简介:Inordertostudycavitationcharacteristicsofa2-Dhydrofoil,themethodthatcombinesnonlinearcavitationmodelandmixed-iterationisusedtopredictandanalyzethecavitationperformanceofhydrofoils.ThecavitationelementsarenonlinearlydisposedbasedontheGreenformulaandperturbationpotentialpanelmethod.Atthesametime,themethodthatcombinescavityshapeforfixedcavitylength(CSCL)iterationandcavityshapeforfixedcavitationnumber(CSCN)iterationisusedtoworkoutthethicknessandlengthofhydrofoilcavitations.Throughanalysisofcalculationresults,itcanbeconcludedthatthejumpofpressureandvelocitypotentiallyexistbetweencavitationendareaandnon-cavitationsareaonsuctionsurfacewhencavitationoccursonhydrofoil.Incertainanglesofattack,thecavitationnumberhasanegativeimpactonthelengthofcavitations.Andunderthesameangleofattackandcavitationnumber,thebiggerthethicknessofthehydrofoil,theshorterthecavitationslength.
简介:Theobjectiveofthisworkistoanalysefatiguereliabilityofdeckstructuressubjectedtocorrelatedcrackgrowth.Thestressintensityfactorsofthecorrelatedcracksareobtainedbyfiniteelementanalysisandbasedonwhichthegeometrycorrectionfunctionsarederived.TheMonteCarlosimulationsareappliedtopredictthestatisticaldescriptorsofcorrelatedcracksbasedontheParis-Erdoganequation.Aprobabilisticmodelofcrackgrowthasafunctionoftimeisusedtoanalysethefatiguereliabilityofdeckstructuresaccountingforthecrackpropagationcorrelation.Adeckstructureismodelledasaseriessystemofstiffenedpanels,whereastiffenedpanelisregardedasaparallelsystemcomposedofplatesandarelongitudinal.Ithasbeenproventhatthemethoddevelopedherecanbeconvenientlyappliedtoperformthefatiguereliabilityassessmentofstructuressubjectedtocorrelatedcrackgrowth.
简介:<正>Glasgow,UK18th-20thAugust2014AbouttheconferenceTheconferencewillbringtogetherresearchers,practitionerstoaddressthesafetyandreliabilityissuesasapplicabletodifferentstagesintheanalysis,designconstructionandin-servicelifeofmarinestructuressuchasship,offshore,submergedstructuresandtherenewableenergystructures.Thiswillinvolveadvancedanalysisbothforstrengthandloadmodelinordertoestablishsafetylevelbothfordeterministicmodel(WSDmethod)andforreliabilitybaseddesign(LRFDmethod).Oneoftheaimsofthedesignshouldbetoachieveadequatebutnotexcessivelevelofsafetywhichcanbesatisfiedthroughreliabilitybasedmethodandthistakesintoaccountuncertaintiesofdesignvariables.CurrentmoderncodesaretryingtoprovidedesignproceduresonLRFDformatalthoughnoexplicitreliabilityanalysisisdonetoarrivethesepartialsafetyfactors.Thisconferencewilldealwithalltheseissuesandseehowthesetechniquesareappliedtovarioustypesofmarinestructures.Glasgow,thevenueforthisconferenceisacitywhichhaslotofattractions.TheworldfamousLoch-LomondisonlyfewmilesawayandEdinburghis50minutesjourneybytrain.Thecitywillalsohostthe2014CommonwealthGames.