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1. Loads for use in the design of ships and offshore structures
1 March 2014
S.E. Hirdaris | W. Bai | D. Dessi | A. Ergin | X. Gu | O.A. Hermundstad | R. Huijsmans | K. Iijima | U.D. Nielsen | J. Parunov | N. Fonseca | A. Papanikolaou | K. Argyriadis | A. Incecik
Abstract: The evaluation of structural responses is key element in the design of ships and offshore structures. Fundamental to this is the determination of the design loads to support the Rule requirements and for application in direct calculations. To date, the current design philosophy for the prediction of motions and wave-induced loads has been driven by empirical or first-principles calculation procedures based on well-proven applications such as ship motion prediction programs. In recent years, the software, engineering and computer technology available to predict the design loads imposed on ships and offshore structures has improved dramatically. Notwithstanding, with the stepwise increase in the size and structural complexity of ships and floating offshore installations and the advances in the framework of Rules and Standards it has become necessary to utilise the latest technologies to assess the design loads on new designs. Along the lines of the recommendations from the International Ship and Offshore Structures Committee (ISSC) I.2 on Loads this paper reviews some of the recent advances in the assessment of loads for ships and offshore structures with the aim to draw the overall technological landscape available for further understanding, validation and implementation by the academic and industrial communities. Particular emphasis is attributed on methodologies applicable for the prediction of environmental and operational loads from waves, wind, current, ice, slamming, sloshing and operational factors. Consideration is also given to deterministic and statistical load predictions based on model experiments, full-scale measurements and theoretical methods.
2. Dynamic response of floating substructure of spar-type offshore wind turbine with catenary mooring cables
1 November 2013
S.H. Jeon | Y.U. Cho | M.W. Seo | J.R. Cho | W.B. Jeong
Abstract: The station keeping and the rotational oscillation control are important to secure the dynamic stability of spar-type floating offshore wind turbine subject to irregular wind and wave excitations. Those are usually evaluated in terms of rigid body dynamic response of floating substructure which supports whole offshore wind turbine. In this context, this paper addresses the numerical investigation of dynamic response of a spar-type hollow cylindrical floating substructure moored by three catenary cables to irregular wave excitation. The upper part of wind turbine above wind tower is simplified as a lumped mass and the incompressible irregular potential wave flow is generated according to the Pierson–Moskowitz spectrum. The wave-floating substructure and wave-mooring cable interactions are simulated by coupling BEM and FEM in the staggered iterative manner. Through the numerical experiments, the time- and frequency-responses of a rigid spar-type hollow cylindrical floating substructure and the tension of mooring cables are investigated with respect to the total length and the connection position of mooring cables.
3. Offshore concrete structures
15 January 2013
Rodrigo Pérez Fernández | Miguel Lamas Pardo
Abstract: In the offshore industry there are two possible materials for the construction of the hull of any structure: steel and concrete. Steel is being widely used in the shipbuilding industry for merchant ships, warships, etc. Materials such as aluminium, glass reinforced plastic (GRP) or timber are also used in small units with lengths lower than 100m and with less adverse conditions than in the offshore industry. Nevertheless, some ships/barges have been built of concrete in the past, but these have been rather isolated cases and have not changed the industry practice. During the First and Second World War concrete was used due to the scarcity of other materials, so the series of barges by Alfred A. Yee were a rare exception. Other floating structures were also made in concrete, but they are almost anecdotal. However, the behaviour of these concrete structures, especially in terms of maintenance, has been excellent. Therefore, the fact that concrete has not had an adequate reception so far in shipbuilding does not mean that it will not be the material best suited to the offshore industry in the future. The extra displacement and associated fuel costs in concrete ships have been found to be prohibitive in the past. However the loss of mobility in a concrete hull compared to a steel hull can be perfectly offset by the advantages offered by concrete, as the shipping and offshore industry now have very different priorities. One of the main differences in these priorities is the importance of maintenance and resistance to fatigue, precisely the areas where concrete performs the better. Ships can easily be dry-docked for maintenance and repair, while in the offshore platforms these works have to be done in situ, so maintenance and fatigue are crucial to them. Besides these aspects, concrete has other advantages, according to a number of findings in several studies. This supports the fact that in recent years concrete offshore units have been built proving that in certain cases the benefits of steel are inferior to those of concrete. Concrete gravity base platforms type Condeep have been building since the first unit became operational in 1976, together with a few floating platforms, that have geometry similar to those made of steel (barges, semi-submersibles and TLP type platforms). Offshore LNG terminals and offshore industrial plants utilise emerging concepts in concrete that are lasting for years. The life of these barges can be designed for up to 200 years, such as the floating Nkossa barge, so they can be a good alternative to the construction of these facilities on land, thus avoiding landfills on the coast that degrade the already punished coastline of industrialized countries. The challenge is precisely to optimize their capital costs to compete for an offshore installation against a shore facility. The environment will undoubtedly benefit from this great challenge that lies ahead in the XXI century.
