to predict the hydrodynamic performance of semi-submersible offshore platform accurately,based on CFD theory,continuous equation and N-S equation as the control equation,RNG type k-εmodel as turbulence model...In order to predict the hydrodynamic performance of semi-submersible offshore platform accurately,based on CFD theory,continuous equation and N-S equation as the control equation,RNG type k-εmodel as turbulence model,using the finite difference method to discretize the control equation,using the Semi-Implicit Method for Pressure Linked Equation(SIMPLE)algorithm to solve the control equation,using the VOF method to capture the free surface.The numerical wave tank of irregular wave is established,and the wave force and motion response of the semi-submersible platform under irregular wave are studied.Based on the Jonswap spectrum density function,for a certain area of two irregular waves(South China sea,a-ten-year return period,a-hundred-year return period)sea condition,five wave direction Angle(0°,30°,45°,60°,90°),a total of 10 kinds of conditions of the motion response of semi-submersible platform are simulated,through analysis and comparison of simulation results,the influence law of wave angle,wave period and wave height on platform motion is obtained.Compared with the experimental values,the results of heave and pitch are close to the experimental data under the sea condition of 2,0 degree wave angles.The research results in this paper can provide reference for the design and motion response prediction of practical semi-submersible offshore platforms.展开更多
Offshore triceratops is one of the successful manifestations of the form-dominant design approaches deployable in ultra-deepwater oil and gas exploration.The deck’s geometric shape and partial isolation from the legs...Offshore triceratops is one of the successful manifestations of the form-dominant design approaches deployable in ultra-deepwater oil and gas exploration.The deck’s geometric shape and partial isolation from the legs counteract lateral loads.Legs are position-restrained to the sea bed by taut-moored tendons,while ball joints partially isolate the deck from the buoyant legs.However,compliance in the horizontal plane imposes large displacements,intuiting the necessity to examine tendon failure.Numerical analysis of triceratops under wave and wind combined action is carried out under the postulated conditions of a tendon failure.10-yr,100-yr,and 1000-yr post-Katrina hurricane conditions are assumed as loading to the platform.Results confirm a marginal increase in the natural periods of stiff degrees of freedom even under postulated failure conditions,ensuring good adaptability to ultra-deep water.Under postulated failure,the tension of adjacent tendons varies significantly,causing a shift to the mean position of the platform.Fatigue life is significantly reduced under the postulated failure of tendons,making the platform free-floating without affecting its stability.Results also show that the pitch response of the deck is a clear manifestation of the postulated failure,which is otherwise absent due to the presence of ball joints.The attempted study deliberates on the fatigue life of tendons,assessing the platform’s suitability to ultra-deep waters and identifying the vulnerable legs for the chosen load combinations.展开更多
Wave hydrodynamics over fringing reefs is largely controlled by the reef surface roughness and hydrodynamic forcing.It is believed that climate change will result in a net increase in the water depth over the reef fla...Wave hydrodynamics over fringing reefs is largely controlled by the reef surface roughness and hydrodynamic forcing.It is believed that climate change will result in a net increase in the water depth over the reef flat,a degrading of the surface roughness of coral reefs and changes in extreme incident wave heights.For an accurate assessment of how climate change affects the safety of reef-fringed coasts,a numerical study of the impact of climate change on irregular wave run-up over reef-fringed coasts was carried out based on a Boussinesq wave model,FUNWAVE-TVD.Validated with experimental data,the present model shows reasonable prediction of irregular wave evolution and run-up height over fringing reefs.Numerical experiments were then implemented based on the anticipated effects of climate change and carried out to investigate the effects of sea level rise,degrading of the reef surface roughness and increase of extreme incident wave height on the irregular wave run-up height over the backreef beach respectively.Variations of run-up components(i.e.,spectral characteristics of run-up and mean water level)were examined specifically and discussed to better understand the influencing mechanism of each climate change-related effect on the run-up.展开更多
A numerical wave tank with passive absorption for irregular waves is considered in this paper. Waves with spectralshapes corresponding to that of the Mitsuyasu-Bretschneider type are used as the initial condition at o...A numerical wave tank with passive absorption for irregular waves is considered in this paper. Waves with spectralshapes corresponding to that of the Mitsuyasu-Bretschneider type are used as the initial condition at one end of theflume. An absorbing boundary is imposed at the other end of the wave flume to minimize reflection. By use of aLagrangian description for the surface elevation, and finite difference for approximation of the time derivative, the problem is then solved by the boundary element method. The effects of the absorbing boundary are investigated by varyingthe values of the absorption coefficient μ, and studying the time histories of the surface elevations 'recorded' on pre-se-lected locations.展开更多
