深水海底管道S型铺设参数敏感性分析

以深水海底管道S型铺管法为研究对象,运用悬链线理论建立管道的静平衡微分方程,通过理论分析给出了迭代求解管道整体形态的数值计算方法,并开发相应的计算分析程序,分析了不同参数对张紧器张力和管道极限铺设水深的影响.结果表明,随着管道铺设水深、管径和壁厚、混凝土配重层厚度的增加,所需张紧器张力明显增大;当托管架底部倾角较大时,控制应变越大管道所需张力越小;当托管架底部倾角较小时,管道初始倾角越大、托管架半径越小管道所需张力越小.此外,管道的浮重度、托管架长度和半径、张紧器张拉能力、管道初始倾角对极限铺设水深有着重要的影响.     

深水管道S型铺设监测研究

目前,深水管道S型铺设取得了优异的铺设成果,逐渐成为深水海底管道铺设的重要方法,但其铺设环境复杂,上弯段管道与托管架动态接触,现有分析手段无法有效模拟。同时,S型铺设关键设备的设计技术还不成熟,没有相应的设计规范。首先对深水管道S型铺设开展监测研究,提出了深水管道S型铺监测方案,最后利用实验室模型实验验证了该方案的可行性,可以为深水S型铺设关键设备的设计提供必要的设计数据。     

深水S型铺管中残余变形对屈曲压力的影响

随着S型海管铺设逐步走向深水,管道在铺设过程中承受的荷载增加,发生一定程度的塑性变形。本文讨论S型铺设引起的残余塑性变形对管道屈曲承载能力的影响。首先基于壳单元建立"管道-托辊"相互作用的局部有限元模型,分析了管道在铺设过程中的受力状态,获得了管道的残余塑性变形。然后以该残余变形作为管道非线性屈曲分析的初始缺陷,基于改进的RIKS方法计算了管道的临界屈曲压力。研究结果表明,铺设残余塑性变形在一定程度上削弱管道的承载能力,在深水铺设中应予以考虑。     

多点支撑托管架支撑下的海洋管道铺设中的静力分析

本文以实际工程中点支撑托管架支撑下的海洋管道为分析对象,采用Ｂ样条函数分段拟合了从张紧器到海床间整段管道在铺设时的空间曲线,利用样条函数配点法求解管道的平衡微分方程,得到了管道在铺设过程中所必须的数据。本方法适用性好,理论简明,求解快,精度高。     

海洋管道S型铺设过程研究

随着海洋科学技术的发展和人类对于海洋油气资源认识的不断增加,海洋油气资源的开发从近海走向远海。作为海洋油气运输主要方式的海洋管道,其铺设问题成为焦点。常见海洋管道工程铺设方法为:拖曳铺设、卷筒铺设、J型铺设、S型铺设。通过引入先进的国际海洋工程软件OrcaFlex并结合国内外关于海洋管道铺设的工程手册及相关规范、标准,如DNV、API、AWS等,实时模拟研究S型海洋管道铺设过程。结合作者工作经历及实际海洋铺管工程背景算例分析,研究铺管上弓段接触点、悬垂段及触底段在铺设过程中的各自静力、动力特性。对海洋管道S型铺设过程中应该注意的一些有关设计、工艺和HSE低成本安全高效铺设等方面提出几点有用的意见。     

基于悬臂梁模型的管道矫直理论及有限元分析

海底管道的卷管铺设过程涉及多次正向和反向弯曲,并会产生较大的塑性变形。在铺设入水前,管道必须进行矫直处理,因此如何准确预测矫直过程中管道的力学响应以及如何对矫直器进行合理的设置具有重要意义。针对中国首艘卷管式铺管船“深达号”的矫直装置设计与典型工况,建立了一种基于悬臂梁的力学理论模型。该模型综合考虑了铺设过程中退卷和矫直的加载历程、管道材料的弹塑性特性以及校准器和上、下矫直器的相对位置关系。模型能实现对反弯半径及矫直器姿态等关键参数的计算。建立有限元分析模型,对理论模型进行验证并对管道矫直过程进行数值分析。结果表明理论模型可以准确预测管道矫直所需反弯半径、矫直器侧向行程以及倾角等参数。在管道矫直过程中,上矫直器处的作用载荷远大于下矫直器处。所提出的矫直理论模型可适用于不同尺寸管道的矫直分析,矫直后残余曲率满足DNV规范要求,预期可为“深达号”的实际矫直工艺设计提供指导。     

