Reliability-Based Optimum Design of a Simple Offshore Platform Based on Genetic Algorithms

In this paper,the problem of reliability-based optimal design of simple offshore platform isstudied,and a nonlinear fatigue damage model based on damage mechanics and genetic algorithms areused in the fatigue reliability optimum design of the structure under stochastic wave load.The fatigue dam-age model and the yield failure reliability analyzing model are used in the paper.The reliability of the mod-els and the effectiveness of genetic algorithm are shown by the results of optimum design.     

Genetic Algorithms of Structural Fuzzy Reliability Index

In this paper the simple generation algorithms are improved.According to the geometricmeaning of the structural reliability index,a method is proposed to deal with the variables in the standardnormal space.With consideration of variable distribution,the correlation coefficient of the variables andits fuzzy reliability index,the feasibility and the reliability of the algorithms are proved with an example ofstructural reliability analysis and optimization.     

Joint Distribution of Wave Periods and Rate of Change of Wave Surface Elevation

The rate of change of wave surface elevation is of much importance in ocean engineering,es-pecially for the determination of the limitation of wave breaking.This paper gives a kind of joint distribu-tion of wave periods and the rate of change of wave surface elevation by means of calculation of the two-or-der to four-order moment of the frequency spectrum based on the linear wave theory.For the first time,the distribution density function of wave periods determined by peaks is provided,and the conclusion isdrawn that the rate of change of wave surface elevation obeys the Rayleigh distribution.     

Response Characteristics of Load on Vessels in Waves

Considering the requirement of direct design and fatigue test for ships and floating structures byuse of FEM technique,a computational procedure of spectral analysis for wave load on the hull surface is de-veloped in this paper.The response of hydrodynamic pressure on the body surface to a designated sea state forships and floating structures is calculated by use of the revised strip method with the hull bound perturbationflow concept.The spectral function of wave load for the defined point on the body surface can be determinedfrom the Wiener-Khinhin theorem and the characteristic load value can be also obtained from spectral mo-ment analysis.A container ship is taken as a computational example and the sample of wave load with a cer-tain probability and corresponding encountered frequency is provided.     

Optimum Design of Jacket Platforms Considering Structure-Pile-Soil Interaction

This paper proposes an optimum design medel for the offshore jacket platform considering multi-design criteria,multi-design constraints and the structure-pile-soil interaction,and gives an optimum designprocedure in which the proposed optimum design model is used together with structural analysis softwareSAP91 and optimum algorithm software OPBI.The Chengbei ~#11 offshore platform,which lies in theShengli oil field,is designed by use of the above optimum design model.The results show that the optimumdesign model is stable,and it depends on neither the optimization algorithm nor initial values of design vari-ables.All values of the objective function converge to the same minimum value,and the speed of conver-gence is high,showing that the proposed optimum design model is reasonable.     

Three-Dimensional Boundary Element Method Applied to Nonlinear Wave Transformation

For higher accuracy in simulating the transformation of three dimensional waves,in consid-eration of the advantages of constant panels and linear elements,a combined boundary elements is appliedin this research.The method can be used to remove the transverse vibration due to the accumulation ofcomputational errors.A combined boundary condition of sponge layer and Sommerfeld radiation condi-tion is used to remove the reflected waves from the computing domain.By following the water particle onthe water surface,the third order Stokes wave transform is simulated by the numerical wave flume tech-nique.The computed results are in good agreement with theoretical ones.     

Effect of Nonlinearity on Groupiness of Random Wave Fields

Theoretical studies so far on random wave groups have all been in linear ways.Methods to sim-ulate random wave groups,an important subject in ocean engineering,also employ relationship resulting froma Gaussian process.Many filed measurements have shown that the real sea surfase displacement deviatessomewhat from Gaussian distribution.Tayfun et al.have further depicted in theory that the envelope spectralpeak frequency is constantly zero for a Gaussian process which means that the groupiness factors will be con-stants,too.In this paper,the effect of nonlinearity on groupiness of a random wave field is examined via thetheoretical results derived by Tayfun et al.from an expression of amplitude-modulated Stokes waves.Whenthe surface displacement is treated as a non-Gaussian process,it is found that the group height factors GF_1and GF_2 proposed by Zhao et al.and Yu et al.,respectively,depend on a nonlinearity factor as well as aspectrum-bandwidth factor,deferring from the case of a Gaussion process.Compariso     

A Crashworthy Device Against Ship-OWT Collision and Its Protection Effects on the Tower of Offshore Wind Farms

At present,more and more offshore wind farms have been built and numerous projects are on the drawing tables.Therefore,the study on the safety of collision between ships and offshore wind turbines (OWT) is of great practical significance.The present study takes the advantage of the famous LS-DYNA explicit code to simulate the dynamic process of the collision between a typical 3MW offshore wind turbine model with monopile foundation and a simplified 2000t-class ship model.In the simulation,the added mass eff...     

一种基于小波包变换的纹理图像压缩算法

提出一种基于小波包变换与自适应混合量化的新图像压缩算法.该算法首先用小波包变换对纹理丰富的图像进行完全分解,并用一种与后续编码器相关联的成本函数(CostFunction)进行最佳小波包基搜索;然后依据图像内容,自适应确定小波包系数的扫描次序;再对小波包变换后的最低频子带进行DPCM无失真编码,对高频子带实施矢量量化编码;最后对所形成的二进制符号流进一步实施自适应算术编码.仿真实验结果表明:提出的小波包图像压缩算法是一种比较好的编码方案,其压缩效果不仅明显优于JPEG算法与SPIHT算法(特别是纹理图像),而且优于已有的其他小波包图像压缩算法.     

辽北凡河群时代探讨兼论殷屯组的时代

辽宁北部地区凡河群源于斋藤林次的凡河系,其时代归属尚有争议。目前多数人将凡河群与蓟县地区的中、上元古界对比;殷屯组的时代则以暂置震且纪居主导地位。笔者稂据凡河群地史演化、所处大地构造位置、变质作用、含海相火山岩夹层、同位素年龄资料等综合因素分析;认为凡河群的时代以归属长城纪为宜,殷屯组时代归属蓟县纪较合适。