Wave radiation stress is the main driving force of wave-induced near-shore currents. It is directly related to the hydrodynamic characteristics of near-shore current whether the calculation of wave radiation stress is...Wave radiation stress is the main driving force of wave-induced near-shore currents. It is directly related to the hydrodynamic characteristics of near-shore current whether the calculation of wave radiation stress is accurate or not. Irregular waves are more capable of reacting wave motion in the ocean compared to regular waves. Therefore,the calculation of the radiation stress under irregular waves will be more able to reflect the wave driving force in the actual near-shore current. Exact solution and approximate solution of the irregular wave radiation stress are derived in this paper and the two kinds of calculation methods are compared. On the basis of this,the experimental results are used to further verify the calculation of wave energy in the approximate calculation method. The results show that the approximate calculation method of irregular wave radiation stress has a good accuracy under the condition of narrow-band spectrum,which can save a lot of computing time,and thus improve the efficiency of calculation. However,the exact calculation method can more accurately reflect the fluctuation of radiation stress at each moment and each location.展开更多
A multi-body wave energy converter,consisting of three floats and modeled as a two body problem,is optimised to enhance its mean absorbed power using the Response Surface Optimisation Method.The optimisation focuses o...A multi-body wave energy converter,consisting of three floats and modeled as a two body problem,is optimised to enhance its mean absorbed power using the Response Surface Optimisation Method.The optimisation focuses on two input parameters namely;the floats’diameters and the spacing,in various sea states and at different PTO dampings.A frequency domain analysis is performed for the WEC model scaled at 1∶50 in regular and irregular waves.Obtained results are validated against numerical and experimental data available in the literature.Validations show good agreement against the unmoored model’s added mass,radiation damping,response amplitude operator,mean absorbed power and,capture width ratio.The sea states selected for optimisation are represented by a JONSWAP wave spectrum with,a range of significant wave heights(0.04 to 0.06 m)and a range of peak periods(0.8 to 1.3 s).This corresponds to(2 to 3 m)significant wave heights and(5.6 to 9.2 s)peak periods in full scale.Results show that the optimised WEC model demonstrates good and consistent enhancement of its mean absorbed power and capture width ratio.展开更多
This paper concerns the calculation of wave height exceedance probabilities for nonlinear irregular waves in transitional water depths, and a Transformed Rayleigh method is first proposed for carrying out the calculat...This paper concerns the calculation of wave height exceedance probabilities for nonlinear irregular waves in transitional water depths, and a Transformed Rayleigh method is first proposed for carrying out the calculation. In the proposed Transformed Rayleigh method, the transformation model is chosen to be a monotonic exponential function, calibrated such that the first three moments of the transformed model match the moments of the true process. The proposed new method has been applied for calculating the wave height exceedance probabilities of a sea state with the surface elevation data measured at the Poseidon platform. It is demonstrated in this case that the proposed new method can offer better predictions than those by using the conventional Rayleigh wave height distribution model. The proposed new method has been further applied for calculating the total horizontal loads on a generic jacket, and its accuracy has once again been substantiated. The research findings gained from this study demonstrate that the proposed Transformed Rayleigh model can be utilized as a promising alternative to the well-established nonlinear wave height distribution models.展开更多
This paper proposes a semi-empirical model to predict a ship’s speed loss at arbitrary wave heading.In the model,the formulas that estimate a ship’s added resistance due to waves attacking from different heading ang...This paper proposes a semi-empirical model to predict a ship’s speed loss at arbitrary wave heading.In the model,the formulas that estimate a ship’s added resistance due to waves attacking from different heading angles have been further developed.A correction factor is proposed to consider the nonlinear effect due to large waves in power estimation.The formulas are developed and verified by model tests of 5 ships in regular waves with various heading angles.The full-scale measurements from three different types of ships,i.e.,a PCTC,a container ship,and a chemical tanker,are used to validate the proposed model for speed loss prediction in irregular waves.The effect of the improved model for speed loss prediction on a ship’s voyage optimization is also investigated.The results indicate that a ship’s voyage optimization solutions can be significantly affected by the prediction accuracy of speed loss caused by waves.展开更多