4. Impact of global warming on coastal structures in shallow water
1 October 2013
Masahiko Isobe
Abstract: This paper describes some rough quantitative estimates of the impact of global warming on coastal external environments and coastal defense structures based on simple formulas and diagrams. Increases in wind speed, wave height and storm surge due to intensification of tropical cyclones are discussed. Wind speed and wave height are proportional to the square root of pressure depression in a tropical cyclone, whereas storm surge increases linearly with pressure depression. Impacts of global warming, especially those of sea level rise, are investigated on wave run-up on coastal structures, wave overtopping and stability of armor blocks and breakwaters. Amplified impacts are found on coastal structures in shallow water. A response strategy is proposed for adaptation of coastal structures to global warming.
5. Recent advances in offshore geotechnics for deep water oil and gas developments
May 2011
Mark F. Randolph | Christophe Gaudin | Susan M. Gourvenec | David J. White | Noel Boylan | Mark J. Cassidy
Abstract: The paper presents an overview of recent developments in geotechnical analysis and design associated with oil and gas developments in deep water. Typically the seabed in deep water comprises soft, lightly overconsolidated, fine grained sediments, which must support a variety of infrastructure placed on the seabed or anchored to it. A particular challenge is often the mobility of the infrastructure either during installation or during operation, and the consequent disturbance and healing of the seabed soil, leading to changes in seabed topography and strength. Novel aspects of geotechnical engineering for offshore facilities in these conditions are reviewed, including: new equipment and techniques to characterise the seabed; yield function approaches to evaluate the capacity of shallow skirted foundations; novel anchoring systems for moored floating facilities; pipeline and steel catenary riser interaction with the seabed; and submarine slides and their impact on infrastructure. Example results from sophisticated physical and numerical modelling are presented.
6. Non-linear numerical modeling and experimental testing of a point absorber wave energy converter
1 March 2014
A.S. Zurkinden | F. Ferri | S. Beatty | J.P. Kofoed | M.M. Kramer
Abstract: A time domain model is applied to a three-dimensional point absorber wave energy converter. The dynamical properties of a semi-submerged hemisphere oscillating around a pivot point where the vertical height of this point is above the mean water level are investigated. The numerical model includes the calculation of the non-linear hydrostatic restoring moment by a cubic polynomial function fit to laboratory test results. Moreover, moments due to viscous drag are evaluated on the oscillating hemisphere considering the horizontal and vertical drag force components. The influence on the motions of this non-linear effect is investigated by a simplified formulation proportional to the quadratic velocity. Results from experiments are shown in order to validate the numerical calculations. All the experimental results are in good agreement with the linear potential theory as long as the waves are sufficiently mild i.e. H/λ≤0.02. For steep waves, H/λ≥0.04 however, the relative velocities between the body and the waves increase thus requiring inclusion of the non-linear hydrostatic restoring moment to effectively predict the dynamics of the wave energy converter. For operation of the device with a passively damping power take-off the moment due to viscous drag is found to be negligible.
7. Modeling of tsunami generation and propagation under the effect of stochastic submarine landslides and slumps spreading in two orthogonal directions
1 January 2014
Khaled T. Ramadan | M.A. Omar | Allam. A. Allam
Abstract: Tsunami generation and propagation caused by stochastic submarine landslides and slumps driven by a Gaussian white noise in the x-and y-direction are investigated. This model is used to study the tsunami amplitude amplification under the effect of the noise intensities, spreading velocities, length and width of sliding and times of the stochastic landslides and slumps in the two-dimensional movements. This study shows that focusing and amplification of tsunami amplitudes can occur in an arbitrary direction, determined by the velocities of spreading. Tsunami waveforms within the frame of the linearized shallow water theory for constant water depth are analyzed analytically by transform methods (Laplace in time and Fourier in space) for the stochastic source model. We derived and analyzed the mean and variance of the random tsunami waves in the two orthogonal directions as a function of the propagated uplift length and width, noise intensities of the stochastic source model and the average depth of the ocean along the generation and propagation path.
8. A concept to reduce vibrations in steel catenary risers by the use of viscoelastic materials
1 February 2014
F.C.L. Borges | N. Roitman | C. Magluta | D.A. Castello | R. Franciss
Abstract: One of the most important issues in steel riser systems is the VIV phenomenon (Vortex Induced Vibration). VIV may induce high levels of structural vibrations and stresses what eventually lead to considerable fatigue damage and reduction in structural lifetime. The use of suppression devices is a feasible solution to tackle this problem. Nevertheless, their disadvantage is the increase in drag coefficient; moreover, it is very expensive. This work proposes and investigates a concept aimed at suppressing vibrations in steel catenary risers by the use of viscoelastic sandwich layers and it is based on three steps. The first one considers the calibration of a viscoelastic constitutive model based on complex shear modulus measurements in a controlled experimental environment. The second one is a model validation scheme applied on the calibrated model provided by the first step and it is based on experimental data obtained out of a 1.6m long tubular sandwich structure. The third step assesses the effectiveness of viscoelastic sandwich layers using a small scale model of a steel catenary riser installed in P18 platform which is in operation in Campos Basin, Brazil. The results are quite compelling due to the great increase of damping that was observed.
