Pub Date : 2024-10-09DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2024.104262
Ersan Kirar , Gokhan Demircan , Murat Kisa , Mustafa Ozen , Cenap Guven
Enhancing the understanding of how fiber-reinforced polymer composites respond to high-speed impacts is crucial, particularly in comparison to Quasi-Static Punch Shear Test (QS-PST). While researchers have extensively investigated QS-PST in FRP composites through experimental and numerical approaches, there's a notable gap in studies addressing the aging effects through both experimental and numerical methods. In this study, the QS-PST was conducted on S2 glass fiber reinforced epoxy composite materials aged in an artificial seawater environment. Composite plates were fabricated using Vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM). Test samples were subjected to aging for durations of 4, 8, and 12 months. Experimental QS-PST were performed on the samples, followed by Finite Element Analysis (FEA) using LS-DYNA and the MAT 162 material model. The mechanical properties of the composite material were incorporated into the FEA and aging effects were simulated with a maximum error of 8.08% by using the proposed material model. The results indicated that the aging process led to a reduction in the punch shear strength of the composite by up to 26.84%. These findings provide valuable insights into the degradation mechanisms of composite materials in marine environments, aiding in the development of strategies for enhanced durability and performance in such conditions.
{"title":"Quasi-static punch shear behavior of glass/epoxy composite: Experimental and numerical study in artificial seawater environment","authors":"Ersan Kirar , Gokhan Demircan , Murat Kisa , Mustafa Ozen , Cenap Guven","doi":"10.1016/j.apor.2024.104262","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apor.2024.104262","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Enhancing the understanding of how fiber-reinforced polymer composites respond to high-speed impacts is crucial, particularly in comparison to Quasi-Static Punch Shear Test (QS-PST). While researchers have extensively investigated QS-PST in FRP composites through experimental and numerical approaches, there's a notable gap in studies addressing the aging effects through both experimental and numerical methods. In this study, the QS-PST was conducted on S2 glass fiber reinforced epoxy composite materials aged in an artificial seawater environment. Composite plates were fabricated using Vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM). Test samples were subjected to aging for durations of 4, 8, and 12 months. Experimental QS-PST were performed on the samples, followed by Finite Element Analysis (FEA) using LS-DYNA and the MAT 162 material model. The mechanical properties of the composite material were incorporated into the FEA and aging effects were simulated with a maximum error of 8.08% by using the proposed material model. The results indicated that the aging process led to a reduction in the punch shear strength of the composite by up to 26.84%. These findings provide valuable insights into the degradation mechanisms of composite materials in marine environments, aiding in the development of strategies for enhanced durability and performance in such conditions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8261,"journal":{"name":"Applied Ocean Research","volume":"153 ","pages":"Article 104262"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142424497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-09DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2024.104258
Yaya He , Yuguang Cao , Ying Zhen , Yanan Tan
Submarine pipelines are laid with elastic bending to adapt to the changes in seabed elevation, which usually results in the pipeline being in a pre-stressed state. When replacing and repairing those damaged pipelines, it is easy to encounter rebound and misalignment after pipeline cutting. Therefore, the alignment of the dislocated pipelines must be carried out before replacing and connecting the pipes. At present, some internationally advanced underwater rapid repair equipment only has the function of pipeline lifting, and cannot achieve precise alignment of dislocated pipelines on both sides. It lacks the alignment control model. This article focuses on the alignment problem of dislocated underwater pipelines during replacement and repair. Firstly, based on the Winkler elastic foundation beam and cantilever beam theory, a mechanical model for the alignment of dislocated pipelines is established. Then, an alignment control method is developed based on the mechanical model, and recommended the model's applicability conditions, design parameters, and safe usage range. Finally, the accuracy and reliability of both the alignment mechanics model and control method have been fully verified through numerical method. The established mechanical model and control method in this paper address the crucial issue of aligning misaligned underwater pipelines during repair, providing technical support for engineering applications. And they can be used to guide the design of aligning functional structure for underwater rapid maintenance equipment and also be applied in development of specific alignment schemes for pipeline misalignment scenarios.
