侧扫声纳系统在海底管道检测中应用研究

使用侧扫声纳系统可对海底管道的平面位置、裸露的高度、悬跨程度等在位状态进行检测.对于平坦海底面上的管道,依据声纳记录上管道声影区与管道影像的尺寸和相互接触关系,能够计算出管道的裸露或悬跨高度.对于位于管道沟中的海底管道,在一定条件下侧扫声纳仍能检测到管道的在位状态.通过工程实例分析,侧扫声纳能够用于管道检测,提高管道工程的安全性.     

考虑海床变形的裸露悬跨海底管道静力分析

针对裸露悬跨海底管道,考虑线弹性海床刚度,利用梁的小挠度理论,研究管道在自重作用下的变形和内力,推导给出了未脱离海床的管道段和悬跨管道段的变形和内力公式。在跨度较大的悬跨情况下,悬跨管道段较大的向下弯曲变形可能引起海床上管道脱离海床而翘起。建立管道翘起的判定准则,对于翘起情况推导相应的计算公式,通过算例给出翘起情况下管道的变形和内力。通过计算分析发现:工程上多数悬跨是翘起情况,没有翘起的计算公式只适应于跨度较小的悬跨管道。同时翘起情况下不同海床刚度对悬跨管道无量纲内力影响不大。     

SES-2000浅地层剖面仪在福建LNG海底管道检测中的应用

利用声学浅地层剖面仪对海底管道在海底的赋存状态检测是确保海底输油气管道安全运行的重要措施之一。介绍了新型参量阵浅地层剖面仪SES-2000的基本原理及其特点,通过对福建湄洲湾LNG海底管道检测实际应用,有效识别出了埋藏、裸露和悬空等3类海底管道赋存状态,尤其对沙包回填治理后的管道埋深能有效探测识别。检测结果表明,该设备具有高分辨率和强穿透的特点,稳定性好,能获取高品质的管道检测数据,应用效果良好。获取的基础数据为海底管道日常维护提供了科学依据和技术支持。     

海底泥流冲击悬跨管道拖曳力系数分析

海底滑坡是海洋油气工程最危险的地质灾害之一,直接影响海底管线运营安全。滑坡体失稳滑动过程中,由于海水掺和作用逐渐加速转变成快速滑动泥流,冲击海底悬跨管道。基于当前国际通用的计算流体动力学(CFD)方法,采用赫巴模型描述快速滑动泥流,计算分析海底滑坡冲击悬跨管道的受力特性,重点分析悬跨高度对管道法向拖曳力系数的影响。研究发现,管道法向拖曳力系数随悬跨高度的增长而增大,当达到某一悬跨高度时,管道拖曳力系数保持稳定。     

高雷诺数下近壁圆柱绕流数值模拟与分析

近壁圆柱绕流问题在海底悬跨管道的研究中具有重要的意义。在绕流阻力、升力以及海底土壤的耦合作用下,海底管道所发生的移位、悬跨等现象对于海底管道的安全运行构成了很大的威胁。正确预测各种绕流条件下管流之间的作用力是保证油气管道安全的首要任务。海底管道在极端海洋环境条件下的管、流相互作用为高雷诺数绕流问题,处于高雷诺数下的绕流模拟比处于低雷诺数下的绕流模拟要复杂很多,它需要更精细的网格以及合适的湍流模型。此文对处于悬跨状态下的海底管道进行数值研究,给出不同间隙比下海流绕流海底管道的流场结构形态,分析了间隙比对绕流阻力和绕流升力的影响,为进一步研究海底悬跨管道的受力和变形提供载荷边界数据。     

基于频率响应法海底悬跨管涡激振动分析

基于挪威海洋技术研究所 (MARINTEK) 和挪威科技大学 (NTNU) 共同研发的VIVANA模型,编制了一个基于频率响应法的海底悬跨管道涡激振动预报程序,其计算结果与VIVANA符合得较好.应用所编制的程序分析在不同流速条件下海底悬跨管道的涡激振动响应及响应频率的特征,对不同悬跨长度、不同截面特征、具有简单边界的海底悬跨管道涡激振动响应和响应频率进行了计算,给出位移和应力沿管跨的分布及响应频率的变化规律.     