9. Tidal turbine representation in an ocean circulation model: Towards realistic applications
1 March 2014
Thomas Roc | Deborah Greaves | Kristen M. Thyng | Daniel C. Conley
Abstract: The present method proposes the use and adaptation of ocean circulation models as an assessment tool framework for tidal current turbine (TCT) array-layout optimization. By adapting both momentum and turbulence transport equations of an existing model, the present TCT representation method is proposed to extend the actuator disc concept to 3-D large scale ocean circulation models. Through the reproduction of experimental flume tests, this method has shown its ability to simulate accurately both momentum and turbulent wake interactions. In addition, through an up-scaling test, this method has shown to be applicable at any scale. Thanks to its short computational time, the present TCT representation method is a very promising basis for the development of a TCT array layout optimization tool. Furthermore, on the basis of the simulations performed for the present publication, a reflection on the quantification of the array layout effects on power assessment and device deployment strategy has been initiated.
10. Air turbine choice and optimization for floating oscillating-water-column wave energy converter
1 January 2014
António F.O. Falcão | João C.C. Henriques | Luís M.C. Gato | Rui P.F. Gomes
Abstract: The OWC spar-buoy is an axisymmetric device consisting basically of a (relatively long) submerged vertical tail tube open at both ends and fixed to a floater that moves essentially in heave. The air flow displaced by the motion of the OWC inner free-surface, relative to the buoy, drives an air turbine. Here, numerical procedures and results are presented for the power output from turbines of different sizes equipping a given OWC spar-buoy in a given offshore wave climate, the rotational speed (maximum allowable blade tip speed of 180m/s) being optimized for each of the sea states that, together with their frequency of occurrence, characterize the wave climate. Single- and multi-stage Wells turbines and the new biradial impulse turbine were chosen for comparisons. Non-dimensional performance curves of the turbines were obtained from model testing. A stochastic approach was adopted for the hydrodynamic modelling, with air compressibility effects accounted for in a linearized way. The results for the overall performance show that a single-stage Wells turbine would not be a good choice, several stages being required for acceptable performance. The biradial turbine appears as the best choice in terms of performance, with the advantage of substantially smaller rotor diameter.
11. Design and analysis of a straight bladed vertical axis wind turbine blade using analytical and numerical techniques
1 January 2013
M. Saqib Hameed | S. Kamran Afaq
Abstract: Wind as a source of energy is being used from very long time. It has gained more significance in the current age of energy crisis. Lots of efforts have been made to develop the horizontal axis wind turbines but vertical axis wind turbines did not get much attention over the past couple of decades. Blade is the most important component of a wind turbine which controls the performance of a wind turbine and design of other components attached to it. A concept for the design of a straight symmetrical blade for a small scale vertical axis wind turbine using beam theories for analytical modeling and a commercial software ANSYS 11.0 for numerical modeling is presented in current research. Design parameters of the blade like solidity, aspect ratio, pressure coefficient etc are determined aiming the 1kW power output and the blade design was analyzed at extreme wind conditions where maximum values of deflection and bending stresses were determined at peak values of aerodynamic and centrifugal forces. The design was optimized to attain the structural strength i.e. reduction in deflections and bending stresses. This blade design has high strength and lower material consumption to achieve the low cost of complete rotor assembly of the wind turbine which actually covers more than 50% of the overall wind turbine cost.
12. Preliminary design of a floating support structure for a 5MW offshore wind turbine
February 2012
Simon Lefebvre | Maurizio Collu
Abstract: The offshore wind industry is already exploiting near shore sites, using bottom fixed support structures, and is moving toward further and deeper sites: around 100km from the coast and in 50–150m water depth. As already happened for the oil and gas offshore industry in the 1960s, the floating support structure option for 5MW (and future 7–10MW) offshore wind turbines is becoming not only a technically feasible but also an economically viable solution with respect to the fixed solution. In the present article, taking as input the NREL 5MW turbine and the Dogger Bank site, in the North Sea, seven preliminary floating support structure concepts have been investigated, and compared through a preliminary techno-economic analysis. Then the optimum concept among the seven, the tri-floater configuration, has been further developed and refined through hydrostatic, hydrodynamic, and structural analyses. Due to the novelty of this research field, there are no established guidelines, recommended practices, or standards to design floating support structures: this work presents a relatively simple and quick methodology to use in the conceptual and preliminary design phase, using and adapting the standards developed for oil and gas offshore floating structures.
13. Time domain method for the prediction of pressure fluctuation induced by propeller sheet cavitation: Numerical simulations and experimental validation
1 November 2013
Hanshin Seol
Abstract: This paper addresses the pressure fluctuation induced by a propeller sheet cavitation. This study applies the acoustic theory proposed by Ffowcs Williams and Hawkings to the prediction of the pressure fluctuation caused by the volume variations of the propeller cavitation. There are two objectives of this study. The first objective is to clarify and analyze the mechanism of the pressure fluctuation induced by the propeller sheet cavitation. The second objective is the evaluation of the developed numerical prediction method. Various factors that affect the pressure fluctuation are numerically simulated and analyzed based on the developed governing equation. The developed time domain prediction method is combined with the vortex lattice method, which solves for the unsteady sheet cavitation on the propeller blades. The numerical prediction results of the newly developed method are compared with the results of a potential-based numerical prediction method and the experimental results from the MOERI medium size cavitation tunnel tests for various operation conditions and propellers. As a result of this study, the pressure fluctuation induced by a propeller sheet cavitation is not simply proportional to the second derivative of the cavitation volume variation and inversely proportional to the distance. The fluctuation is represented by the combined result of the far-field term and the near-field term. Furthermore, various simulation results show that an elaborate prediction requires the overall consideration of the near-field term, the effect of the relative motion of the sources and the retarded time for the measurement position. The developed time domain prediction method provides reasonable results, and these results are in good agreement with the experimental results. In some cases, this method will provide much better results than the potential-based prediction method, especially for the prediction of the location where the maximum amplitude blade rate and the pressure amplitude of higher harmonics.
