Umbilical cable recovery load analysis

Umbilical cable is a kind of integrated subsea cable widely used in the exploration and exploitation of oil and gas field. The severe ocean environment makes great challenges to umbilical maintenance and repair work. Damaged umbilical is usually recovered for the regular operation of the offshore production system. Analysis on cables in essence is a two-point boundary problem. The tension load at the mudline must be known first, and then the recovery load and recovery angle on the vessel can be solved by use of catenary equation. The recovery analysis also involves umbilical-soil interaction and becomes more complicated. Calculation methods for recovery load of the exposed and buried umbilical are established and the relationship between the position of touch down point and the recovery load as well as the recovery angle and recovery load are analyzed. The analysis results provide a theoretical reference for offshore on-deck operation.     

辽宁西部两条大型韧性剪切带及其地质意义

在辽宁西部地区有两条大型韧性剪切带通过。颜家沟—大营子韧性剪切带,总体走向70°,区内长250km,宽10km;大巴—瓦子峪—后三角山韧性剪切带,总体呈30°走向,区内长150km,宽5—10km。两条韧性剪切带的边界以断层为界,切穿太古代变质岩,以及海西期、燕山早期花岗岩体。带内太古代变质岩普遍退化变质。辽西两条韧性剪切带具有多期次、继承性活动特点,其形成时代可以追溯到加里东期,与古板块活动有关。韧性剪切带可做为太古代高级变质区寻找金属矿床的有利条件之一。