{"title":"Research on mechanical model for aligning dislocated underwater pipelines during replacement and repair","authors":"Yaya He , Yuguang Cao , Ying Zhen , Yanan Tan","doi":"10.1016/j.apor.2024.104258","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apor.2024.104258","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Submarine pipelines are laid with elastic bending to adapt to the changes in seabed elevation, which usually results in the pipeline being in a pre-stressed state. When replacing and repairing those damaged pipelines, it is easy to encounter rebound and misalignment after pipeline cutting. Therefore, the alignment of the dislocated pipelines must be carried out before replacing and connecting the pipes. At present, some internationally advanced underwater rapid repair equipment only has the function of pipeline lifting, and cannot achieve precise alignment of dislocated pipelines on both sides. It lacks the alignment control model. This article focuses on the alignment problem of dislocated underwater pipelines during replacement and repair. Firstly, based on the Winkler elastic foundation beam and cantilever beam theory, a mechanical model for the alignment of dislocated pipelines is established. Then, an alignment control method is developed based on the mechanical model, and recommended the model's applicability conditions, design parameters, and safe usage range. Finally, the accuracy and reliability of both the alignment mechanics model and control method have been fully verified through numerical method. The established mechanical model and control method in this paper address the crucial issue of aligning misaligned underwater pipelines during repair, providing technical support for engineering applications. And they can be used to guide the design of aligning functional structure for underwater rapid maintenance equipment and also be applied in development of specific alignment schemes for pipeline misalignment scenarios.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8261,"journal":{"name":"Applied Ocean Research","volume":"153 ","pages":"Article 104258"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142424493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-09DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2024.104252
Qinghua Han , Mengyu Li , Zhongxing Wang
This paper presents a comprehensive evaluation on the applicability of similitude laws for scaled model design in underwater shaking table (UST) model tests. Scaled models of a sea-crossing bridge pier were first designed in this study, considering five similitude laws and adopting different values of key scale factors for each similitude law. Following this, an extensive numerical database of both prototype and scaled model responses was generated based on validated numerical models, considering structures under pure earthquake (E), earthquakes in still water (ES) as well as coupled earthquake and wave-current actions (EWC). The obtained numerical results were first utilized to investigate the influence of key scale factors on predicted responses. It has been found that density and acceleration distortion lead to underestimation of predicted responses, while geometry distortion results in amplifying predictions. Furthermore, the applicability of similitude laws for designing scaled models was evaluated underpinned by the numerical database. The evaluation results provided suggestions for the proper design of scaled models under different loading conditions, regarding the selection and implementation of similitude laws.
{"title":"Evaluation on the applicability of similitude laws for scaled model design in underwater shaking table tests in the elastic stage","authors":"Qinghua Han , Mengyu Li , Zhongxing Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.apor.2024.104252","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apor.2024.104252","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper presents a comprehensive evaluation on the applicability of similitude laws for scaled model design in underwater shaking table (UST) model tests. Scaled models of a sea-crossing bridge pier were first designed in this study, considering five similitude laws and adopting different values of key scale factors for each similitude law. Following this, an extensive numerical database of both prototype and scaled model responses was generated based on validated numerical models, considering structures under pure earthquake (E), earthquakes in still water (ES) as well as coupled earthquake and wave-current actions (EWC). The obtained numerical results were first utilized to investigate the influence of key scale factors on predicted responses. It has been found that density and acceleration distortion lead to underestimation of predicted responses, while geometry distortion results in amplifying predictions. Furthermore, the applicability of similitude laws for designing scaled models was evaluated underpinned by the numerical database. The evaluation results provided suggestions for the proper design of scaled models under different loading conditions, regarding the selection and implementation of similitude laws.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8261,"journal":{"name":"Applied Ocean Research","volume":"153 ","pages":"Article 104252"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142423891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-08DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2024.104261
Sen Wang , Tiao-Jian Xu , Tong-Yan Wang , Guo-Hai Dong , Hui-Min Hou
An innovative approach that integrates the floating breakwater (FB) with an offshore aquaculture tank is proposed to enhance economic benefits and hydrodynamic properties. To study the hydrodynamics of the integrated structure, a time-synchronized spatial-separated strategy is proposed and applied to the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to facilitate the complex coupling between waves, mooring force, sloshing flow with the perforated baffle, and body motion. The mooring constraint was achieved by incorporating the catenary mooring theory, as well as employing the volume-averaged porous theory to simulate the perforated baffle effect to provide a low-energy environment required by aquaculture. Corresponding experimental tests were conducted to validate the reliability of the numerical model. The motion response, transmission and reflection coefficients, and sloshing behavior are analyzed to evaluate the hydrodynamics of the integrated structure. Besides, an index referred to as area-weighted-average velocity is introduced to further quantify the kinetic energy of sloshing flow. Results reveal the proposed aquaculture tank-type floating breakwater (AFB) can serve well as tuned liquid dampers (TLDs) to reduce the roll motion, and greatly improve the wave-attenuating capacity. Furthermore, the perforated baffles effectively weaken the sloshing energy at medium and finite filling depths, which are commonly operating depths for aquaculture in a floating closed containment system (FCCS). Overall, the floating breakwater integrated with the aquaculture tank is feasible due to a series of advantages.