In this paper a framework for efficient irregular wave simulations using Higher Order Spectral method coupled with fully nonlinear viscous,two-phase Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD)model is presented.CFD model is bas...In this paper a framework for efficient irregular wave simulations using Higher Order Spectral method coupled with fully nonlinear viscous,two-phase Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD)model is presented.CFD model is based on solution decomposition via Spectral Wave Explicit Navier-Stokes Equation method,allowing efficient coupling with arbitrary potential flow solutions.Higher Order Spectrum is a pseudo-spectral,potential flow method for solving nonlinear free surface boundary conditions up to an arbitrary order of nonlinearity.It is capable of efficient long time nonlinear propagation of arbitrary input wave spectra,which can be used to obtain realistic extreme waves.To facilitate the coupling strategy,Higher Order Spectrum method is implemented in foam-extend alongside the CFD model.Validation of the Higher Order Spectrum method is performed on three test cases including monochromatic and irregular wave fields.Additionally,the coupling between Higher Order Spectrum and CFD is validated on three hour irregular wave propagation.Finally,a simulation of a 3D extreme wave encountering a full scale container ship is shown.展开更多
A reliable numerical tool for the prediction of the parametric roll is important in the development of the second generation intact stability criteria.The main difficulty of the prediction of the parametric roll comes...A reliable numerical tool for the prediction of the parametric roll is important in the development of the second generation intact stability criteria.The main difficulty of the prediction of the parametric roll comes from the significant coupling of the roll with other motions,especially the heave and pitch motions.In this paper,the numerical method for determining the parametric roll is studied and the results are benchmarked against the model test data.Firstly,a 3 degrees-of-freedom(DOF)time domain hybrid panel method is validated by experimental data in regular oblique waves and irregular head waves.Secondly,the verified 3D O F method is extended to a fully coupled 6 DOF method with the course control.Finally,taking the C11 containership as the test case,the parametric roll in oblique waves is computed,and the effects of the surge,sway and yaw motions on the parametric roll are evaluated with the developed mathematical models.The results show that the effects of the surge and sway motions on the parametric roll is insignificant,while the effects of the yaw motion are more notable.The results of the roll amplitudes and the standard deviation of the roll angles show that the model based on 3 DOF gives relatively conservative results,and can be directly used for the stability assessment of the parametric roll.展开更多
Either potential flow or viscous flow based model may be flawed for numerical wave simulations.The two-way coupling of potential and viscous flow models with the domain decomposition utilizing respective strengths has...Either potential flow or viscous flow based model may be flawed for numerical wave simulations.The two-way coupling of potential and viscous flow models with the domain decomposition utilizing respective strengths has been a trending research topic.In contrast to existing literatures in which closed source potential models were used,the widely used open source OceanWave3D,OpenFOAM-v2012 are used in the present research.An innovative overlapping two-way coupling strategy is developed utilizing the ghost points in OceanWave3D.To guarantee computational stability,a relaxation zone used both for outlet damping and data transfer is built over the overlapping region in OceanWave3D.The free surface elevation in the relaxation zone is directly probed in OpenFOAM while the velocity potential is indirectly built upon its temporal variation which is calculated by the free surface boundary condition using the probed velocity.Strong coupling is achieved based on the fourth-order Runge-Kutta(RK)algorithm.Both two-and three-dimensional tests including linear,nonlinear,irregular,and multi-directional irregular waves,are conducted.The effectiveness of the coupling procedure in bidirectional data transfer is fully demonstrated,and the model is validated to be accurate and efficient,thus providing a competitive alternative for ocean wave simulations.展开更多
The coupled dynamic responses of two pontoons while connecting with each other in irregular waves are calculated by means of 3D potential flow theory. The computation is used to find the optimal status for connecting ...The coupled dynamic responses of two pontoons while connecting with each other in irregular waves are calculated by means of 3D potential flow theory. The computation is used to find the optimal status for connecting at certain sea state. On the basis of the relative motion of two pontoons in irregular waves,visual FORTRAN programming language,as well as open graphics library (OpenGL),is used to develop a set of virtual reality system,which is fully interactive and with realistic effect. The transfinite interpolation scheme is applied for the mesh generating of the wave surface,and the wave motion is simulated by surface elevation,which is calculated by 3D potential flow theory.展开更多
