LNG低温复合软管疲劳特性及参数化分析研究

LNG低温复合软管具有强度高、重量轻、柔韧性好等优点,可以满足恶劣海况下LNG的输送需求,但其结构复杂,且面临多种耦合载荷作用下的疲劳失效问题。首先建立了LNG低温复合软管的有限元模型,研究了复合软管在弯曲和内压载荷下的力学响应和弯曲疲劳寿命特性;然后改变螺旋钢丝直径、预紧间距、导程和纤维层数及摩擦系数等参数,对软管的弯曲疲劳寿命进行了参数化分析。结果表明预紧间距、导程和纤维层数对复合软管的疲劳损伤影响显著：预紧间距增大时,复合软管疲劳损伤先增大后减小;导程减小或者层数增加时,复合软管的疲劳损伤会明显减小;摩擦系数对疲劳损伤几乎没有影响。研究成果可为低温复合软管的结构设计提供理论参考。     

海洋原油外输软管拉伸刚度影响参数研究

海洋原油外输软管广泛用于海上FPSO和油轮的原油外输,软管在海洋环境作用下会受到轴向拉力,拉伸刚度是影响轴向受力的关键结构性能参数。根据《API SPEC 17K》标准和《GMPHOM2009》规范的要求,需要确定软管的拉伸刚度。基于Rebar方法定义海洋原油外输软管的帘线增强层,利用有限元软件ABAQUS建立某国产海洋原油外输软管的轴向拉伸模型,并计算不同结构参数条件下的软管拉伸刚度。计算结果表明：帘线增强层是海洋原油外输软管的主要抗拉伸结构层,帘线铺设角度越小其拉伸刚度越大,软管抗拉伸能力对帘线层数比较敏感,帘线层数越多软管抗拉伸能力越强;螺旋钢筋层的钢筋直径和螺距在一定程度的拉力范围内与软管的拉伸刚度保持良好的线性关系,软管的拉伸刚度随着钢筋直径的增大而增大,随着螺距的增大而减小。研究结果可为海洋原油外输软管的结构设计和实际应用提供参考。     

钢管脐带缆扭转平衡设计

钢管脐带缆包含多种螺旋缠绕的功能单元,其在外力载荷下会发生相对运动,而且钢管的刚度较大对扭转平衡有重要影响,因此,相对于普通电缆,钢管脐带缆在扭转平衡设计时更加困难。根据扭转平衡理论公式,采用控制变量法,以第二层铠装钢丝的绞合角度为变量进行扭转平衡设计。首先建立脐带缆缆芯有限元模型,对其施加拉伸载荷,结果显示缆芯出现了扭转,这证明不能将脐带缆缆芯视为一实心圆柱。其次建立不同绞合角度的脐带缆有限元模型,设置各功能单元的材料属性和摩擦系数,分析模型在拉伸载荷下的扭转角度,并将相同拉伸载荷下的扭转角度拟合为直线,从而得到钢管脐带缆在扭转平衡状态时的最优绞合角度。最后,采用试验方法对实物钢管脐带缆进行扭转平衡测试,测试结果显示在拉伸载荷下脐带缆单位长度扭转角度十分微小,这表明缆是扭转平衡的。因此验证了使用的有限元方法在钢管脐带缆扭转平衡设计中的有效性。     

组合载荷作用下深海非粘结柔性管力学性能对比分析

建立深海非粘结柔性管新型力学数值分析模型,分析其在复合载荷工况下的力学性能。深海非粘结柔性立管是深水资源开发的关键设备,安装成本低,适用于恶劣深海环境。然而,由于非粘结柔性管本身的结构型式复杂以及层与层之间的摩擦、接触等诸多强非线性特性,使其局部力学性能分析面临众多挑战。研究针对非粘结柔性立管特殊的结构型式,建立一个高效的数值分析模型,对其刚度进行数值求解并与实验结果进行对比,探讨了内压和拉伸、扭转、弯曲的组合载荷工况和拉扭组合载荷工况对非粘结柔性立管刚度的影响。研究表明,本文所建立的简化模型计算结果与实验结果吻合较好。此外,柔性立管所受到的内压可以在一定程度上增加非粘结柔性立管的刚度;拉扭组合载荷工况使非粘结柔性立管的拉伸刚度降低明显,而使其扭转刚度少量增加,总体上较单一载荷工况更加危险。     

