Statics of a three component mooring line

Catenary equations are solved for a three component mooring made up of two lines, connected at a point buoy or sinker where water depth and fairlead tension are given. This configuration is typical of deep water moorings and solutions are required for preliminary design of mooring systems and measurement of stability in service of moored floating platforms. The problem is transformed to a single polynomial equation of degree eight and is solved by Laguerre's iteration. Where there is no buoy or sinker the equation reduces to a quartic and can be solved in closed form. Elongation of the lines is shown to be equivalent to small uncertainties in the weights per unit length. The method is computationally efficient.     

A modified linear analysis of a wave-energy conversion buoy

The analysis of a pneumatic-type wave-energy conversion buoy is developed assuming independence of the buoy heaving motion and the motion of the water column within the center pipe. Results of the analysis are then compared with experimental data in a study of the relative air velocity within the turbine passage. The results compare very well. The effect of the variation of the center pipe length is found to be significant for periods about the surge chamber resonance but is negligible in the neighborhood of the heaving resonance period. Further, the theory is applied to a prototype buoy study of the U.S. Coast Guard, and a dimensionless design curve is developed from the results of the prototype analysis.     

深海锚泊浮标的二阶动力分析

计算了规则波上深海锚泊浮标的运动响应和锚泊线的动力响应。在对浮标的二阶漂移力计算时考虑了锚系的影响,并将浮标平均漂移的计算结果与不考虑锚系影响的结果进行了比较。本文计算所用浮标为单点系泊浮标,锚链由不同重量的分段组成。     

一种波浪能实验装置水动力学分析与优化设计

将造波水槽内二维浮体牵引弹簧回复液压缸的受力系统简化为弹簧—质量—阻尼器系统,建立数学模型,并根据牛顿第二定律得到运动方程式。采用基于简单格林函数的边界元方法对所研究浮体的水动力学系数和波浪力进行计算,对于施加给液压系统的不同外部阻尼值,由运动方程可得到相应的浮体垂荡运动位移。为求浮体对液压系统做功的最大值,在给定条件下着重对外部阻尼系数进行了优化。     

关于发展我国漂流浮标和锚泊浮标技术的建议

本文综述了90年代国外漂流浮标和锚泊浮标技术的发展动态,从战略发展的高度提出了研制多参数表层漂流浮标、多次往返式剖面仪、绷紧式锚泊浮标和水质监测浮标的建议,并分析了国内的需求和相应的研究基础.     

波浪发电装置浮筒的水动力特性及参数研究

针对我国波浪发电的发展现状,介绍了“海蛇”波浪发电装置的发电原理,并应用OrcaFlex 软件建立了装置的水动力数值模型,研究了“海蛇”装置浮筒的水动力特性.根据“海蛇”装置的结构特点,通过对活塞运动的时程曲线进行傅里叶变换,给出此装置一级转化总势能计算的简易方法.另外,通过改变浮筒的直径和长度,以装置的效率/体积比作为衡量系统经济性的指标,研究浮筒几何参数对装置一级能量转化效率的影响.结果表明,装置一级能量转化效率随浮筒长度和直径增加而变大,进一步分析表明,适当增加浮筒长度比增大直径更具经济效益.装置的效率/体积比随着浮筒直径增加存在先增加后减少的拐点,这可以为“海蛇”的初始设计提供一定的理论依据.     

Nonlinear Dynamic Behavior of Moored Buoy Excited by Free Surface Waves

In this paper, studied are the dynamics of a moored buoy near the surface subjected to wave excitation. According to the physical structure, submersible buoy moored by tethered line is modeled firstly. Then from the differential equations, the natural frequencies are estimated by neglecting the coupling between tangential and normal direction. By use of numerical integration method, solutions are obtained. On this basis, strange attractors and bifurcation phenomena are obtained by applying Poincare map, pha...     

Wave diffraction through submerged flexible breakwaters

This paper presents an analytical, computationally efficient method for the wave reflection and dynamic displacement of a submerged flexible breakwater. The solution of the two-dimensional linearized hydrodynamic problem introduced is based on the eigenfunction expansion technique. The breakwater is assumed to be thin, impermeable, flexible, moored to the bed through tethers and kept in tension by means of a floating buoy at its tip. The beam structure is considered to be either clamped or hinged at the sea bed, situated in an arbitrary water depth and subjected to normal linear waves. Numerical examples presented by this method are compared with those obtained by the Boundary Integral Equation Method, presented by Williams et al. Comparisons show an excellent agreement over a wide range of parameters for the wave reflection and the dynamic displacement. Numerical results are presented, mainly to show the effect of the breakwater rigidity and the method of fixation on the wave reflection and the structural displacement over a wide range of wave frequencies.     