铺设过程中海底管道的非线性分析

本文运用弹性杆理论建立了铺设过程中海底管道的综合相容的力学模型。该模型考虑了由于管道的大挠度变形引起的几何非线性和由于流体动载荷引的的载荷非线性的影响,考虑了随管道变形而变化的边界条件。介绍了差分法在求解该非线性模型中的应用,并对如何模拟边界条件提出了一整套方法。本数值方法的结果与已有的直接积分法计算结果比较,二者吻合较好。     

基于ABAQUS的卷管式铺管法管道变形敏感性分析

卷管式铺管法在海管铺设中的应用愈发广泛,在铺设作业中管道会发生几何非线性变形,导致出现复杂的力学性能变化。针对管道在上卷、退卷过程中的屈服变化过程,通过弹塑性理论进行分析,推导出管道退卷后残余轴向应力的解析解;随后利用有限元软件ABAQUS建立模型实例,对比解析解与有限元模型,两者的计算结果基本吻合。基于上述有限元模型,研究上卷时的张力和退卷时的后张力对椭圆度、截面轴向应力和剪切应力的影响,并进行敏感性分析。模拟结果表明张力和后张力变化会影响管道截面的变形程度,退卷后截面上残余的轴向应力远高于剪切应力,并且通过敏感性分析,得到了残余椭圆度、残余应力随张力和后张力变化的规律。研究可为卷管铺设过程中张力和后张力的选择提供参考和借鉴。     

柔性管Reel-lay铺管安装稳定性分析

钢管的S-lay、J-lay铺管方法的应用研究已经非常深入,而柔性管的Reel-lay铺管法的应用研究则相对较少。由于管道本身的材料非线性、管土接触存在非线性以及环境的不确定性等问题过于复杂,因此通过类比J-lay铺管法,采用整管的力学性能、弹性海底模型及均匀流等方式对Reel-lay铺管的水下段稳定性问题进行了简化;根据悬链线理论和小变形梁理论,给出了柔性管Reel-lay铺管法的数值计算方法,并与有限元模拟的结果进行了对比分析。结果表明:随着铺设角度增大,管道受到的弯矩也随之增大,但管道顶部的拉力却随之减小;随着铺设水深的增加,管道悬浮段质量增加,管道顶部拉力明显增加,但弯矩明显减小;浮重对管道铺设很重要,应根据实际情况,选择合适的配重以满足管道稳定和铺设的要求。     

基于半数值方法的限弯器剪弯刚度分析

柔性管缆限弯器存在接触非线性导致剪弯刚度分析困难。为此先基于悬臂梁方程建立剪弯刚度理论模型;然后构建考虑接触边界的锁合结构数值模型,得到其扭转刚度曲线;最后结合理论分析和数值计算求得考虑接触非线性的限弯器剪弯刚度曲线,并同传统的整体数值方法相比较,验证该半数值分析方法的有效性。对比发现基于半数值方法的限弯器剪弯计算效率远高于传统数值方法,其结果误差也满足工程需求;并且限弯器锁合结构处受接触边界影响有明显的非线性;限弯器子梁这一短梁结构基于Timoshenko梁理论计算的结果精度更高也更保守。相较于传统数值方法,该半数值方法用方程直接表达部分参数与剪弯刚度关系,并可以高效地分析限弯器剪弯刚度,使设计工作更加高效。     

