• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.151-160
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• 2017

Growing demand and rapid development of the synthetic fiber rope in mooring system have taken place since it has been used in deep water platform lately. Unlike a chain mooring, synthetic fiber rope composed of lightweight materials such as Polyester(polyethylene terephthalate), HMPE(high modulus polyethylene) and Aramid(aromatic polyamide). Non-linear stiffness and another failure mode are distinct characteristics of synthetic fiber rope when compared to mooring chain. When these ropes are exposed to environmental load for a long time, the length of rope will be increased permanently. This is called 'the creep phenomenon'. Due to the phenomenon, The initial characteristics of mooring systems would be changed because the length and stiffness of the rope have been changed as time goes on. The changed characteristics of fiber rope cause different mooring tension and vessel offset compared to the initial design condition. Commercial mooring analysis software that widely used in industries is unable to take into account this phenomenon automatically. Even though the American Petroleum Institute (API) or other classification rules present some standard or criteria with respect to length and stiffness of a mooring line, simulation guide considers the mechanical properties that is not mentioned in such rules. In this paper, the effect of creep phenomenon in the fiber rope mooring system under specific environment condition is investigated. Desiged mooring system for a Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit(MODU) with HMPE rope which has the highest creep is analyzed in a time domain in order to investigate the effects creep phenomenon to vessel offset and mooring tension. We have developed a new procedure to an analysis of mooring system reflecting the creep phenomenon and it is validated through a time domain simulation using non-linear mooring analysis software, OrcaFlex. The result shows that the creep phenomenon should be considered in analysis procedure because it affects the length and stiffness of synthetic fiber rope in case of high water temperature and permanent mooring system.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.604-610
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• 2006

Common structural rules of JBP(Joint Bulker Project) and JTP(Joint Tanker Project), which will come into effect in 2006, invoke the necessity of the ultimate limit state(ULS) design for ship structures. Even though the many applications of ULS analysis have been performed for ship structures, there have few studies carried out for deck machineries and their supporting structures. Recently four major Korean shipbuilders(DSME, HHI, HHIC, SHI) jointly developed and proposed a new design standards for mooring fittings and also proposed the SWL (Safety Working Load) obtained based on the first yield criterion. In this study, various ultimate strength analyses were performed for bollards and their foundation structures whose yield strengths were quantified by the research consortium. Prior to performing the ultimate strength analyses, the numerical calculation method was substantiated with the test results provided in the joint work report. Based upon the results of this study, it can be concluded that the reinforcements to increase the yield strength are not always resulted in the enhancement of the ultimate strength. Furthermore, the additional production costs for the reinforcements can not be rewarded by the ultimate strength. Therefore, another alternative arrangements should be developed in the view point of ultimate strength.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.50-59
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• 1997

선박의 시운전 수행 이전에 엔진 및 프로펠러의 작동상태를 체크하기 위하여 때때로 안벽계류 중에서 주기 및 발전기의 성능시험을 수행하는 데, 이때 주기관을 100% 작동시키는 것은 계류용 로프 및 안벽 비트의 강도 문제등의 여러가지 위험 부담을 갖게 된다. 본 연구는 이러한 시험에 대한 안전성 검토를 위해 필요한 프로펠러의 추력의 추정을 목적으로 하고 있다. 대상선은 최근에 건조한 대형 컨테이너선이며, 실선시험은 안벽계류 상태에서 수행되었기 때문에 프로펠러는 수면위로 노출되어 있는 상태에서 작동되었다. 이러한 낮은 프로펠러 축 몰수 수심에서 작동하는 안벽계류 상태에서의 프로펠러의 특성을 조사하기 위해 모형시험을 수행하였으며, 이들 시험결과로부터 안벽계류 시험중의 프로펠러의 추력에 관한 약산식이 도출되었다. 그 결과 프로펠러의 특성은 축 수심에 따라 크게 달라지는 것을 알 수 있으며, 특히 축 수심이 작아 프로펠러가 수면위에 노출되어 있는 경우에는, 같은 축 수성에서도 프로펠러 회전수에 지배되는 특성이 파악되었다. 한편 심수 중에서 작동하는 프로펠러에 대해서도 추력에 대한 추정식을 도출하여 실선 시험 담당자가 사용하기 쉽게 하였으며, bollard pull에서의 FPSO(Floating Production Storage and Offloading tanker based system) 의 프로펠러의 추력 계측값과 비교 검토 하였다.