简介:GiventherecentsuccessinthedevelopmentofseveralsubmersiblesinChina,people’sinterestinthehistoryofsubmersibledevelopmentisincreasing.ThispaperpresentsthehistoryofsubmersibledevelopmentinChina,whichcanbebrieflydividedintothreeperiods.Thefirstoneistheearlyperiodofhardship(1971–2000).ManyprototypesubmersiblesofHOVs,ROVs,andAUVsweredevelopedatthistime,butthemainachievementwastheestablishmentofspecialresearchorganizationsandthetrainingofresearchanddevelopmentpersonnel.Thesecondperiodcanberegardedasthequickdevelopmentperiod(2001–2015).Allcurrentlyusedsubmersiblesweredevelopedduringthisperiod.Themostremarkableachievementwasthesuccessfuldevelopmentof7000m-deepmannedsubmersibleBJiaolong.^Thethirdperiodaimstodevelop11000msubmersiblesforchallengingthefulloceandepth(2016–2020).Inthisperiod,twounmannedsubmersiblesandtwomannedsubmersibleswillbethesignificantindicatorsofachievement.Ifthis5-yearplancanbesuccessfullycompleted,Chinacanplayasignificantroleintheinvestigationofthedeepestpartoftheoceans,namely,thehadaltrenches(6500–11000m).
简介:Stronghydrodynamicinteractionsduringtheside-by-sideoffloadingoperationbetweenfloatingliquefiednaturalgas(FLNG)andliquefiednaturalgascarrier(LNGC)caninducehighrisksofcollision.Theweathervaneeffectofasingle-pointmooringsystemnormallyresultsinthesatisfactoryhydrodynamicperformanceoftheside-by-sideconfigurationinheadseas.Nevertheless,thechangesinwavedirectionsinrealseaconditionscansignificantlyinfluencetherelativemotions.Thisarticlestudiestherelativemotionsoftheside-by-sidesystembyusingthetheoreticalanalysismethodandthenumericalcalculationmethod.Basedonthethree-dimensionalpotentialtheorymodifiedbyartificialdamping-lidmethod,thefrequency-domainhydrodynamiccoefficientscanbeimprovedtocalculatetheretardationfunctionsforthemulti-bodyproblem.Anin-housecodeisthendevelopedtoperformthetime-domainsimulationoftwovessels,throughwhichtherelativemotionsaresubsequentlyobtained.Arangeofobliquewavesarechosenfortheextensivecalculationofrelativemotionsbetweenthetwovessels,whicharefurtheranalyzedintermsofthephaseshiftofmotionresponsesinducedbyspecificresonantwavepatterns.Investigationresultsshowthatwavedirectionshaveasignificantinfluenceontherelativesway,roll,andyawmotions.Underthecircumstancethattheabsolutephaseshiftbetweentherollmotionsoftwovesselsapproaches180°,strongerrelativemotionsareinducedwhenLNGCisontheweatherside.Moreover,thegapwaterresonancesathighfrequenciestendtocausethedangerousopposedoscillationoftwovesselsintheswayandyawmodes,whereasFLNGreducesthegapwaterresonancesandrelativemotionswhenlocatedontheweatherside.