14. Large Eddy Simulations of flow around a smooth circular cylinder in a uniform current in the subcritical flow regime
1 February 2014
Mia Abrahamsen Prsic | Muk Chen Ong | Bjørnar Pettersen | Dag Myrhaug
Abstract: Three-dimensional flow around a circular cylinder in a steady, uniform current at subcritical Reynolds numbers (Re) is investigated. The flow is simulated using Large Eddy Simulations (LES) with Smagorinsky subgrid scale model. Influences of various numerical parameters are investigated through the statistical values of the drag and the lift coefficients, Strouhal number, pressure distribution and separation angles, as well as through the flow field in the cylinder near wake. The main purpose of the paper is to study the flow around a circular cylinder at Re=13,100, which is chosen due to its applicability to the flow around cylindrical offshore structures in operational conditions, and because it belongs to a not thoroughly studied Re range. However, first the flow around a cylinder in the free stream at Re=3900 is investigated and the results are compared with numerous published results for validation of the chosen LES model. For the higher Re, the results are compared with the published experimental data and the numerical simulations for the similar flow regime. The chosen LES performs well. The results are in reasonably good agreement with previous studies and are discussed through standard hydrodynamic parameters and details of the flow around the cylinder and in the wake.
15. Planning for long-term coastal change: Experiences from England and Wales
1 October 2013
R.J. Nicholls | I.H. Townend | A.P. Bradbury | D. Ramsbottom | S.A. Day
Abstract: England and Wales has a long history of recognising coastal change, where coastal morphology adjusts in response to changing patterns of erosion and accretion, especially in the vicinity of ports and reclamations in estuaries. The long history of responses to coastal change can be linked to the history of coastal engineering, the wider development of coastal management; and most recently shoreline management, as a policy framework for managing flood and erosion risks on changing coasts. Coastal change is ongoing and long-term so that management is necessarily a process and effective delivery requires an adequate monitoring programme to inform management decisions. Monitoring also enables adaptive and flexible solutions to be implemented that take account of the inherent uncertainties such as future climate, promoting well adapted rather than mal-adapted outcomes. Given the current concerns about accelerated rates of sea-level rise and climate change this paper considers the development of both shoreline management and the supporting national monitoring programme in England to assess whether the SMP process remains useful in these circumstances. The lessons and experience are widely transferable.
16. Numerical simulation of wave–current interaction using a RANS solver
1 January 2014
J.-S. Zhang | Y. Zhang | D.-S. Jeng | P.L.-F. Liu | C. Zhang
Abstract: A numerical model is developed to study the wave propagation in the presence of a steady current flow. This model is based on Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) equations with k−ε turbulence closure scheme. A novel volume of fluid (VOF) method is applied to accurately capture the water free surface. The current flow is initialized by imposing a steady inlet velocity on one domain end and pressure outlet on the other end, while the desired wave is generated by an internal wave-maker from mass source term of mass conservation equation. Simulated water surface profile and velocity distribution agree well with experimental measurements of Umeyama (2011), indicating that this model has a great ability in simulating wave–current interaction. The validated model is then used to investigate the effects of wave period and current velocity on regular wave–current induced water surface profile and velocity distribution. The propagation of a solitary wave traveling with a following/opposing current is also numerically investigated by this model.
17. Numerical simulation of water impact of solid bodies with vertical and oblique entries
1 January 2014
H.B. Gu | L. Qian | D.M. Causon | C.G. Mingham | P. Lin
Abstract: The flow problem of hydrodynamic impact during water entry of solid objects of various shapes and configurations is simulated by a two-fluid free surface code based on the solution of the Navier–Stokes equations (NSE) on a fixed Cartesian grid. In the numerical model the free surface is captured by the level set function, and the partial cell method combined with a local relative velocity approach is applied to the simulation of moving bodies. The code is firstly validated using experimental data and other numerical results in terms of the impact forces and surface pressure distributions for the vertical entry of a semi-circular cylinder and a symmetric wedge. Then configurations of oblique water entry of a wedge are simulated and the predicted free surface profiles during impact are compared with experimental results showing a good agreement. Finally, a series of tests involving vertical and oblique water entry of wedges with different heel angles are simulated and the results compared with published numerical results. It is found that the surface pressure distributions and forces predicted by the present model generally agree very well with other numerical results based on the potential flow theory. However, as the current model is based on the solution of the NSE, it is more robust and can therefore predict, for example, the formation and separation of the thin flow jets (spray) from surface of the wedge and associated ventilation phenomena for the cases of oblique water entry when the horizontal velocity is dominant. It is also noted that the potential flow theory can result in over-estimated negative pressures at the tip of the wedge due to its inherent restriction to nonseparated flows.
