自升式海洋平台关键部位MMM与ACFM联合检测

针对传统无损检测方法对自升式海洋平台检测工作量大、费时费力等问题,提出了一种金属磁记忆(MMM)与交流电磁场(ACFM)联合检测的新方法。在简介MMM和ACFM检测机理之后,将其应用到自升式海洋平台关键部位的无损检测中。分别以齿条座板与桩腿之间的T型焊缝和桩腿环焊缝为例,首先通过MMM快速全面扫描待检测表面,基于磁场分布及梯度值确定应力集中部位;在此基础上,利用ACFM方法重点对应力集中部位进行裂纹缺陷的定量化检测,结果表明MMM对应力集中或微观缺陷非常敏感,而ACFM方法可精确给出裂纹缺陷的深度信息,为平台结构的安全可靠运行和维修方案制定提供了方法参考和理论依据。     

软件质量控制方法研究

在现代社会中,软件应用于多个方面,几乎所有海洋环境监测系统集成项目都要涉及到应用软件的开发。而将系统化的、严格约束的、可量化的方法应用于软件的开发、运行和维护,即将工程化应用于软件,是确保工程项目顺利完成的基础。基于对软件工程相关技术、管理方法的分析,结合以往项目开发中的经验,针对"南海海洋动力环境数据集成与应用技术系统"的开发,使用了可行的开发过程管理方法及工具,实现了对系统开发过程的管理及软件质量控制。     

海洋能发电装置现场检测平台设计

随着国际社会对海洋可再生能源开发利用的关注,众多海洋能发电装置投入研发。目前我国已有相当一部分海洋能发电装置进入海试阶段。因此,在海洋能发电装置海试的过程中,需要对海洋能发电装置的发电性能进行检测。文中介绍了海洋能发电装置现场检测平台的设计,研究并设计检测方法以满足海洋能发电装置现场检测的需求。海洋能发电装置现场检测平台的设计以满足波浪能、潮流能发电装置的测试需求为主,兼顾其他形式的发电装置。该平台主要对海洋能发电装置的功率特性、电能质量特性以及电网适应性等指标进行测试,并根据海洋能发电装置的测试结果开展分析与评价。     

水下环肋圆柱壳弹性失稳临界载荷无损预报方法

基于振动的水下环肋圆柱壳临界载荷的预报具有结构无损的优势。以Flügge壳体理论和基于正交各向异性理论的环肋圆柱壳自由振动方程为基础,运用波传播法得出耦合系统的频率方程,并求出对应外压下的固有频率,通过最小二乘法线性拟合获得临界载荷、外压及固有频率的关系表达式。绘图得知任意边界的同一模态下,水下环肋圆柱壳的固有频率平方与静水压力成正比。结构失稳时,刚度丧失,固有频率降为零,据此求出水下环肋圆柱壳的最小弹性临界载荷。分析了不同边界条件对环肋圆柱壳临界载荷的影响,得知边界约束越强,环肋圆柱壳的临界载荷越大。结果对比表明了本方法的正确性,为水下环肋圆柱壳的固有频率及临界载荷的理论计算提供了一种新的方法。     

天然气水合物沉积物力学性质测试与评价

储层力学参数的评价及预测是天然气水合物安全高效开发的关键。笔者从力学试验、本构模型以及离散元数值模拟等方面介绍了含水合物沉积物力学性质测试及数值计算研究新进展,分析总结了力学参数评价及预测的主要方法及其特点,探究了目前含水合物储层力学性质测试及评价研究存在的问题及其主要原因。为了更好的解决相关工程技术问题,笔者建议通过结合室内试验与数值模拟的方法对水合物储层力学特性及破坏机制进行分析,针对不同工况条件及储层特征建立更加准确的力学参数计算模型。     

Polyester mooring for the Mad Dog spar—design issues and other considerations

The Mad dog project will use a polyester mooring system on the drilling and production truss spar. This will be the first use of a permanent polyester mooring system on a Floating Production System (FPS) outside of Brazil and the first time polyester has been used on a spar. As such, there were many challenges, which include:

• Regulatory approval.

• Designing a mooring system which is dominated by current loadings.

• Largest polyester rope break load ever required.

• Rope design qualification and testing.

• Quality control and assurance.

• Inspection, Maintenance, Repair and Retirement (IMRR) of such a mooring system.

This paper will focus on the design issues, rope design, manufacturing, qualification and testing, and the IMRR plan that was developed to provide the assurance that the polyester mooring system could be safely operated over the 20-year field life.     

Experimental investigation of slip‐stick behaviour in granular materials

This paper presents the results of an experimental programme to study load oscillation in granular materials. Spherical glass beads were used in the investigation. Cylindrical specimens were compressed under axisymmetric triaxial loading condition at 25,100,250 and 400 kPa confining pressures. The test parameters included: (i) particle size; (ii) gradation (uniform versus non‐uniform specimens); (iii) confining pressure; (iv) loading rate; and (v) specimen density. In general, a slight post‐peak principal stress softening was observed as well as a continuous volume increase (dilation) even at relatively high strains. This appears to be caused by the uniform shape and smooth surface of the spherical particles. Load oscillations were observed in the very small, small, and well‐graded beads at each confining pressure. For the medium beads, the oscillations appeared at high confining pressure (250 and 400 kPa), and they did not appear in the large beads. The influences of the confining pressure, loading rate, particle size, gradation and specimen density on load oscillation are presented and discussed. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

SLODAR: measuring optical turbulence altitude with a Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensor

This paper discusses the use of Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensors to determine the vertical distribution of atmospheric optical turbulence above large telescopes. It is demonstrated that the turbulence altitude profile can be recovered reliably from time-averaged spatial cross-correlations of the local wavefront slopes for Shack–Hartmann observations of binary stars. The method, which is referred to as SLODAR, is analogous to the well known SCIDAR scintillation profiling technique, and a calibration against contemporaneous SCIDAR observations is shown. Hardware requirements are simplified relative to the scintillation method, and the number of suitable target objects is larger. The implementation of a Shack–Hartmann based turbulence monitor for use at the William Herschel Telescope is described. The system will be used to optimize adaptive optical observations at the telescope and to characterize anisoplanatic variations of the corrected point spread function.