考虑轴向荷载和外压影响的非黏结柔性管道骨架层失效分析

非黏结柔性管道骨架层由不锈钢材料互锁缠绕而成,主要用于抵抗外压防止软管发生压溃失效.骨架层失效是柔性软管故障的最大风险,骨架层失效模式主要分为压溃失效和拉伸失效.采用非线性有限元方法并且考虑几何大变形、材料非线性、接触和摩擦等非线性效应的影响,对"S"型骨架层结构建立三维有限元模型,进行了单外压作用下的压溃失效分析和单一轴向拉力作用下的拉伸失效分析,而后开展轴向拉力和外压载荷组合作用下骨架层压溃失效分析.结果表明轴向拉力会一定程度上降低骨架层压溃承载力,相关结论可以为柔性软管结构设计和完整性评价提供参考.     

考虑填充钢管脐带缆拉伸行为的有限元分析

脐带缆是连接平台或浮式生产系统与海底油井的控制管缆,缆芯由管单元、光纤单元、电缆单元、以及填充单元组装而成,缆体外层由铠装钢丝螺旋缠绕和聚合物护套组成。基于ANSYS有限元软件,建立无铠装含填充的钢管脐带缆三维有限元模型,在自由端可扭转、不可扭转约束条件下,计算模型的拉伸刚度,将拉伸刚度的数值模拟与理论结果进行对比,验证有限元模型的正确性;分析比较含填充与不含填充两种截面形式脐带缆模型的力学性能,结果表明:填充单元、拉伸率对脐带缆模型的拉伸刚度、最大等效应力模拟结果均有影响。     

层间摩擦系数对非黏结柔性管抗拉铠装层轴压屈曲失效模式的影响研究

在柔性管运输、铺设安装和服役过程中,由于其抗拉铠装层钢带为柔性细长螺旋结构,当外部载荷超过临界值时,抗拉铠装层钢带容易发生屈曲失效。考虑非线性材料、几何大变形、层间接触和摩擦等非线性效应的影响,运用ABAQUS有限元软件建立了63.5 mm典型非黏结柔性管8层完整结构模型,研究了在抗拉铠装层不同层间摩擦系数的情况下,非黏结柔性管在轴向压缩载荷作用下的力学性能和屈曲失效模式。研究结果表明,层间摩擦系数对非黏结柔性管的抗压刚度和抗拉铠装层屈曲失效模式有较大影响,层间摩擦系数以0.1和0.2为分界点,抗压刚度和屈曲失效模式均呈现出“三段式”变化规律。研究成果可为海洋非黏结柔性管的结构设计和屈曲失效评估提供技术参考。     

海洋纤维增强热塑性立管极限承载拉力预测方法

海洋新型纤维增强热塑性立管因其可盘卷、耐腐蚀、耐疲劳和轻质化等优点,在深水油气开发中应用前景十分广阔。热塑性立管具有复合材料的各向异性、受力耦合效应及复杂的本构关系,且承受浮体运动和复杂海洋环境载荷,其失效模式尚未明确。针对轴对称载荷作用下纤维增强热塑性立管极限承载力问题,进行热塑性管稳态热传导和热应力的理论推导,求解了稳态温度和应力分布,首次给出了在任意温度载荷作用下管体径向位移的解析解,并直接求解其径向、轴向、环向和剪切应力。采用各向同性层Von Mises和各向异性层最大应力（Max Stress）准则或Tsai-Hill准则判定热塑性管的失效,基于应力分布、失效准则和二分法计算了热塑性管的极限载荷。温度载荷、纤维铺设角度和径厚比对管道的应力分布影响显著。不同温度载荷会改变失效指数沿径向的变化趋势,增大轴向拉力将增大热塑性管的失效指数,选用不同的失效准则在管体失效判定上存在一定的差异。热塑性管温度越低、纤维铺设角越小及径厚比越大,管道对轴向拉伸载荷的承载能力越强。     