18. Modeling and numerical simulation of the forces acting on a sphere during early-water entry
15 January 2014
John Abraham | John Gorman | Franco Reseghetti | Ephraim Sparrow | John Stark | Thomas Shepard
Abstract: Mathematical modeling, absent simplifying assumptions and coupled with numerical simulation, has been implemented to determine the motions and forces experienced by a sphere penetrating a water surface from an air space above the surface. The model and simulation are validated by comparisons with extensive experimental data and with trends from approximate analyses. Although the present work adds to the understanding and quantification of the sphere as an entry object, its major contribution is model development and validation to enable investigation of water entry of objects of practical utility such as the expendable bathythermograph (XBT). The XBT device is widely used in the determination of temperature distributions in large water bodies such as oceans. The measured temperature distributions are, in turn, used to determine the thermal energy content of oceans. During the course of the numerical simulations, parametric variations were made of the sphere velocity, surface tension, flow regime (laminar or turbulent), and Reynolds number. The drag-coefficient results were found to be independent of these quantities. This outcome indicates that momentum transfer from the sphere to the adjacent liquid is responsible for the drag force and that friction is a secondary issue.
19. Vortex-induced vibrations of pipes conveying pulsating fluid
1 February 2014
H.L. Dai | L. Wang | Q. Qian | Q. Ni
Abstract: The vortex-induced vibrations of a long flexible pipe conveying fluctuating flows are investigated via a two-mode discretization of the governing differential equations. In the present work, the internal fluid velocity is assumed to have a harmonically varying component superposed on a steady mean velocity. Direct perturbation method of multiple scales (MMS) is adopted to transform the governing nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) into ordinary differential equations (ODEs), which are then analyzed numerically for the pipe with principal parametric resonances during lock-in for each of the first two modes. The results indicate that in the case of a pipe containing fluctuating flows, the peak of vibration amplitudes is larger than that of a pipe conveying steady flows. With the increase of detuning parameter for the frequency of pulsating flow, the variation range of vibration amplitudes of the pipe enlarges first and then narrows, with jumping phenomenon that the vibration amplitude changes from multi-value to single-value and then returns to multi-value between the two regions of multi-value responses, which has not been discovered yet. From the amplitude-frequency response curves one can see that the hysteresis may occur with small increments or decrements of the detuning parameter. It is also found that if the pipe system is in the lock-in condition for a certain mode, the pulsating component can have an obvious impact on the dynamics of the pipe only when the parametric resonance occurs in the same mode. In addition, the method of numerical simulations (MNS) is directly employed to verify our implementation of MMS.
20. Towards a global regionally varying allowance for sea-level rise
1 October 2013
J.R. Hunter | J.A. Church | N.J. White | X. Zhang
Abstract: Allowances have been developed for future rise of relative sea-level (i.e. sea level relative to the land) based on the projections of regional sea-level rise, its uncertainty, and the statistics of tides and storm surges (storm tides). An 'allowance' is, in this case, the vertical distance that an asset needs to be raised under a rising sea level, so that the present likelihood of flooding does not increase. This continues the work of Hunter (2012), which presented allowances based on global-average sea level and local storm tides. The inclusion of regional variations of sea-level rise (and its uncertainty) significantly increases the global spread of allowances. For the period 1990–2100 and the A1FI emission scenario (which the world is broadly following at present), these range from negative allowances caused by land uplift (in the northern regions of North America and Europe) to the upper 5-percentile which is greater than about 1m (e.g. on the eastern coastline of North America).
21. Hydrodynamic ship design for service conditions
1 January 2014
Gonzalo Tampier B. | Marcos Salas I.
Abstract: An innovative design methodology considering the simulation of the operational life of a ship is presented, including weather factors and off-design floating conditions. Different methods and data are integrated within a simulation software to achieve this. Advanced numerical methods, mainly Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), are used for the analysis of the hydrodynamic performance of the ship in calm water and waves. An application example is shown and results are discussed.
22. Dynamic response in frequency and time domains of a floating foundation for offshore wind turbines
1 March 2013
Ruoyu Zhang | Yougang Tang | Jun Hu | Shengfu Ruan | Chaohe Chen
Abstract: In this paper, the dynamic behaviors are studied for the semi-submersible floating foundation of a 600kW wind turbine in 60m deep water considering the coupled load effects of wind turbine–tower-floating foundation and mooring lines and ocean environment. The paper focuses on the key issues of floating foundation design, such as coupling dynamic analysis model and calculating methods. The finite element models are established and dynamic responses of floating wind turbine system under different combinations of turbulent wind, constant current and irregular wave are calculated in frequency and time domains by the use of the SESAM software. The motion performance and line tension are investigated. The results show that the semi-submersible floating foundation and mooring system can work in the ocean environment with significant wave height less than 4m.