{"title":"Hydrodynamic analysis of an aquaculture tank-type floating breakwater integrated with perforated baffles","authors":"Sen Wang , Tiao-Jian Xu , Tong-Yan Wang , Guo-Hai Dong , Hui-Min Hou","doi":"10.1016/j.apor.2024.104261","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apor.2024.104261","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>An innovative approach that integrates the floating breakwater (FB) with an offshore aquaculture tank is proposed to enhance economic benefits and hydrodynamic properties. To study the hydrodynamics of the integrated structure, a time-synchronized spatial-separated strategy is proposed and applied to the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to facilitate the complex coupling between waves, mooring force, sloshing flow with the perforated baffle, and body motion. The mooring constraint was achieved by incorporating the catenary mooring theory, as well as employing the volume-averaged porous theory to simulate the perforated baffle effect to provide a low-energy environment required by aquaculture. Corresponding experimental tests were conducted to validate the reliability of the numerical model. The motion response, transmission and reflection coefficients, and sloshing behavior are analyzed to evaluate the hydrodynamics of the integrated structure. Besides, an index referred to as area-weighted-average velocity is introduced to further quantify the kinetic energy of sloshing flow. Results reveal the proposed aquaculture tank-type floating breakwater (AFB) can serve well as tuned liquid dampers (TLDs) to reduce the roll motion, and greatly improve the wave-attenuating capacity. Furthermore, the perforated baffles effectively weaken the sloshing energy at medium and finite filling depths, which are commonly operating depths for aquaculture in a floating closed containment system (FCCS). Overall, the floating breakwater integrated with the aquaculture tank is feasible due to a series of advantages.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8261,"journal":{"name":"Applied Ocean Research","volume":"153 ","pages":"Article 104261"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142424498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-08DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2024.104257
Chao Fu , Jin Yang , Yang Long , Qishuai Yin , Lei li , Zhiqiang Hu , Minghe Zhang , Mengjie Lu , Xiao Li , Zhangxing (John) Chen , Huizhen Ma
Deep-water natural gas hydrates are commonly found in muddy siltstone at shallow seabed depths. The land subsidence caused by the continuous dissociation of hydrate can influence the stability of the subsea wellhead and facilities. The analysis of formation subsidence pattern around wellbore is helpful to avoid the risk of field operation. A multi-field coupled model for hydrate extraction experiments was established, considering the coupling effects of seepage, mechanical, thermal, and chemical fields based on the storage characteristics of hydrates and the properties of submarine soils. Based on the formation physical parameters and wellbore parameters of the Shenhu area in the South China Sea, a numerical simulation method was used to analyze the formation subsidence pattern around the wellbore under hydrate production test conditions, and a sensitivity analysis of subsidence factors was completed. According to the subsidence patterns obtained, combined with the field operation conditions, the hazardous loads on the conductor throughout its lifecycle during the hydrate production test process were analyzed. A design method for the minimum mud depth of the conductor under hydrate production test conditions was provided. The study of seabed subsidence patterns during natural gas hydrate production tests in deep-water sea is helpful in reducing the instability risk of subsea wellheads and ensuring operation security, which provides a certain of reference for the design of natural gas hydrate production test engineering.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-07DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2024.104248
Da Gao , Feifei Liu , Mingxuan Lin , Tianxiang Zhao , Jigang Zhang , Gaoli He
The study of the impact resistance of concrete-filled double-skin steel tube structures in the ocean environment is essential to ensuring the safety and reliability of ocean engineering structures, and it can also promote technological progress and industrial development in related fields. Thus, this review focuses on the effect of seawater corrosion on the impact performance of concrete-filled double-skin steel tube structural members. The effects of seawater corrosion on the tensile, compressive, and hysteretic properties of steel are first summarized. Secondly, the corrosion test methods currently used in most tests, such as salt spray, immersion, and artificially accelerated corrosion, are reviewed. The research progress on the impact performance of concrete-filled double-skin steel tube members, joints and corroded concrete-filled double-skin steel tube structures is then systematically summarized. Such members mainly absorb impact through overall bending deformation. The hollow ratio, boundary conditions and other factors strongly influence their impact performance. Corrosion of course weakens the impact properties. Recommendations for further study on the impact performance of seawater-corroded steel structures are provided.