In order to improve the simulation accuracy for free-fall lifeboat in ship life-saving training system,this paper analyzes and models the motion of boat’s launching from the skid.The whole launching is divided into ...In order to improve the simulation accuracy for free-fall lifeboat in ship life-saving training system,this paper analyzes and models the motion of boat’s launching from the skid.The whole launching is divided into four phases,namely:sliding down,rotation,free fall and water entry.According to the theory of momentum and strip theory,hydrodynamic forces of the boat at water entry are calculated under the effect of waves.The method of interpolation is used for calculating the half width and added mass of cross-sections at water entry.The model is used for numerical investigation about the boat launching from skid under different conditions and applied to ship life-saving simulation training system.The following conclusions are finally obtained:(1)When the initial inclination angle is 30◦,the horizontal distance between the point of water entry of the boat and the lower end of the slide is about 7.2 m.The horizontal distance will be smaller,when the initial inclination angle increases.There is no obvious law between forward distance and waves.(2)When the initial inclination angle is 45◦,the setback may occur after the boat entering the wave.When the initial angle is 60◦,the setback occurs after the boat entering the water.(3)When the center of gravity is 1.5 m in front of the midship of the boat,the boat will turn over.展开更多
基金the National Natural Sci-ence Foundation of China-Shandong Joint Fund(No.U1706226)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51779236)the Key Science and Tech-nology Projects of International Cooperation of Ministry of Transport,China(Nos.2019-GH-002,TKS190304).
文摘This study investigated the interaction between irregular waves and vertical breakwater.The main goal was to determine the wave force on the breakwater for different depths,along with the evolution of the secondary wave generated by overtopping.The open source code DualSPHysics was used in the simulation.Wavelet transform was employed to remove the acoustic components from the weakly compressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics pressure solution.The results of the experiments and simulations showed that although the wave height at the low water level(case 2 was smaller than that at the high water level(case 1,the horizontal and uplifting force of case 2 was higher than that of case 1.In case 2,a large impact pressure occurred because of the plunging wave and wave breaking effects.As the water level was close to the breakwater top in case 1,the secondary wave generated by overtopping was studied.Results indicated that wave and breakwater interactions transfer wave energy from the leading wave component to higher harmonics.Two main harmonics were identified in the secondary wave.The first harmonic was the incident peak frequency,which was still the dominant component.During the wave propagation behind the breakwater,the frequencies of harmonics remained unchanged,but the amplitude of the first harmonic showed an obvious change.Under the same wave condition,the first and second harmonics did not change with depth.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51809039)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BK20201455)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(Grant No.20KJD170005)the Qing Lan Project of Jiangsu Universities.
文摘The main objective of this paper is to examine the influences of both the principal wave direction and the directional spreading parameter of the wave energy on the wave height evolution of multidirectional irregular waves over an impermeable sloping bottom and to propose an improved wave height distribution model based on an existing classical formula.The numerical model FUNWAVE 2.0,based on a fully nonlinear Boussinesq equation,is employed to simulate the propagation of multidirectional irregular waves over the sloping bottom.Comparisons of wave heights derived from wave trains with various principal wave directions and different directional spreading parameters are conducted.Results show that both the principal wave direction and the wave directional spread have significant influences on the wave height evolution on a varying coastal topography.The shoaling effect for the wave height is obviously weakened with the increase of the principal wave direction and with the decrease of the directional spreading parameter.With the simulated data,the classical Klopman wave height distribution model is improved by considering the influences of both factors.It is found that the improved model performs better in describing the wave height distribution for the multidirectional irregular waves in shallow water.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51779135,51009087)Shanghai Natural Science Foundation of China(project approval number:14ZR1419500).
文摘In order to predict the hydrodynamic performance of semi-submersible offshore platform accurately,based on CFD theory,continuous equation and N-S equation as the control equation,RNG type k-εmodel as turbulence model,using the finite difference method to discretize the control equation,using the Semi-Implicit Method for Pressure Linked Equation(SIMPLE)algorithm to solve the control equation,using the VOF method to capture the free surface.The numerical wave tank of irregular wave is established,and the wave force and motion response of the semi-submersible platform under irregular wave are studied.Based on the Jonswap spectrum density function,for a certain area of two irregular waves(South China sea,a-ten-year return period,a-hundred-year return period)sea condition,five wave direction Angle(0°,30°,45°,60°,90°),a total of 10 kinds of conditions of the motion response of semi-submersible platform are simulated,through analysis and comparison of simulation results,the influence law of wave angle,wave period and wave height on platform motion is obtained.Compared with the experimental values,the results of heave and pitch are close to the experimental data under the sea condition of 2,0 degree wave angles.The research results in this paper can provide reference for the design and motion response prediction of practical semi-submersible offshore platforms.