Study on the contact behavior of pipe and rollers in deep S-lay

S-lay is a widely used method for offshore pipe installation. In recent years, S-lay has gradually applied to the deepwater condition. Because of the increasing pipe weight in deep S-lay, there exist severe and complex contact problems between the overbend pipe and roller supports of the stinger. In deep S-lay design, it is difficult to solve this nonlinear mechanics problem, and there remain confusion and difficulties to predict the roller contact forces and the pipe strain level in S-lay design.The present paper develops a refined finite element model with the framework of ABAQUS, which considers the complex surface contact behaviors in the overbend section. The features of the contact state of different rollers within one roller box are discussed, and the resultant support forces from each roller box are calculated and compared with the commercial design code. The overbend strain level of five S-lay cases is investigated and the pipelaying safety is checked by DNV rules. The simulation results show that the proposed model can provide more accurate and reasonable predictions on roller forces and pipe strain distribution for deepwater S-lay design.     

线弹性土壤中埋设悬跨管道的弯曲和振动特性

利用细长梁小挠度理论,研究给出了两端埋设在线弹性土壤中的悬跨段管道和埋设段管道在自重作用下的变形和内力公式。基于静挠度公式,用能量法给出了第一阶弯曲振动的固有频率公式。讨论了不同土壤刚度条件下悬跨段管道的变形和内力特征,以及第一阶弯曲振动固有频率,并和工程上推荐使用的简支梁和两端固支梁的静动态特性进行比较。研究表明在跨度大、土壤刚度大、管道弯曲刚度较小时无量纲土壤刚度系数较大,埋设段管道对悬跨段管道的刚度约束比较大,悬跨段管道可以近似按两端固支梁模型来模拟;反之,只有在土壤刚度系数较小的几个参数点上,悬跨管道的静动力特性等价于简支梁模型。     

Configuration analysis of deepwater S-lay pipeline

The safety of offshore pipeline has drawn a great deal of attention during deepwater installation due to the combined actions of high external pressure, axial tension, and bending moment. Meanwhile, the pipeline configuration has a remarkable effect on the structural behaviour of the tube. The special studies focus on the deepwater S-lay technique in the present paper. The stiffened catenary theory is applied to establish the static equilibrium governing differential equation of a pipe element, and the solution equations of the total pipeline configuration from a lay-barge over a stinger to the seabed are derived. The numerical iteration method for solving pipeline configuration is described in detail, and the corresponding program is developed to conduct the analysis of effects of various parameters such as laying water depth, pipe diameter, thickness of concrete weighted coating layer, stinger length, control strain, and axial tension on pipeline configuration. The results show that the laying water depth, the submerged weight of the pipe, and the axial tension are the critical factors influencing pipeline configuration. In addition, geometrical parameters of the stinger such as length, radius, and shape have an important effect on the pipe-laying capacity of the vessel. The validity of the program is further verified by means of a comparison with results obtained from the commercial finite element software OFFPIPE.     

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。     

Non-symmetric cyclic bending of helical wires in flexible pipes

Unbonded flexible pipes have superior fatigue performance as the internal armor layers are allowed to move relative to each other, leading to reduced structural loading. The main interactions between the internal layers are the contact forces and the frictional forces. Frictional interaction leads to a complex non-linear response of unbonded flexible pipes making prediction of cyclic bending fatigue a demanding task. Nevertheless, detailed understanding of local armor wire stresses and the related fatigue phenomena is of paramount importance as unbonded flexible risers are often operated close to their mechanical limits. This paper presents a method for calculating the tensile armor wire loading and the hysteresis effect on flexible pipes when subjected to tension, and non-symmetric cyclic bending. The effect of non-symmetric cyclic bending with different tensile armor lay angles, and frictional conditions are studied. The analysis uses an efficient repeated unit cell finite element model, allowing the analysis to be performed on a desktop computer. The study shows that the tensile armor wires gradually translate towards the compression side of the pipe bending plane, when the unbonded flexible pipe is subjected to combined tension and non-symmetric cyclic bending. In the analysis, cyclic bending is applied until steady-state in the bending response is achieved over a full bending cycle. The global bending response of the flexible pipe and the tensile armor wire loading conditions for fully stabilized non-symmetric cyclic bending become symmetric around the frictionless state for the mean cyclic bending curvature. An approximate analytic model for the tensile armor in the stabilized cycle, based on symmetric bending about the geodesic curve corresponding to the mean pipe curvature, is proposed.     