{"title":"The impact performance of concrete-filled double-skin steel tubes under seawater corrosion: A review","authors":"Da Gao , Feifei Liu , Mingxuan Lin , Tianxiang Zhao , Jigang Zhang , Gaoli He","doi":"10.1016/j.apor.2024.104248","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apor.2024.104248","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The study of the impact resistance of concrete-filled double-skin steel tube structures in the ocean environment is essential to ensuring the safety and reliability of ocean engineering structures, and it can also promote technological progress and industrial development in related fields. Thus, this review focuses on the effect of seawater corrosion on the impact performance of concrete-filled double-skin steel tube structural members. The effects of seawater corrosion on the tensile, compressive, and hysteretic properties of steel are first summarized. Secondly, the corrosion test methods currently used in most tests, such as salt spray, immersion, and artificially accelerated corrosion, are reviewed. The research progress on the impact performance of concrete-filled double-skin steel tube members, joints and corroded concrete-filled double-skin steel tube structures is then systematically summarized. Such members mainly absorb impact through overall bending deformation. The hollow ratio, boundary conditions and other factors strongly influence their impact performance. Corrosion of course weakens the impact properties. Recommendations for further study on the impact performance of seawater-corroded steel structures are provided.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8261,"journal":{"name":"Applied Ocean Research","volume":"153 ","pages":"Article 104248"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142423889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In this paper, the global motions and wave loads on a large bow-flare ship in oblique regular waves considering hydroelastic effects are studied both numerically and experimentally. Numerical simulations of the ship's asymmetrical motions and loads in waves are conducted using a CFD-FEM two-way coupled method. The segmented model tank test is also conducted by using a hybrid structural backbone beam to measure both the sectional vertical bending moment and torsional moment. The numerical results are verified and validated by analyzing the ship modal behaviour, roll free decay curve, motions and loads and comparing with the experiment results. The influence of wave heading angle, wave length, wave height and ship speed on the wave loads including sectional bending moment and torsion moment are comprehensively studied with the numerical and experimental results. The relationship among vertical bending moment, horizontal bending moment and torsion moment is also discussed.
{"title":"Numerical and experimental study of asymmetrical wave loads and hydroelastic responses of ship in oblique regular waves","authors":"Zhenwei Chen , Jialong Jiao , Xing Chang , Bowen Ma","doi":"10.1016/j.apor.2024.104254","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apor.2024.104254","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, the global motions and wave loads on a large bow-flare ship in oblique regular waves considering hydroelastic effects are studied both numerically and experimentally. Numerical simulations of the ship's asymmetrical motions and loads in waves are conducted using a CFD-FEM two-way coupled method. The segmented model tank test is also conducted by using a hybrid structural backbone beam to measure both the sectional vertical bending moment and torsional moment. The numerical results are verified and validated by analyzing the ship modal behaviour, roll free decay curve, motions and loads and comparing with the experiment results. The influence of wave heading angle, wave length, wave height and ship speed on the wave loads including sectional bending moment and torsion moment are comprehensively studied with the numerical and experimental results. The relationship among vertical bending moment, horizontal bending moment and torsion moment is also discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8261,"journal":{"name":"Applied Ocean Research","volume":"153 ","pages":"Article 104254"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142424487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-05DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2024.104255
Mengtao Xu , Zhen Guo , Lilin Wang , Ben He , Wenjie Zhou , Hang Xu , Long Teng
Jacket foundation is typically the preferred choice for Offshore Wind Turbines (OWTs) erected in water depth varying from 40 m to 80 m. In this paper, an integrated dynamic analysis model is designed to study the coupling between aerodynamics, servodynamics, hydrodynamics, soil-structure interaction for piled jacket OWTs. The performances of the AeroDyn and ServoDyn modules are verified by FAST, showcasing their applicability under deterministic and stochastic environmental conditions. The OWT dynamic responses, especially for t-z modeling, stress-transfer mechanism and structural fatigue damage, are subsequently studied. The overall deformation of the jacket calculated by the nonlinear elastic t-z curve in the API guideline, is overwhelmed by the t-z curve formulated using bounding surface plasticity framework, due to the ignorance of the loading history effect. Accompanied by a “compressed-released-recompressed” stress-transfer process, the downwind tube would experience high stress level, hence necessitating more attention in the ultimate limit state design of piled jacket structure. Otherwise, the upwind tube seems to be more decisive to the fatigue limit state design of piled jacket structure, owing to severe fluctuation in structural stress caused by a “tensed-released-re-tensed” stress-transfer tendency.