基于最优插值方法的微波-红外辐射计数据融合全球海面温度网格产品

A new 0.1° gridded daily sea surface temperature(SST) data product is presented covering the years 2003–2015. It is created by fusing satellite SST data retrievals from four microwave(Wind Sat, AMSR-E, ASMR2 and HY-2 A RM)and two infrared(MODIS and AVHRR) radiometers(RMs) based on the optimum interpolation(OI) method. The effect of including HY-2 A RM SST data in the fusion product is studied, and the accuracy of the new SST product is determined by various comparisons with moored and drifting buoy measurements. An evaluation using global tropical moored buoy measurements shows that the root mean square error(RMSE) of the new gridded SST product is generally less than 0.5℃. A comparison with US National Data Buoy Center meteorological and oceanographic moored buoy observations shows that the RMSE of the new product is generally less than 0.8℃. A comparison with measurements from drifting buoys shows an RMSE of 0.52–0.69℃. Furthermore, the consistency of the new gridded SST dataset and the Remote Sensing Systems microwave-infrared SST dataset is evaluated, and the result shows that no significant inconsistency exists between these two products.     

双平板式透空堤消能效果评价方法

双平板式透空堤具有较为优越的消浪性能备受专家学者关注。目前关于其消浪性能的评价多采用透射波高法开展,仅考虑波高一个参数。本文采用透射波高法、波浪能量法和波能流法分别对平板式透空堤的消能效果进行评价,结果表明,综合考虑波高、水深和周期三个参数的波能流法更加全面与深入。探讨了双平板式透空堤迎浪向与背浪向处波能流的主要影响因素,结果表明,相对板宽、位置参数和波高大小对波能流的影响较板间距和潜深更加显著。     

Validation of gridded data set of global surface wind/wind-stress vector field

Gridded data of global surface wind/wind-stress vectors, called J-OFURO v2, were obtained from satellite scatterometer (QuikSCAT/SeaWinds) data for the decade from August 1999 to July 2009. The data were validated by comparing with (1) in situ measurements from moored buoy observations, (2) a data product from the same scatterometer using a different gridding procedure (IFREMER), and (3) data products based on numerical models (NCEP-1 and NCEP-2). The results on averaging all buoy data revealed lower mean differences, lower root-mean-square (RMS) differences, and higher correlations for the wind/wind-stress components for the J-OFURO v2 product than the other data products. The statistical values calculated for each buoy station showed tendencies of decreasing reliability with increasing latitude in the mid-latitude region, while the reliabilities in the equatorial areas were low. We performed intercomparisons between the J-OFURO v2 data and the other data sets to clarify discrepancies among different wind products in open ocean regions with few moored buoys. We determined that the meridional wind components from the NCEP products exhibited poleward deviations compared to data from the J-OFURO v2 product. Relatively high mean differences, high RMS differences, and low correlations were found in the equatorial ocean for the NCEP products. Striped features were spatially correlated with buoy locations in the equatorial Pacific, which suggested that the reliability of the NCEP products was governed by buoy locations in this region.     

Reliability assessment and integrity management of data buoy instruments used for monitoring the Indian Seas

Reliable performance is the key requirement for instruments used in offshore moored buoys for cyclone monitoring, as under performance of the sensors can have a serious impact on the societal protection, and in addition, lead to costly repair and reinstallations. The instrument selection and application practices are based on the experiences of the global scientific community, and their performances are monitored based on IEC61508 standards. Reliability modeling based on experiences in the operation and maintenance of moored surface buoys for approximately two decades has identified that the sensor suite used for cyclone monitoring has a Mean Time Between Failure of 0.6 years, which is the basis of the implemented reliability centered maintenance strategies. As this is the first attempt to study the performance of such moored buoy instruments which have cumulatively clocked more than 7.3 million demanding offshore instrument-hours, the data presented shall serve as input for the offshore environmental instrument system design.     

Rocking buoy wave energy converter

A device for converting ocean wave energy into electricity utilizing a rocking buoy and a hydrogen pressure cell is described. The moored buoy contains a pneumatic tube filled with a dense liquid which rocks back and forth as a result of the ocean wave activity. Hydrogen gas, maintained above the dense fluid is alternatively compressed and expanded by the moving fluid. The hydrogen gas communicates with a hydrogen pressure cell and the resulting pressure difference across the cell leads to an electrical voltage and under load, to electrical power.     