脐带缆铠装层参数对拉伸行为的影响分析

脐带缆用于连接水上浮体和水下生产系统,缆芯由钢管单元、光纤单元和电缆单元等组装而成,缆体外层是由铠装钢丝层螺旋缠绕以及聚合物外护套组装而成,截面结构复杂。利用ANSYS有限元通用软件建立双层铠装脐带缆的三维多层接触摩擦有限元模型,计算其截面拉伸刚度,将拉伸刚度数值模拟值与理论结果进行对比,验证有限元模型的正确性;分析比较铠装层不同缠绕角度、缠绕方式和钢丝直径下脐带缆模型的拉伸刚度。结果表明:铠装钢丝层缠绕方式、缠绕角度、铠装钢丝直径对双层铠装脐带缆模型的拉伸刚度、最大等效应力模拟结果均有影响。     

内压载荷下输氢复合柔性管力学性能研究

中国氢能产业正随着碳中和愿景的不断推进而快速发展,由于氢气在钢管中容易引发“氢脆”现象,使用钢管输送氢气存在较大挑战,纤维增强复合柔性管作为一种非金属管道在氢气输送领域备受关注,其结构设计及强度分析是产业化应用的瓶颈。为探讨内压工况下输氢复合柔性管的结构响应,考虑不同层材料的各向同性及各向异性,基于三维各向异性弹性力学,建立了纤维增强输氢复合管道在内压作用下的力学理论模型,并采用数学方法求解管道位移微分方程,进而获得了N层缠绕增强层输氢复合管道在内压作用下的应力应变解析解,计算结果与内压作用下13层输氢复合柔性管的数值计算结果相符。管道的环向应力最大值出现在防渗透层,输氢软管的增强层承担约70%的载荷作用,径向应力绝对值大小随距离管道截面中心点的距离增大而减小。提出的力学行为分析模型及求解方法为设计输氢复合柔性管提供了重要的理论支撑。     

低温柔性管道关键结构层的多目标优化设计

低温柔性管道是海上浮式液化天然气装置系统(FLNG)的核心输运装备。针对低温柔性管道多材料、多层复合的结构设计难点,将其按照不同功能解耦成内衬层、抗拉铠装层以及辅助层三个关键结构层。基于神经网络模型(RBF)、Kriging模型以及响应面模型(RSM)三种建模方法建立了上述三个结构层响应分析的代理模型,并通过模型准确度的比较,发现RBF的误差均最小。在优化设计中,基于遗传算法分别对低温柔性管道上述关键结构层进行多目标优化设计。在内衬层结构的优化中,以质量及弯曲刚度最小为优化目标;在抗拉铠装层结构的优化中,以质量最小及拉伸刚度最大为优化目标;在辅助层结构的优化中,以质量、弯曲刚度及传热速率最小为优化目标。研究工作为低温柔性管道的结构提供了关键设计参数及理性的设计方法。     

Fatigue strength assessment of MARK-III type LNG cargo containment system

The aim of this paper is to investigate the fatigue strength of the GTT Mark-III type LNG insulation system. The LNG insulation system consists of several composite layers with various connections; plywood, triplex, reinforced polyurethane foam and mastic. Consequently, the LNG insulation system may include mechanical failures such as cracks as well as delaminations within the layers due to sloshing impact loads and fatigue loadings. In addition, these failures may cause a significant decrease of structural integrity. In this study, a series of fatigue tests have been carried out for Mark-III type LNGC insulation systems at room temperature considering the effect of sloshing impact. The load levels have been determined based on the ultimate strength of reinforced polyurethane foam. The aim of the study is to investigate the typical failure characteristics of the MARK-III LNG insulation system and to obtain the S–N data under fatigue loading. A consolidated single S–N curve is obtained based on a systematic finite element procedure. Future use of the S–N data in fatigue analysis requires that the response analysis is carried out using a finite element model with the same mesh density and material properties. This study can be used as a fundamental study for the fatigue assessment of the LNGC insulation system as well as a design guideline.     

Predicting rock mechanical properties of carbonates from wireline logs (A case study: Arab-D reservoir,Ghawar field,Saudi Arabia)

Four hundred plug samples from the Arab-D carbonate reservoir, Ghawar field, were tested for acoustic and mechanical properties at increasing triaxial stress. The results show that the rock mechanical parameters are primarily functions of porosity and, to a lesser degree, of mineralogy, texture and pore fabric (in order of degree of impact from higher to lower). The rock mechanical parameters of the intact matrix rock show no significant changes with stress under reservoir condition.     