强潮海湾Spoiler海底管道冲刷机理分析

本文基于历年检测资料统计分析了杭州湾海底输油管道裸露埋深状态变化规律,结合水文地形测量资料、辅以数学模型手段,从Spoiler自埋设计、杭州湾水流特性、管道路由海床演变特性以及人类活动等多因素探索了杭州湾海底管道裸露埋深状态变化的原因。研究结果表明:杭州湾管道80%以上处于埋深状态,局部管段长期裸露,裸露管段主要位于北岸深槽和庵东边滩滩坡区域;管道冲刷与管道路由海床演变特性、水流与管道夹角以及Spoiler自埋设计的发挥密不可分;杭州湾南岸围垦工程的实施与该区域管道裸露、掩埋状态密切相关。     

后挖沟深度对深海海底管道屈曲影响数值分析

鉴于海底管道的服役水深越来越深,主要采用犁式挖沟机对预铺设于海床之上的海底管道采取后挖沟的方式将海底管道埋设于海床之下,以保护其免受不必要的损伤。针对后挖沟深度H是海底挖沟机的重要设计参数,也是影响管道悬跨的重要因素的问题,对SMD(UK)犁式挖沟机展开参数优化,确保作业过程中悬跨段管道在外部静水压力作用下,海底管道不会发生屈曲破坏。采用ABAQUS软件,分别建立了作业前和作业中两种工况下的悬跨模型,分析机械手对接触部分管道的损伤,结果显示,作业中的机械手对悬跨管道的损伤更大;同时,建立了作业中不同管径下,后挖沟深度对管道损伤的安全裕量关系曲线。进一步,结合作业中不同挖沟深度下的管跨段屈曲数值模型,对处于外部静水压力作用下的悬跨管的屈曲失效展开分析,结果显示,随着后挖沟深度的加大,不同管径下的悬跨段管道局部出现塑性压溃的临界压力值不断降低;管道外径的增大,降低了同一后挖沟深度下发生屈曲失效的压力值。最后,在后挖沟深度与外部静水压力组成的区域内,建立屈曲失效临界关系曲线,并划分出工作区和压溃区,为深海管道后挖沟埋管的施工提供工程参考。     

埕岛海域平台周围悬跨海底管线仿生草治理效果研究

埕岛海域平台周围管线悬跨问题突出,近几年来,普遍采用仿生草技术进行治理。通过对实测资料的解译和统计,对仿生草的治理效果进行研究,结果表明:最近几年所调查的22个平台端中,18个平台端有明显泥沙淤积现象,泥沙淤积厚度为0~1 m,海底管线部分或全部被重新埋藏;19个平台端在桩脚处涡流区仍存在管线裸露或悬跨现象;仿生草的治理效果受管线走向和潮流方向的影响,与潮流方向一致或与潮流方向夹角较小(40°)的海底管线,治理效果良好。     

浅海海底管线检测艇操纵性和运动仿真研究

研究了用于维护和检修中国渤海海域输油管道的浅海管道检测艇的操纵性和运动仿真,提出了浅海海底管道检测艇的水动力学方程。为了更好地了解在配置上与一般潜器不同的浅海海底管线检测艇的动力学性能,通过水动力系数分析,研究了浅海海底管线检测艇的操纵性。最后根据运动方程建立了仿真系统,并通过仿真试验结果验证了仿真试验平台的可行性和可靠性。     