23. Numerical studies on global buckling of subsea pipelines
1 March 2014
Run Liu | Hao Xiong | Xinli Wu | Shuwang Yan
Abstract: Subsea pipelines buckle globally because of their movement relative to surrounding soil. Global buckling is often triggered by high operational temperature of the oil in pipelines, initial imperfections in the pipeline, and/or a combination of both. Pipeline global buckling is a failure mode that must be considered in the design and in-service assessment of submarine pipelines because it can jeopardize the structural integrity of the pipelines. Global buckling is increasingly difficult to control as temperature and pressure increase. Therefore, location prediction and buckling control are critical to pipeline design. Finite element analysis (FEA) is often used to analyze the behavior of pipelines subject to extreme pressures and temperatures. Four numerical simulation methods based on the finite element method (FEM) program ABAQUS, i.e., the 2D implicit, 2D explicit, 3D implicit, and 3D explicit methods, are used to simulate pipeline global buckling under different temperatures. The analysis results of the four typical methods were then compared with classical analytical solutions. The comparison indicates that the results obtained using the 2D implicit and 2D explicit methods are similar and the results obtained using the 2D implicit method are closer to those obtained using traditional analytical solutions. The analysis shows that the results of the 3D implicit and 3D explicit methods are similar, but the results obtained using the 3D methods are significantly different from those obtained using the analytical solution. A novel method to introduce initial pipeline imperfections into the FEA model in global buckling analysis is also presented in this paper.
24. Classification of hurricanes: Lessons from Katrina, Ike, Irene, Isaac and Sandy
15 September 2013
Lakshmi Kantha
Abstract: Lessons learned from disastrous hurricanes in recent years, especially Katrina, Ike, Irene, Isaac and Sandy are discussed, and improved ways to inform the public about the potential impact of tropical cyclones are presented. An alternative classification system is shown to be more informative than the Saffir–Simpson scale currently in use, and should prove beneficial to the general public and the coastal engineering community. The most important lesson is that the size of the hurricane matters, not just its intensity.
25. Hydroelastic design contour for the preliminary design of very large floating structures
1 March 2014
Jin-Gyun Kim | Seong-Pil Cho | Ki-Tae Kim | Phill-Seung Lee
Abstract: In this paper, we propose a hydroelastic design contour (HDC) that can be practically used for the preliminary design of pontoon-type rectangular very large floating structures (VLFSs). Using the design contour, we can easily predict the maximum bending moment of VLFSs in irregular waves. To develop the design contour, we first construct the hydroelastic response contours (HRCs) by extensively carrying out hydroelastic analyses considering various structural and wave conditions, namely, the bending stiffness and aspect ratio of VLFSs, incident wave length and angle, as well as the sea state. Based on the pre-calculated HRCs, we develop the HDC considering irregular waves. We then propose a preliminary design procedure for VLFSs using the HDC and demonstrate the design procedure for pontoon-type rectangular VLFSs. The HDC can significantly reduce time and effort for the design of VLFSs.


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Look up quodlibet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
A quodlibet (Latin for "what pleases") is a piece of music combining several different melodies, usually popular tunes, in counterpoint and often a light-hearted, humorous manner. There are three main types of quodlibet:
- A catalogue quodlibet consists of a free setting of catalogue poetry (usually humorous lists of loosely related items).
- In a successive quodlibet, one voice has short musical quotations and textual quotations while the other voices provide homophonic accompaniment.
- In a simultaneous quodlibet, two or more pre-existing melodies are combined.[1] The simultaneous quodlibet may be considered a historical antecedent to the modern-day musical mashup.
The origins of the quodlibet can be traced to the 15th century, when the practice of combining folk tunes was popular.[2] Composer Wolfgang Schmeltzl first used the term in a specifically musical context in 1544.[3] An early exponent of the genre was 16th century composer Ludwig Senfl whose ability to juxtapose several pre-existing melodies in a cantus firmus quodlibet resulted in works such as Ach Elselein/Es taget, a piece noted for its symbolism rather than its humor.[3] Even earlier we can find another example in Francisco de Peñalosa's Por las sierras de Madrid, from his Cancionero Musical de Palacio. However, it was Praetorius who, in 1618, provided the first systematic definition of the quodlibet as "a mixture of diverse elements quoted from sacred and secular compositions".[citation needed][4] During the Renaissance, a composer's ability to juxtapose several pre-existing melodies, such as in the cantus firmus quodlibet, was considered the ultimate mastery of counterpoint.[3]
19th century to today[edit]
The quodlibet took on additional functions between the beginning and middle of the 19th century, when it became known as the potpourri and the musical switch. In these forms, the quodlibet would often feature anywhere from six to fifty or more consecutive "quotations"; the distinct incongruity between words and music served as a potent source of parody and entertainment.[5] In the 20th century, the quodlibet remained a genre in which well-known tunes and/or texts were quoted, either simultaneously or in succession, generally for humorous effect.[6]
In the 16th century, an independent variant of the quodlibet named ensalada developed in Spain, and the fricassée likewise in France.[citation needed]
The word also refers to a mode of academic debate or oral examination (usually theological) in which any question could be posed extemporaneously. Quodlibet debates were popular in Western culture through the thirteenth century and are still in use today in Tibetan Buddhist theological training.[citation needed]
Classical music[edit]
- The masses of Jacob Obrecht, which sometimes combine popular tunes, plainsong and original music.