考虑晃荡效应的独立B型LNG液舱结构多目标优化

独立B型LNG液舱内部设置舱壁板材及多种桁材,有效缓解了液舱晃荡效应。针对晃荡载荷下的独立B型LNG液舱结构多目标优化,利用规范中的公式计算晃荡载荷,并引入液舱晃荡系数,以期综合反映液舱内部构件对晃荡特性的影响,在此基础上进一步建立以液舱结构重量和液舱晃荡系数为目标的多目标优化模型,采用多目标遗传算法(NCGA),计算得到改进的独立B型LNG液舱结构设计方案。     

Top hat stiffeners: A study on keel failures

The need to assess the structural capability of curved marine composite structures that support the keel of high performance yachts has increased due to the rise in the number of accidents and human casualties. The top hat stiffener is the basic structural member of the yacht to sustain the tensile and bending load of the keel. This paper characterises the mechanical strength of E-glass/vinylester composite top hat stiffeners subjected to transverse loading. The out-of-plane load transfer was studied and failure modes were identified for the three different composite layups which were tested to failure. Experimental results obtained from mechanical testing were compared with FEA predictions, based on the quadratic interlaminar stress criterion. Secondary reserve strength from the unidirectional fibres was identified and the potential to use this secondary strength was further investigated.     

大直径预应力钢筒混凝土海底输油管道受力性能分析

预应力钢筒混凝土管(PCCP)是一种优质复合管材,已经应用于海底输油等领域。由于PCCP中含有混凝土、钢筒、预应力钢丝,结点构造和地下埋置工况复杂,对于PCCP的受力机理认识尚不统一。根据环形预应力作用机理,结合多层圆筒轴对称平面形变理论,研究建立了单层预应力作用下埋置式PCCP受力模型,并根据PCCP使用阶段抗裂要求,分析提出使用阶段PCCP预应力计算公式。采用数值分析法,以内压力等为变量,研究使用阶段不同内压力作用下PCCP的应力变化。分析结果与提出模型进行对比,建议预应力计算公式乘以增大系数1.2。预应力计算结果与国内外规范比较说明公式是合理的。     

Mechanical Behavior of Light-Weight Soil Under Consolidated Drained Shear Condition

To reveal the influence of material composition on mechanical properties of light-weight soil, stress-strain -volumetric strain characteristics and Poisson's ratio of mixed soil were researched by consolidated drained shear tests. The results show that light-weight soil is a kind of structural soil, so its mechanical properties are affected by mixed ratio and confining pressure, and mixed soil possesses structural yield stress. When confining pressure is less than the structural yield stress, strain softening occurs; when confining pressure is more than the structural yield stress, strain hardening is observed. There are two kinds of volume change behavior: shear contraction and shear dilatancy. Shear dilatancy usually leads to strain softening, but there isn't an assured causal relationship between them. Poisson's ratio of mixed soil is a variational state parameter with the change of stress state, it decreases with increased confining pressure, and it increases with increased stress level. When axial strain is near 5%, Poisson’ ratio is gradually close to a steady value. The main range of Poisson's ratio is 0.25～0.50 when confining pressure changes from 50 to 300 kPa. When unconfined compressive strength of mixed soil is less than 328 kPa, its stress-strain-volumetric strain characteristics can be predicted very well by Duncan-Chang model (E-B model). However, when the range of unconfined compressive strength is [328 kPa, 566 kPa], the model can't predict stress-strain characteristics accurately when confining pressure is under 200 kPa, and it also can't predict the strong shear dilatancy phenomenon of mixed soil under low confining pressure.     

Consolidation-related fabric changes of periplatform sediments

Geotechnical properties of carbonate sediments result from several factors such as the particular constituents comprising the sediment, the mineralogy, fabric, and effective stress. Investigating the effects of increasing effective stress by mechanical consolidation using permeability, porosity, and porometry determinations reveals fabric changes that could not be determined in scanning electron micrographs. Porometry changes, determined using an image analyzer, are a function of matrix composition and grain support. Samples that were predominantly matrix-supported exhibited an increase in pore numbers per unit area and a pore size decrease resulting from consolidation. Samples composed predominantly of aragonite needle matrices displayed opposite behavior.