• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.109-110
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• 2015

강재 부표는 구조적 강도가 우수하고 철재의 절단, 용접 등의 간단한 가공으로 원하는 모양을 쉽게 만들 수 있는 장점은 있으나, 소재의 특성상 해수에 의한 부식과 흘러나오는 페인트로 인한 환경오염, 무거운 중량, 이에 따른 설치 비용과 유지보수 비용의 증가 등 여러 가지 극복하기 힘든 문제점과 한계점을 가지고 있다. 이 연구에서는 우리나라 표준형 부표의 기본 소재로 사용하고 있는 강재 대신 친환경적인 경량재질의 소재를 이용한 부표를 모듈 구조로 설계함으로써, 기존 강재 부표의 문제점과 한계점을 뛰어넘어 효율적인 유지관리와 운영이 가능하고, 해양환경 오염의 방지와 경량화를 실현시킬 수 있는 표체 개선 방안을 제시하고자 한다. 또한, 경량 재질을 이용한 부표의 안정성과 경제성 검토를 통해, 기존 강재 부표와 비교함으로써 안정성과 경제성을 평가하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.628-636
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• 2018

Because large buoys are mainly made of steel, they are heavy and vulnerable to corrosion by sea water. This makes buoy installation and maintenance difficult. Moreover, vessel collision accidents with buoys and damage to vessels due to the material of buoys (e.g., steel) are reported every year. Recently, light buoys adopting eco-friendly and lightweight materials have come into the spotlight in order to solve the previously-mentioned problems. In Korea, a new lightweight buoy with a 7-Nautical Mile lantern adopting expanded polypropylene (EPP) and aluminum to create a buoyant body and tower structure, respectively, was developed in 2017. When these light buoys are operated in the ocean, the visibility and angle of light from the lantern installed on the light buoys changes, which may cause them to function improperly. Therefore, research on the performance of light buoys is needed since the weight distribution and motion characteristics of these new buoys differ from conventional models. In this study, stability estimation and motion analyses for newly-developed buoys under various environmental conditions considering a mooring line were carried out using ANSYS AQWA. Numerical simulations for the estimation of wind and current loads were performed using commercial CFD software, Siemens STAR-CCM+, to increase the accuracy of motion analysis. By comparing the estimated maximum significant motions of the light buoys, it was found that waves and currents were more influential in the motion of the buoys. And, the estimated motions of the buoys became larger as the sea state became worser, which might be the reason that the peak frequencies of the wave spectra got closer to those of the buoys.