文摘Offshore triceratops is one of the successful manifestations of the form-dominant design approaches deployable in ultra-deepwater oil and gas exploration.The deck’s geometric shape and partial isolation from the legs counteract lateral loads.Legs are position-restrained to the sea bed by taut-moored tendons,while ball joints partially isolate the deck from the buoyant legs.However,compliance in the horizontal plane imposes large displacements,intuiting the necessity to examine tendon failure.Numerical analysis of triceratops under wave and wind combined action is carried out under the postulated conditions of a tendon failure.10-yr,100-yr,and 1000-yr post-Katrina hurricane conditions are assumed as loading to the platform.Results confirm a marginal increase in the natural periods of stiff degrees of freedom even under postulated failure conditions,ensuring good adaptability to ultra-deep water.Under postulated failure,the tension of adjacent tendons varies significantly,causing a shift to the mean position of the platform.Fatigue life is significantly reduced under the postulated failure of tendons,making the platform free-floating without affecting its stability.Results also show that the pitch response of the deck is a clear manifestation of the postulated failure,which is otherwise absent due to the presence of ball joints.The attempted study deliberates on the fatigue life of tendons,assessing the platform’s suitability to ultra-deep waters and identifying the vulnerable legs for the chosen load combinations.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51679212 and 51809234)the Key Laboratory of Port,Waterway and Sedimentation Engineering,Ministry of Communications,China(Grant No.Yn918002)the Tang Scholar
文摘Wave hydrodynamics over fringing reefs is largely controlled by the reef surface roughness and hydrodynamic forcing.It is believed that climate change will result in a net increase in the water depth over the reef flat,a degrading of the surface roughness of coral reefs and changes in extreme incident wave heights.For an accurate assessment of how climate change affects the safety of reef-fringed coasts,a numerical study of the impact of climate change on irregular wave run-up over reef-fringed coasts was carried out based on a Boussinesq wave model,FUNWAVE-TVD.Validated with experimental data,the present model shows reasonable prediction of irregular wave evolution and run-up height over fringing reefs.Numerical experiments were then implemented based on the anticipated effects of climate change and carried out to investigate the effects of sea level rise,degrading of the reef surface roughness and increase of extreme incident wave height on the irregular wave run-up height over the backreef beach respectively.Variations of run-up components(i.e.,spectral characteristics of run-up and mean water level)were examined specifically and discussed to better understand the influencing mechanism of each climate change-related effect on the run-up.
基金The authors wish to express their gratitude for the financial aid of the National Science Council, China.Project Nos. NSC-89-2611-E-019-027(CRC)and NSC-89-2611-E-019-058(JZY).
文摘A numerical wave tank with passive absorption for irregular waves is considered in this paper. Waves with spectralshapes corresponding to that of the Mitsuyasu-Bretschneider type are used as the initial condition at one end of theflume. An absorbing boundary is imposed at the other end of the wave flume to minimize reflection. By use of aLagrangian description for the surface elevation, and finite difference for approximation of the time derivative, the problem is then solved by the boundary element method. The effects of the absorbing boundary are investigated by varyingthe values of the absorption coefficient μ, and studying the time histories of the surface elevations 'recorded' on pre-se-lected locations.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.51879237the General Project of Zhoushan Science and Technology Bureau under contract No.2019C21026+2 种基金the General Scientific Research Project of Zhejiang Education Department under contract No.Y201839488the Fundamental Research Funds for the Provincial Universities under contract No.2019JZ00011the foundation of State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering,Shanghai Jiaotong University under contract No.1909.
