简介:Applicationsofcomputationalfluiddynamic(CFD)tothemaritimeindustrycontinuetogrowwiththeincreasingdevelopmentofcomputers.Numericalapproacheshaveevolvedtoalevelofaccuracywhichallowsthemtobeappliedforhydrodynamiccomputationsinindustryareas.Hydrodynamictests,especiallyplanar-motion-mechanism(PMM)testsaresimulatedbyCFDsoftware-FLUENT,andallofthecorrespondinghydrodynamiccoefficientsareobtained,whichsatisfytheneedofestablishingthesimulationsystemtoevaluatemaneuverabilityofvehiclesduringtheautonomousunderwatervehicleschemedesignstage.Theestablishedsimulationsystemperformedwellintests.
简介:Themainchallengeforcontainerportsistheplanningrequiredforberthingcontainershipswhiledockedinport.Growthofcontainerizationiscreatingproblemsforportsandcontainerterminalsastheyreachtheircapacitylimitsofvariousresourceswhichincreasinglyleadstotrafficandportcongestion.Goodplanningandmanagementofcontainerterminaloperationsreduceswaitingtimeforlinerships.Reducingthewaitingtimeimprovestheterminal’sproductivityanddecreasestheportdifficulties.Twoimportantkeystoreducingwaitingtimewithberthallocationaredeterminingsuitableaccesschanneldepthsandincreasingthenumberofberthswhichinthispaperarestudiedandanalyzedaspracticalsolutions.Simulationbasedanalysisistheonlywaytounderstandhowvariousresourcesinteractwitheachotherandhowtheyareaffectedintheberthingtimeofships.WeusedtheEnterpriseDynamicssoftwaretoproducesimulationmodelsduetothecomplexityandnatureoftheproblems.WefurtherpresentcasestudyforberthallocationsimulationofthebiggestcontainerterminalinIranandtheoptimumaccesschanneldepthandthenumberofberthsareobtainedfromsimulationresults.Theresultsshowasignificantreductioninthewaitingtimeforcontainershipsandcanbeusefulformajorfunctionsinoperationsanddevelopmentofcontainershipterminals.
简介:Smoothedparticlehydrodynamics(SPH)isaLagrangianmeshlessparticlemethod.Itisoneofthebestmethodforsimulatingviolentfreesurfaceflowsinfluidsandsolvinglargefluiddeformations.Dambreakingisatypicalexampleoftheseproblems.ThebasisofSPHwasreviewed,includingsometechniquesforgoverningequationresolution,suchasthesteppingmethodandtheboundaryhandlingmethod.Thennumericalresultsofadambreakingsimulationwerediscussed,andthebenefitsofconceptslikeartificialviscosityandpositioncorrectionwereanalyzedindetail.Whencomparedwithdambreakingsimulatedbythevolumeoffluid(VOF)method,thewaveprofilegeneratedbySPHhadgoodagreement,butthepressurehadonlyreasonableagreement.Improvingpressureresultsisclearlyanimportantnextstepforresearch.
简介:TheReynolds-averagedNavier-Stokes(RANS)method,alongwiththeFluentsoftwarepackage,wasusedtostudythesteadyandunsteadyinteractionofpropellersandrudderswithadditionalthrustfins.Theslidingmeshmodelwasemployedtosimulateunsteadyinteractionsbetweentheblades,therudderandthethrustfins.Basedonthenumericalresults,thepressuredistributiononthepropellerandtheefficiencyofthefinswerecalculatedasafunctionoftheattackangle.TheRANSresultswerecomparedwithresultscalculatedbythepotentialmethod.ItwasfoundthattheresultsforthepotentialmethodandtheRANSmethodhavegoodconsistency,buttheyyieldmaximumefficienciesforthefins,andthuscorrespondingattackangles,thatarenotidentical.
简介:Theextendingofacantileverandtransversemovingofadrillingfloorenablethejack-uptooperateinseveralwellpositionsaftertheJack-uphaspitched.Thecantileverallowableloadnephogramisthecriticalreferencewhichcanevaluatethejack-up’sdrillingability,designthecantileverstructureandinstructajack-upmanagertomaketheoperationssafe.Theintentofthispaperistoexploretheinterrelationshipsbetweenthecantileverposition,drillingfloorandtheloadsincludingwindforce,thestandset-backweightetc.,throughanalyzingthestructureandloadcharacteristicsofthex-typecantileverandthesimplifiedmechanicsmodelwiththerestrictionofthemaximummomentcapacityofthecantileversinglesidebeam.Referringtoseveraltypicalpositiondesignsloadvalues,thecantileverallowableloadnephogramisobtainedbyusingthesuitableinterpolationmethod.Thepapergivesamethodforcantileverallowableloaddesign,whichisprovedreliableandeffectivebythecalculationexample.