Allowable span length of submarine pipeline in shallow water

Because of the complex geological conditions of the seabed, submarine pipelines buried beneath the ocean floor become suspended over the seabed under the long-term scour of waves eroding the surrounding sediment. Further, most oil fields were built in offshore areas while the country was developing. This gives the waves seen in shallow water obvious nonlinear features, and the abnormal characteristics of these waves must be considered when calculating their hydrodynamic forces. Particularly under such conditions, these suspended spans of submarine pipelines are prone to damage caused by the action of the external environment load. Such damages and eventual failures may result not only in great property losses but also pollution of the marine environment. The span length of these areas is a key predictive factor in pipeline damages. Therefore, determining the allowable span length for these submarine pipelines will allow future projects to avoid or prevent damage from excessive suspended span lengths. Expressions of the hydrodynamic loads placed on suspended spans of pipeline were developed in this work based on the first-order approximate cnoidal wave theory and Morison equation. The formula for the allowable free span length was derived for the common forms of free spanning submarine pipeline based on the point where maximum bending stresses remain less than the material’s allowable stress. Finally, the allowable free span length of real-world pipelines was calculated for a subsea pipeline project in Bohai Bay. This research shows that, with consideration for the complicated marine environment, existing suspended spans are within allowable length limitations. However, continuing to limit the length of these submarine pipeline spans in the Nanpu oil field will require ongoing attention.     

Analysis of Safe Span Length and Fatigue Life of Submarine Pipelines

Owing to the complex environmental conditions, suspension could induce complicated forces on submarine pipelines and even cause vortex-induced vibration, resulting in fatigue damage of pipelines. Through aiming at the 28-inch submarine pipeline in the East China Sea, the pipeline was segmented according to the similarity, considering the factors of pipe assembly, typhoon, current, wave and seabed topography. The effects of span length on natural frequency in each section of submarine pipeline were analyzed by finite element model. The maximum safe span length allowed by each pipeline section was verified by fatigue cumulative damage theory, and the fatigue life of each pipeline section were predicted. The results showed that each order natural frequency of the pipeline decreased with the increase of span length. The calculated results of empirical formulas were much smaller than those of the FEM analysis. The increase of the gap between the suspended pipeline and the seabed was beneficial to enhance the fatigue life of the suspended pipeline.     

渤海辽东湾区海底地形分区特征和成因研究

为了探明辽东湾区海底地形,通过测深系统对辽东湾区海底地形进行了高进度、全覆盖测量,进而根据地形起伏特点对辽东湾区海底地形进行了分区,并分析了影响辽东湾地形发育的主要因素。结果表明:辽东湾区海底地形分为5个子区,地形发育受地质构造、水动力来源和沉积物供应的复合影响。     

大连长兴岛海域疏浚区GF-1 WFV影像悬浮物遥感反演研究

利用2017年8-9月期间大连长兴岛海域实测遥感反射率、悬浮物浓度及GF-1 WFV数据,研究了该区域悬浮物浓度的遥感反演算法,发现遥感反射率与悬浮物浓度的散点图存在两种不同的变化趋势,将2008-2015年期间辽东湾内其它海域的数据与长兴岛海域数据进行叠加后,可初步推断产生两种变化趋势的主要原因在于疏浚区与非疏浚区悬浮物的粒径大小不同,导致其光学特性和反演算法也存在差异。将两种算法分别应用于2017年9月20日辽东湾及长兴岛近岸海域的GF-1 WFV4影像,发现采用非疏浚区算法反演长兴岛海域悬浮物浓度时,出现明显的低估现象,而疏浚区算法则能较好地反映出疏浚施工过程中悬浮物的分布规律,具有较好的工程应用价值。     

Effects of Internal Flow on Vortex-Induced Vibration and Fatigue Life of Submarine Pipelines

- With the rapid development of the offshore oil industries, submarine oil / gas pipelines have been widely used. Under the complicated submarine environmental conditions, the dynamic characteristics of pipelines show some new features due to the existence of both internal and external flows. The paper is intended to investigate the vortex-induced vibration of the suspended pipeline span exposed to submarine steady flow. Especially, the effects of the flow inside the pipeline are taken into account. Its influences on the amplitude of pipeline response, and then on the fatigue life, are given in terms of the velocity of the internal flow.     