Feasible numerical method for analysis of offshore pipeline in installation

Feasible numerical method for a structural analysis of a pipeline configuration during the installation process is presented. The method considers the whole pipeline, which is partially suspended and partially laid-on a seabed, as a single continuous segment, and is valid for a complete range of laying angles between 0°–90°, i.e., valid for both S-lay and J-lay configurations. The method accounts for a pipeline–seabed interaction and the pipeline is modeled by means of nonlinear large deformation beam theory. The numerical solution is carried out in an incremental-iterative manner by following the actual pipeline installation process, and thus allowing efficient treatment of pipeline-seabed interaction circumventing the further complexities with contact detection. At each increment, the length of the pipeline is increased and new sequential equilibrium configuration is assessed by direct minimization of a total potential energy approximated as a Riemann sum, which yields algebraic system of nonlinear finite difference equations that is further solved by iterations with Newton-Raphson technique. The simplicity, flexibility and robustness of the proposed method allow to enhance the efficiency of engineering calculations and design. Accounting for a bending stiffness in a suspended part allows analyzing variations in laying angle and lay tension independently. The method convergence is validated and compared with Abaqus. The results are in an excellent agreement. Moreover, the comparison with Abaqus shows that for the selected parameters the assumption that the pipeline is inextensible and unshearable is very reasonable. Representative parametric study is conducted to demonstrate the feasibility of the method. Parametric study considers the effects of laying angle (0°–90°), lay tension, laying water depth (up to 3000 m) and seabed stiffness.     

Failure Pressure Analysis of Corroded Moderate-to-High Strength Pipelines

Based on the elastic-plastic, large-deformation finite element method, burst capacity of steel pipeline with longitudinal corrosion defect subjected to internal pressure is studied. The appropriate stress-based criterion is used to predict the failure pressure of finite element model of corroded pipeline under internal pressure. By considering the pipe steel grades and geometries of corrosion defects, a series of finite element analyses is conducted. The effects of corrosion depth, length and width on burst capacity are also discussed. A specific failure pressure solution for the assessment of corrosion defects in moderate-to-high strength pipeline is proposed on the base of numerical results. The failure pressures predicted by the proposed method are in better agreement with the experimental results than the results by the other methods.     

细长输流管内外流耦合振动特性研究

管内流动会影响输流管的振动响应,目前关于输流弹性管涡激振动方面的研究较少。基于计算流体力学(CFD)方法,开展内外流对细长输流弹性管振动特性影响的研究。首先在不考虑内流的情况下将弹性管涡激振动数值预报结果与模型试验数据进行对比,验证了数值方法的可靠性。再者考虑内外流耦合作用情况下,对不同内流流速下细长输流弹性管振动位移时—空分布、顺流向最大平均偏移、振动轨迹、内部横向涡的形成与分布等进行了对比分析。结果发现,与外流流速相比,内流流速的增加虽然难以改变弹性管的主振模态,但对沿管体的振动强度影响显著。顺流向最大偏移处管体运动轨迹发生明显的变形和跳跃。在剪切外流和均匀内流对弹性管的联合作用下,沿管跨方向模态间能量转换频繁,伴随着间歇性出现或消失的沿弹性管传播的行波组分,这主要归因于复杂的双重流固耦合系统(外流—管体,内流—管体)。在内流以附加质量力、离心力和科氏力形式的激励下,弹性管内二次流现象明显。在振动过程中,内部横向涡沿管壁生成、脱落并逐渐散布于整个横截面。