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Round-ended cofferdams are crucial for large-scale marine projects but are vulnerable to the complex marine environment, including waves, tides, and storms. Enhancing the hydrodynamic performance of these cofferdams is essential for improving safety and efficiency in marine construction. This study introduces a novel fairing design aimed at reducing water flow resistance during the quasi-stable stage of a tsunami. The flow field is analyzed using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations, and an adaptive surrogate model is employed to optimize the parameterized fairing shape. The results demonstrate that the optimized shape significantly suppresses vortex shedding, leading to a 16.59 % reduction in the drag coefficient and a 44.3 % reduction in the lift coefficient under flow conditions. Experimental and numerical simulations of dam-break waves are conducted for two designs, R1 and R0. By comparing their flow field and force characteristics, it is found that R1 effectively separates waves during the impulse stage, reduces wave climb height, and decreases impact loads. In the quasi-stable stage, R1 mitigates the blockage effect, reducing the liquid level difference between the front and back, and thus lowering flow forces. Experimental data further reveals that when the downstream is a dry riverbed, R1′s load reduction is particularly notable, with maximum reductions of 45.62 % in the impulse stage and 28.75 % in the quasi-stable stage. When the riverbed is wet, the maximum load reduction rates are 18.04 % and 8.72 %, respectively. Therefore, R1 not only reduces the resistance of round-end cofferdams under water currents but also under extreme wave forces, providing valuable insights for advancing ocean engineering design.
{"title":"Hydrodynamic optimization and performance verification of fairings for round-ended cofferdams using dam-break wave experiments and numerical simulations","authors":"Guoji Xu , Zexing Jiang , Jiaguo Zhou , Lele Xu , Zhengbowen Liao , Yong Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.apor.2024.104247","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apor.2024.104247","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Round-ended cofferdams are crucial for large-scale marine projects but are vulnerable to the complex marine environment, including waves, tides, and storms. Enhancing the hydrodynamic performance of these cofferdams is essential for improving safety and efficiency in marine construction. This study introduces a novel fairing design aimed at reducing water flow resistance during the quasi-stable stage of a tsunami. The flow field is analyzed using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations, and an adaptive surrogate model is employed to optimize the parameterized fairing shape. The results demonstrate that the optimized shape significantly suppresses vortex shedding, leading to a 16.59 % reduction in the drag coefficient and a 44.3 % reduction in the lift coefficient under flow conditions. Experimental and numerical simulations of dam-break waves are conducted for two designs, R1 and R0. By comparing their flow field and force characteristics, it is found that R1 effectively separates waves during the impulse stage, reduces wave climb height, and decreases impact loads. In the quasi-stable stage, R1 mitigates the blockage effect, reducing the liquid level difference between the front and back, and thus lowering flow forces. Experimental data further reveals that when the downstream is a dry riverbed, R1′s load reduction is particularly notable, with maximum reductions of 45.62 % in the impulse stage and 28.75 % in the quasi-stable stage. When the riverbed is wet, the maximum load reduction rates are 18.04 % and 8.72 %, respectively. Therefore, R1 not only reduces the resistance of round-end cofferdams under water currents but also under extreme wave forces, providing valuable insights for advancing ocean engineering design.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8261,"journal":{"name":"Applied Ocean Research","volume":"153 ","pages":"Article 104247"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142423892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-04DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2024.104245
Xuan Guo , ZheYu Zhang , PiGuang Wang
The study highlights the critical factors and findings regarding bridge damage susceptibility during typhoons and hurricanes, primarily due to extreme waves, scour, and storm surges. While existing research has extensively studied bridges' responses to either extreme waves or scour individually, their combined effects have not been sufficiently explored. Experiments were conducted on a scaled two-span bridge to examine its behavior under simultaneous wave and scour conditions. Results from these experiments indicate that as scour depth increases, there is a corresponding escalation in displacement of the bridge pier, acceleration of the bearing platform, and strain along the pile foundation. To further investigate these dynamics, fluid-structure interaction analysis was employed, revealing significant insights. Notably, the study found that wave height exerts a substantial influence on wave load. For instance, at a wave height of 6 m, the average peak horizontal wave load on bridge piers was 2.48 times higher than at 3 m wave height. Moreover, local scour was identified as a critical factor reducing the bearing capacity of pile foundations, thereby significantly impacting the bridge's dynamic response to nonlinear waves. Under identical wave conditions, varying scour depths (3 m, 6 m, 9 m, and 12 m) resulted in increases in peak lateral displacements at the pier top compared to non-scouring conditions. The study concludes by emphasizing the increasing risk posed to pile foundations with deeper scour depths, particularly under stronger wave conditions. Consequently, there is a crucial need to enhance the resilience of offshore bridges against these dual hazards through advanced design and protective measures.
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