大连复州湾底质沉积物粒度特征与沉积环境分析

对辽东半岛西部复州湾海域底质沉积物样品进行粒度分析结果表明,其粒度特征有较大差异:样品平均粒径值为1.2~6.5Φ;分选系数为1.4~2.6,分选为较差—差;偏度特征表现为极正偏和极负偏并存。粒度的空间分布存在一定分异规律,由湾内至湾外粒径表现出粗—细—粗的变化特征。粒度变化是对该区域物质输运和地形变化的响应,借助Weibull分布,推断河流携带物质可以被推送至5 m等深线外堆积,5~10 m等深线间沉积物表现为细粒的浅海台地沉积,10 m等深线以外沉积物受河流的影响微弱。矿物学证据也表明,河流输运对湾内沉积物贡献有限,仅限于5 m 等深线以内的水下三角洲,湾内沉积物主要来自于辽东湾沿岸冲刷和湾内基岩的剥蚀。     

考虑阻尼海底悬跨段管道的动力特性及允许悬空长度

以海底悬跨段输液管道为研究对象,考虑管道结构阻尼、流体附加阻尼、管内流体流动及管道轴向力和压强的作用,对其进行受力分析,导出管道振动微分方程,进而得到管道动力特性方程。用Hermit插值函数对管道的动力特性方程进行离散得到有限元表达式,采用复模态分析法,求得管道的自振频率。为防止管道发生横向涡激振动,用约化速度作为控制条件,确定管道允许悬空长度。结果表明,管道允许悬空长度随着内流流速、轴向压力和管内压强的增加而减小,随着轴向拉力的增加而加大。     

Numerical analysis of the impact forces exerted by submarine landslides on pipelines

Submarine pipelines that transport crude oil and natural gas are often in a complex marine geological environment and may become unstable and fail upon impact by submarine landslides. Previous research has mostly focused on the impact forces exerted by submarine landslides on suspended pipelines, but the impact of submarine landslides on pipelines laid on the seafloor at various impact angles, θ, have been relatively infrequently discussed, and the effects of suspended height, H, on the impact forces exerted by submarine landslides on pipelines have not been thoroughly investigated. In this study, based on the Herschel–Bulkley model, the impact forces exerted by a submarine landslide on laid-on or suspended pipelines at various impact angles θ were simulated using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach. Equations for calculating the axial and normal drag coefficients of a submarine pipeline were proposed. The CFD numerical simulation results were rearranged based on the soil mechanics approach. By comparing the parameters, an essentially corresponding relationship was found between the soil mechanics and CFD approaches when the equations were used to calculate the impact forces exerted by a submarine landslide on a pipeline. In addition, a semi-analytical expression for the failure envelope was provided. Furthermore, the effects of H on the forces on a pipeline were discussed, and an equation for calculating the acting forces on a pipeline along the flow direction of a submarine landslide that comprehensively accounts for the effects of θ and H was proposed. The lift force was discussed preliminarily and the results provide a basis for further investigation. The achievement of this study is applicable for selecting locations of submarine pipeline routes and for designing submarine pipelines.     

Condition Identification Based on Vibration Measurements for Free Spanning Submarine Pipelines

Free spanning pipelines are suspended between two points on an uneven seaffoor. The variations of structural conditions, such as the changes in soil property, flow velocity, axial force and span length etc., directly affect working performance of the whole submarine pipeline system. But until now few researches have focused on condition identification for free span （CIFS）. A method to identify the operational conditions of free spanning submarine pipelines based on vibration measurements is proposed in this paper. Firstly, the ill-posedness of CIFS is analyzed in detail. Secondly, the framework for CIFS based on the nonlinear kernel discriminant analysis （KDA） is established. Thirdly, the internal structural characteristics of natural frequencies, normalized frequencies and frequency change ratios are studied. And then the condition feature vector for CIFS is extracted by use of the vibration measurements. Finally, the validity of the proposed approach is evaluated by a case study. The results demonstrate that the proposed approach can effectively identify each condition of free span when condition variation occurs even if under measurement noise. It is concluded that the proposed method is a promising tool for CIFS in real applications.     

辽东湾北部浅海区海洋工程地质特征

通过对浅地层剖面仪、侧扫声纳和海底取样等实测资料的详细分析,揭示了辽东湾北部浅海区的自然地质状况和复杂的海洋工程地质特征。该海区海底地形地貌较为复杂,存在海底冲刷深槽、埋藏古河道、浅层气、潮流沙脊与潮沟、埋藏古陡坡、软弱土层及可能的砂土液化层等潜在灾害地质因素,对海上构筑物存在直接或潜在的危险性,应引起高度重视。