文摘Wave radiation stress is the main driving force of wave-induced near-shore currents. It is directly related to the hydrodynamic characteristics of near-shore current whether the calculation of wave radiation stress is accurate or not. Irregular waves are more capable of reacting wave motion in the ocean compared to regular waves. Therefore,the calculation of the radiation stress under irregular waves will be more able to reflect the wave driving force in the actual near-shore current. Exact solution and approximate solution of the irregular wave radiation stress are derived in this paper and the two kinds of calculation methods are compared. On the basis of this,the experimental results are used to further verify the calculation of wave energy in the approximate calculation method. The results show that the approximate calculation method of irregular wave radiation stress has a good accuracy under the condition of narrow-band spectrum,which can save a lot of computing time,and thus improve the efficiency of calculation. However,the exact calculation method can more accurately reflect the fluctuation of radiation stress at each moment and each location.
文摘A multi-body wave energy converter,consisting of three floats and modeled as a two body problem,is optimised to enhance its mean absorbed power using the Response Surface Optimisation Method.The optimisation focuses on two input parameters namely;the floats’diameters and the spacing,in various sea states and at different PTO dampings.A frequency domain analysis is performed for the WEC model scaled at 1∶50 in regular and irregular waves.Obtained results are validated against numerical and experimental data available in the literature.Validations show good agreement against the unmoored model’s added mass,radiation damping,response amplitude operator,mean absorbed power and,capture width ratio.The sea states selected for optimisation are represented by a JONSWAP wave spectrum with,a range of significant wave heights(0.04 to 0.06 m)and a range of peak periods(0.8 to 1.3 s).This corresponds to(2 to 3 m)significant wave heights and(5.6 to 9.2 s)peak periods in full scale.Results show that the optimised WEC model demonstrates good and consistent enhancement of its mean absorbed power and capture width ratio.
基金financially supported by the Chinese State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering,Shanghai Jiao Tong University(Grant No.GKZD010038)
文摘This paper concerns the calculation of wave height exceedance probabilities for nonlinear irregular waves in transitional water depths, and a Transformed Rayleigh method is first proposed for carrying out the calculation. In the proposed Transformed Rayleigh method, the transformation model is chosen to be a monotonic exponential function, calibrated such that the first three moments of the transformed model match the moments of the true process. The proposed new method has been applied for calculating the wave height exceedance probabilities of a sea state with the surface elevation data measured at the Poseidon platform. It is demonstrated in this case that the proposed new method can offer better predictions than those by using the conventional Rayleigh wave height distribution model. The proposed new method has been further applied for calculating the total horizontal loads on a generic jacket, and its accuracy has once again been substantiated. The research findings gained from this study demonstrate that the proposed Transformed Rayleigh model can be utilized as a promising alternative to the well-established nonlinear wave height distribution models.
基金Open access funding provided by Chalmers University of Technology.The authors acknowledge the financial support from the European Commission(Horizon 2020)project EcoSail(Grant Number 820593)We are also grateful to the support from the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education(CH2016-6673)+1 种基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC-51779202)The second author thanks the funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie(Grant Number 754412)and VGR MoRE2020.
文摘This paper proposes a semi-empirical model to predict a ship’s speed loss at arbitrary wave heading.In the model,the formulas that estimate a ship’s added resistance due to waves attacking from different heading angles have been further developed.A correction factor is proposed to consider the nonlinear effect due to large waves in power estimation.The formulas are developed and verified by model tests of 5 ships in regular waves with various heading angles.The full-scale measurements from three different types of ships,i.e.,a PCTC,a container ship,and a chemical tanker,are used to validate the proposed model for speed loss prediction in irregular waves.The effect of the improved model for speed loss prediction on a ship’s voyage optimization is also investigated.The results indicate that a ship’s voyage optimization solutions can be significantly affected by the prediction accuracy of speed loss caused by waves.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.49876026) Research Foundation for Development of Engineering Technical Code of Ministry of Communication
文摘In this paper a framework for efficient irregular wave simulations using Higher Order Spectral method coupled with fully nonlinear viscous,two-phase Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD)model is presented.CFD model is based on solution decomposition via Spectral Wave Explicit Navier-Stokes Equation method,allowing efficient coupling with arbitrary potential flow solutions.Higher Order Spectrum is a pseudo-spectral,potential flow method for solving nonlinear free surface boundary conditions up to an arbitrary order of nonlinearity.It is capable of efficient long time nonlinear propagation of arbitrary input wave spectra,which can be used to obtain realistic extreme waves.To facilitate the coupling strategy,Higher Order Spectrum method is implemented in foam-extend alongside the CFD model.Validation of the Higher Order Spectrum method is performed on three test cases including monochromatic and irregular wave fields.Additionally,the coupling between Higher Order Spectrum and CFD is validated on three hour irregular wave propagation.Finally,a simulation of a 3D extreme wave encountering a full scale container ship is shown.