- The last (thirtieth) variation of Bach's Goldberg Variations is a quodlibet.
- Bach's Wedding Quodlibet or Quodlibet, which is not a quodlibet by the above definition but a ten-minute procession of nonsense, jokes, puns, obscure cultural references, word games, and parody of other songs. At times, the music imitates a chaconne and a fugue while deliberately obscuring the counterpoint. It is unlike any of Bach's other works, and a few scholars doubt its authenticity.
- Gallimathias Musicum, a 17 part quodlibet composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the age of ten.
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk combined Hail, Columbia and Yankee Doodle at the end of his piano piece, The Union.
- Quodlibet on Welsh Nursery Rhymes by Welsh composer Alun Hoddinott.
- Pianist Glenn Gould improvised a quodlibet including The Star-Spangled Banner and God Save the King.[7] According to his account, Gould came up with this Quodlibet while taking a bath.[7]
- Peter Schickele's Quodlibet for Small Orchestra, Unbegun Symphony, and others.
- Fantasia on Auld Lang Syne by Ernest Tomlinson. The composer claims that the piece references 152 works.
Popular music[edit]
- The Grateful Dead's medley The Other One includes the song, Quodlibet for Tenderfeet.
- Scholar Alan W. Pollack has pointed out that The Beatles' I've Got a Feeling is a quodlibet of sorts. (See link: [1].)
- I Believe – Stan Beard and Barry Tucker published a quodlibet arrangement of this popular sacred song with Bach-Gounod Ave Maria in 1972
- Nina Simone's 1958 interpretation of "Little Girl Blue" is a quodlibet, combining the Rodgers and Hart melody and lyrics with the melody of the popular carol "Good King Wenceslas".
- Sandler and Young's trademark was singing Quodlibet: two different songs that blended in harmony. Their first hit in quodlibet style was the combination of soeur Sourire's song 'Dominique' and some American Godspell songs s.a. Deep River, 'When The Saints Go Marching In'.(1965). Also 'Sandler & Young's version of the Christmas Classic 'Silent Night' in combination with the Ancient Flemish song 'Suza Nina'(Armand Preud'homme.
- From the film Music Man "Lida Rose" and "Will I ever Tell you"is another example of a Quodlibet.
See also[edit]
- ^ Stanley Sadie and Alison Latham (Eds.), "Quodlibet," The Norton/Grove Concise Encyclopedia of Music (New York: W.W. Norton, 1988), p. 608.
- ^ Vincent J. Picerno, "Quodlibet," Dictionary of Musical Terms (Brooklyn, NY: Haskell House Publishers, 1976), p. 304.
- ^ a b c Maria Rika Maniates with Peter Branscombe/Richard Freedman, "Quodlibet," 2007, Grove Music Online, Online (December 18, 2007).
- ^ In book 3 of his Syntagma musicum.
- ^ Maria Rika Maniates with Peter Branscombe/Richard Freedman, "Quodlibet," 2007, Grove Music Online, Online (December 19, 2007).
- ^ Latham, Alison (2002). "Quodlibet". In Alison Latham. The Oxford Companion to Music. London: Oxford University Press. p. 1022. ISBN 0-19-866212-2. OCLC 59376677.
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Counties across Ohio could save millions of dollars by requiring voters to use paper ballots instead of touch-screen voting machines, a Dayton Daily News analysis of a state audit has found.
A recent state audit of Butler County contends that the county could save more than $4.5 million over five years by making the switch.
Butler, the state's eighth largest county, is one of 52 counties that uses touch-screen, ATM-like machines. Others include Montgomery, Greene, Miami and Darke.
Following the same math used for the Butler County audit, Montgomery County possibly could save $5.5 million over five years, and Greene County nearly $1.4 million.
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Montgomery County Board of Elections Deputy Director Steve Harsman called the state auditor's findings "absolutely unscientific and unfactual."
The audit cites several potential positives to using paper. One is that every county in Ohio already operates a paper ballot system. A law change in 2005 allows Ohio voters to vote absentee for any reason, which is done on paper ballots and has steadily increased in popularity.
Also, a 2009 legal settlement with the League of Women Voters requires polling places to have paper ballots on hand in case they are needed. This means boards of elections still have to pay to print ballots — for 10 percent of the expected turnout to use — and all counties have to have paper ballot counters, called "optical scan machines."
A 2005 North Carolina study found that touch-screen machines are more expensive and require more maintenance. The study also found that it takes 20 touch-screen machines to do the work of one optical scan machine.
That study, the Butler County audit notes, said the cost of running an election was 30-40 percent higher in counties using touch-screen machines than optical scan. Butler County's board of elections saw a 33 percent increase in administrative costs since they started using touch-screen machines, according to the audit. Based on this, the auditor estimated Butler County could save $905,000 a year.
Montgomery County uses the same system. So by using the same formula, it could save $1.1 million a year.
Auditor's Office Spokeswoman Carrie Bartunek stressed that the audit was specific to Butler County and that her office is not advocating counties to change voting systems.
"From our perspective, we look at things within a performance audit from a dollars-and-cents point of view and the decision on a voting machine would be ... a management decision as well," she said. "We are not saying this is the final answer."