全球海洋Argo网格数据集制作与可靠性验证

利用改进的 Barnes 逐步订正法,结合一个混合层模型,构建完成了一个新版(2004-2017 年) 全球海洋(79. 5°S~79. 5°N,180°W~180°E)Argo 三维网格温、盐度资料集及衍生数据产品。 与旧版网格数据集相比,新版数据集采用一阶近似(表层温、盐度通过混合层内温、盐度线性拟合得出)的混合层模型,改善了资料集在表层的准确性;与 WOA13 资料集、同类 Argo 资料集和锚碇浮标观测资料的可靠性检验结果表明,新版全球海洋 Argo 网格数据集提供的资料是可信的,其质量也是有充分保证的。     

An improved parachute drogue system for monitoring currents in the deep ocean

A parachute drogue is described that can quickly be assembled and easily launched at sea. An anchored buoy, which provides a reference from which drogue trajectories can be determined is also described and methods for launching are outlined. This buoy, which can be moored in several kilometers depth, will extend to the deep ocean the use of drogue monitoring techniques capable of defining wind driven currents and their short-term periodicities.     

Simulation of wave-energy converter with octagonal linear generator

To extract electrical energy from sea waves in a commercially and technologically acceptable manner, a number of issues have to be solved. Electricity generation by means of direct conversion of the oscillating gravitational potential energy of a floating buoy can be anticipated, provided a proper design of a generator could be made. This paper deals with the simulation of a novel design for a linear generator aimed for the extraction of energy from ocean waves. The ocean waves are modeled by 4-m-height sinusoidal waves with a characteristic period of 7 s. A wide range of the geometrical sizes, permanent magnets, stator winding, and spring forces acting on the buoy are possible. This paper presents simulations of octagonal three-phase linear generators in the 100-kW power range. The beneficial effects of a stator of octagonal shape are briefly investigated, but not studied in depth. The main emphases in the present study have been to decrease power fluctuations and suppress voltage harmonics. In conventional rotating machines, well-known measures are to use a fractional number of slots per pole and phase, and an additional method is to make the pole edges smoother. These methods are here simulated for the first time on a linear machine aimed for ocean wave-energy conversion and a substantial reduction in power fluctuations and voltage harmonics are predicted.     

Dynamics of arrays of floating point-absorber wave energy converters with inter-body and bottom slack-mooring connections

If point absorbers are employed in the extensive exploitation of the offshore wave energy resource, they should be deployed in arrays, the distance between the elements in the array being possibly tens of meters. In such cases, it may be more convenient that the array is spread moored to the sea bottom through only some of its elements, located in the periphery, while the other array elements are prevented from drifting and colliding with each other by connections to adjacent elements. An array of identical floating point absorbers located at the grid points of an equilateral triangular grid is considered in the paper. A spread set of slack-mooring lines connect the peripheric floaters to the bottom. A weight is located at the centre of each triangle whose function is to pull the three floaters towards each other and keep the inter-body mooring lines under tension. The power take-off system (PTO) is a linear damper activated by the buoy heaving motion. The whole system–buoys, moorings and power take-off systems–is assumed linear, so that a frequency domain analysis may be employed. Hydrodynamic interference between the oscillating buoys in array is accounted for. Equations are presented for a set of three identical point absorbers. This is then extended to more complex equilateral triangular grid arrays. Results from numerical simulations, with regular and irregular waves, are presented for the motions and power absorption of hemispherical converters in arrays of three and seven elements and for different mooring parameters and wave incidence angles. Comparisons are given with the unmoored and independently-moored buoy situations.     

Examination of the merged sea surface temperature using wavelet analysis

In the previous study, merged sea surface temperature (SST) dataset called “New Generation SST” has been produced from several infrared and microwave satellite SSTs through an objective mapping. Here we examine the merged SST by comparison with moored buoy SST at 1 m depth, which is treated as true sea surface temperature. Comparison between wavelet spectra of merged and buoy SSTs shows that the former have larger amplitudes than those of the latter, which is partly explained as an aliasing effect due to TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) aboard Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) sampling on merged products. Coherency between wavelet-decomposed merged and buoy SSTs has high values in autumn and low ones in winter to spring. In winter, phase differences between them are positive, meaning that wavelet components of merged SST lag those of buoy SST. Reasons for delay and low coherency are: (1) seasonal components of merged SSTs are strongly affected by a lack of infrared SSTs due to clouds in winter, and (2) small-scale oceanic features, undetectable by coarse-resolution microwave SSTs, are blurred by the merging process. Improvements of merging methodology are discussed with regard to present study results.     

Buoy observations of the influence of swell on wind waves in the open ocean

The influence of longer (swell) on shorter, wind sea waves is examined using an extensive database of directional buoy measurements obtained from a heave-pitch-roll buoy moored in deep water in the South Atlantic. This data set is unique for such an investigation due to the ubiquitous presence of a young swell component propagating closely in direction and frequency with the wind sea, as well as a longer, opposing swell. Our results show, within the statistical limits of the regressions obtained from our analysis when compared to measurements in swell free environments, that there is no obvious influence of swell on wind sea growth. For operational purposes in ocean engineering this means that power-laws from fetch limited situations describing the wind sea growth can be applied in more realistic situations in the open sea when swell is present.