基金Project supported by Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China(Grant No.[2017]614).
文摘A reliable numerical tool for the prediction of the parametric roll is important in the development of the second generation intact stability criteria.The main difficulty of the prediction of the parametric roll comes from the significant coupling of the roll with other motions,especially the heave and pitch motions.In this paper,the numerical method for determining the parametric roll is studied and the results are benchmarked against the model test data.Firstly,a 3 degrees-of-freedom(DOF)time domain hybrid panel method is validated by experimental data in regular oblique waves and irregular head waves.Secondly,the verified 3D O F method is extended to a fully coupled 6 DOF method with the course control.Finally,taking the C11 containership as the test case,the parametric roll in oblique waves is computed,and the effects of the surge,sway and yaw motions on the parametric roll are evaluated with the developed mathematical models.The results show that the effects of the surge and sway motions on the parametric roll is insignificant,while the effects of the yaw motion are more notable.The results of the roll amplitudes and the standard deviation of the roll angles show that the model based on 3 DOF gives relatively conservative results,and can be directly used for the stability assessment of the parametric roll.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52101324,52131102,51879159 and 52131102)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2019YFB1704200).
文摘Either potential flow or viscous flow based model may be flawed for numerical wave simulations.The two-way coupling of potential and viscous flow models with the domain decomposition utilizing respective strengths has been a trending research topic.In contrast to existing literatures in which closed source potential models were used,the widely used open source OceanWave3D,OpenFOAM-v2012 are used in the present research.An innovative overlapping two-way coupling strategy is developed utilizing the ghost points in OceanWave3D.To guarantee computational stability,a relaxation zone used both for outlet damping and data transfer is built over the overlapping region in OceanWave3D.The free surface elevation in the relaxation zone is directly probed in OpenFOAM while the velocity potential is indirectly built upon its temporal variation which is calculated by the free surface boundary condition using the probed velocity.Strong coupling is achieved based on the fourth-order Runge-Kutta(RK)algorithm.Both two-and three-dimensional tests including linear,nonlinear,irregular,and multi-directional irregular waves,are conducted.The effectiveness of the coupling procedure in bidirectional data transfer is fully demonstrated,and the model is validated to be accurate and efficient,thus providing a competitive alternative for ocean wave simulations.
基金the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin of China(No.07JCYBJC13100)
文摘The coupled dynamic responses of two pontoons while connecting with each other in irregular waves are calculated by means of 3D potential flow theory. The computation is used to find the optimal status for connecting at certain sea state. On the basis of the relative motion of two pontoons in irregular waves,visual FORTRAN programming language,as well as open graphics library (OpenGL),is used to develop a set of virtual reality system,which is fully interactive and with realistic effect. The transfinite interpolation scheme is applied for the mesh generating of the wave surface,and the wave motion is simulated by surface elevation,which is calculated by 3D potential flow theory.
基金The authors thank the financial support provided by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52071312)Liaoning Provincial Natural Science Foundation shipping joint fund project(Grant No.2020-HYLH-29)Provincial postgraduate education and teaching achievement award cultivation project(Grant No.YJG2020601).
文摘In order to improve the simulation accuracy for free-fall lifeboat in ship life-saving training system,this paper analyzes and models the motion of boat’s launching from the skid.The whole launching is divided into four phases,namely:sliding down,rotation,free fall and water entry.According to the theory of momentum and strip theory,hydrodynamic forces of the boat at water entry are calculated under the effect of waves.The method of interpolation is used for calculating the half width and added mass of cross-sections at water entry.The model is used for numerical investigation about the boat launching from skid under different conditions and applied to ship life-saving simulation training system.The following conclusions are finally obtained:(1)When the initial inclination angle is 30◦,the horizontal distance between the point of water entry of the boat and the lower end of the slide is about 7.2 m.The horizontal distance will be smaller,when the initial inclination angle increases.There is no obvious law between forward distance and waves.(2)When the initial inclination angle is 45◦,the setback may occur after the boat entering the wave.When the initial angle is 60◦,the setback occurs after the boat entering the water.(3)When the center of gravity is 1.5 m in front of the midship of the boat,the boat will turn over.