The audit, however, says "studies have shown that transferring to optical scan machines from ... touch-screen machines increases voter confidence, reduces administrative and equipment costs and eliminates the need to estimate the number of back-up paper ballots necessary."
If Butler county can't afford a full replacement, it suggests buying at least enough to cover special elections.
Montgomery County deputy skeptical
Harsman calls the auditor's office math "far-fetched."
"I'm not convinced as a large county I could save any money switching to paper," he said. "In fact, I would believe, based on my experience, I might be able to save some on the front end but cost more on the back end because of the risks having to do with paper."
Chief among those risks is the difficulty in reading poorly filled out ballots: someone uses a check mark instead of filling in the bubble, or fills in a bubble then changes their mind.
"They put their initials by one and 'X' it out. Does that mean they voted yes for that or no for that? Determining voter intent is a nightmare," Harsman said. "(Touch-screen) does not allow you to over-vote. You can only vote for the amount to be collected."
It takes two workers — one Democrat and one Republican — 5 to 10 minutes to remake a paper ballot if it gets messed up.
"There's so many different little things that go into it ... that's an extreme cost to remake a ballot," Harsman said.
"After using paper ballots for the last 6 or 7 years I'm an even bigger believer that touch-screen voting is still the better decision, especially for large counties.
"Even if the state would give me the money to switch to all paper, there's absolutely no way, in any way, shape or form we could cut ($1 million) from our budget."
State rules require one touch-screen voting machine for every 175 voters at a precinct. Paper ballots require at least one optical scan machine per precinct.
Montgomery County uses 2,173 touch-screen machines in the average election for its 360 precincts.
A Daily News analysis of county budgets and voting trends shows no clear correlation between voting systems and the average cost per vote.
Montgomery County spent $12.53 per vote cast running its Board of Elections in 2010, compared to $20.18 per vote in Hamilton County, which uses a paper-based system and had 100,000-plus more voters.
That same year, Clark County — which uses paper ballots — had 90,567 votes cast in four elections at a cost of $8.12 per ballot, the analysis found. Greene County had two elections and processed 84,985 ballots at a cost of $12.53 apiece.
The state audit found Butler County's cost-per-vote had climbed since the introduction of touch-screen ballots to $16.29 per vote in 2010. The audit also found Butler's elections office cost more than twice per vote than similar counties with similar equipment.
Savings offset by cost of machines
Butler County's state audit also noted that the elections board had estimates in hand for switching to optical scan machines for between $2.4 million and $3.6 million. This means the county could potentially save more than $2 million over five years even after buying new equipment.
Butler County Elections Director Jocelyn Bucaro said that there is no money in the budget for such an initial purchase.
"We don't plan to make any changes in the near term," she said. "Fiscally it's not feasible."
She said the county at some point will have to replace its 7-year-old machines. And the industry is starting to favor paper ballots.
"I don't believe the savings will be as significant as was cited in the audit report," Bucaro said. "I think there could be some savings. While I see benefit to a paper-based optical scan system, I also see detriment with excess cost, excess storage capacity."
Ohio's boards of elections bought their equipment with more than $100 million in federal money set aside after the nation tried to avoid a repeat of Florida's hanging-chad controversy in 2000.
In 2008, Florida switched all of its counties that were using touch-screen ballots to a paper-based system because of confidence concerns.
The Butler County audit noted that a study by Miami-Dade County, Florida's largest, said that even after buying $10 million in new machines it could save more than $13.21 million over five years because of lower operating costs.
A matter of taste
Secretary of State Jon Husted, Ohio's election chief, believes the purchase of voting equipment should be a local decision, as long as the machines meet state standards, according to his spokesman, Matt McClellan.
"There are a number of factors that counties have to consider when they're determining what voting machines system is going to be best for them," McClellan said. "Most of them are local decisions, not least of which is the management of local resources. So it really comes down to the county and what system is best for them."
Husted was Speaker of the House in 2008 when Brunner unsuccessfully called for the General Assembly to allocate $31 million to replace touch-screen machines with optical scan ballots in the counties that use touch-screens.
"With optical scan paper ballots it's a little bit easier to contain the risk of tampering than some of the touch-screen technology," she said.
For this reason, Brunner also doesn't support standardizing voting machines across the state. Ohio's 88 counties use six different systems.
"If you have one system used all over the state there would be a greater chance you would be able to tamper with that system than if you have this diversity of systems that meet the needs of localized people," she said.
Using the same system likely would save money, though.
"It would certainly make administration of election processes more standardized, but that's not what we have right now," Hamilton County Board of Elections Director Sally Krisel said.
If they do standardize, Krisel would push for paper.
"For us, six years into it, it just seems like common sense," she said, noting that its tangible quality gives voters confidence. "Paper makes us feel good."
She said her county has been able to bring down the biggest cost of paper ballots by increasingly printing in-house. This brings the cost per-page from more than 20 cents to less than 7 cents, she said. But beyond cost, the decision is a personal one.
"Our voters really like the touch-screen units for the most part," said Butler County's Bucaro.
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The Spurs look to continue their best-ever start Wednesday night when they face the Clippers for the first time since sweeping them last spring.
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