• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.1-21
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• 2016

The global performance of the 5 MW OC4 semisubmersible floating wind turbine in random waves with or without steady/dynamic winds is numerically simulated by using the turbine-floater-mooring fully coupled dynamic analysis program FAST-CHARM3D in time domain. The numerical simulations are based on the complete second-order diffraction/radiation potential formulations along with nonlinear viscous-drag force estimations at the body's instantaneous position. The sensitivity of hull motions and mooring dynamics with varying wave-kinematics extrapolation methods above MWL(mean-water level) and column drag coefficients is investigated. The effects of steady and dynamic winds are also illustrated. When dynamic wind is added to the irregular waves, it additionally introduces low-frequency wind loading and aerodynamic damping. The numerically simulated results for the 5 MW OC4 semisubmersible floating wind turbine by FAST-CHARM3D are also extensively compared with the DeepCWind model-test results by Technip/NREL/UMaine. Those numerical-simulation results have good correlation with experimental results for all the cases considered.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.178-201
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• 2019

The appropriate design of a mooring system to maintain the position of an offshore structure in deep sea under various environmental loads is important. Fatigue design of the mooring line considering OPB/IPB(out-of-plane bending/in-plane bending) became an essential factor after the incident of premature fatigue failure of the mooring chain due to OPB/IPB in the Girassol region in West Africa. In this study, mooring line fatigue analysis was performed considering the OPB/IPB of a spread moored FPSO in deep sea. The tension of the mooring line was derived by hydrodynamic analysis using the de-coupled analysis method. The floater motion time histories were calculated under the assumption that the mooring line behaves in quasi-static manner. Additional time domain analysis was carried out by prescribing the obtained motions on top of the selected critical mooring line, which was determined based on spectral fatigue analysis. In addition, nonlinear finite element analysis was performed considering the material nonlinearities, and both the interlink stiffness and stress concentration factors were derived. The fatigue damage to the chain surface was estimated by combining both the hydrodynamic and stress analysis results.

• 한국해안해양공학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.189-196
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• 1999

천해역에서 외해의 구조물 주위에서의 파동계산을 위한 수치모델을 검증하기 위해서는 실험실에서의 수리실험이 필요하다 하겠다. 본 연구에서는 경사해저면을 가진 해역에서 구조물 설치로 인한 파랑장과 이론 인한 흐름장에 대한 수리실험 예를 다룬다. 수역은 수직으로 층별 흐름을 관측하기 위한 추적 플로터를 투입하도록 4개층으로 나눈다. 자료의 측정은 제한된 수의 파고계와 실험실 상단에 설치한 비디오 카메라와 함께 추적 플로터를 사용하여 연속적으로 이루어졌다. 특정영역에서의 파고 및 각 층별 시간평균유속 분포를 상세히 측정하였으며, 측정된 모든 실험실 자료로부터 파랑 및 흐름장 분포를 상세히 분석하였다. 또한, 파랑의 비선형적 변형특성을 상하 및 전후 비대칭성의 관점에서 포괄적인 분석도 기하였다.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.36-41
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• 2014

부유식 해양구조물은 설계수명동안 파랑에 의한 압축력, 굽힘하중, 전단력 등의 작용으로 인해 좌굴이 발생할 가능성이 높다. 이는 부재의 면내 강성 저하를 유발하여 국부 구조물 뿐만 아니라 전체구조의 최종강도에도 영향을 미치게 된다. 본 연구에서는 부유식 진자형 파력발전장치의 수실부와 감쇠판을 연결하는 원통부재의 최종강도에 대해 조사하였다. 탄성좌굴해석을 통해 얻어진 1차 좌굴모드를 초기처짐으로 가정하여 탄소성대변형해석을 수행하였으며 최종강도 특성을 바탕으로 부유식 파력발전장치의 연결부인 원통부재의 최적설계인자를 도출하였다. 이를 통해, 원통부재의 직경을 크게하거나, 판의 두께를 두껍게 하는 방법과 보강재를 사용하여 단면적을 크게하는 것이 최종강도를 증가시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.427-439
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• 2018

Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) units have the advantages of their ability to provide storage and offloading capabilities which are not available in other types of floating production systems. In addition, FPSOs also provide a large deck area and substantial topsides payload capacity. They are in use in a variety of water depths and environments around the world. It is a good solution for offshore oil and gas development in fields where there is lack of an export pipeline system to shore. However due to their inherently high motions in waves, they are limited in the types of risers they can host. The Low Motion FPSO (LM-FPSO) is a novel design that is developed to maintain the advantages of the conventional FPSOs while offering significantly lower motion responses. The LM-FPSO design generally consists of a box-shape hull with large storage capacity, a free-hanging solid ballast tank (SBT) located certain distance below the hull keel, a few groups of tendons arranged to connect the SBT to the hull, a mooring system for station keeping, and a riser system. The addition of SBT to the floater results in a significant increase in heave, roll and pitch natural periods, mainly through the mass and added mass of the SBT, which significantly reduces motions in the wave frequency range. Model tests were performed at the Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering (KRISO) in the fall of 2016. An analytical model of the basin model (MOM) was created in Orcaflex and calibrated against the basin-model. Good agreement is achieved between global performance results from MOM's predictions and basin model measurements. The model test measurements have further verified the superior motion response of LM-FPSO. In this paper, numerical results are presented to demonstrate the comparison and correlation of the MOM results with model test measurements. The verification of the superior motion response through model test measurements is also presented in this paper.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제60권5호
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• pp.375-387
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• 2023

The subsea power cables are increasingly important for harvesting renewable energies as we develop offshore wind farms located at a long distance from shore. Particularly, the continuous flexural motion of inter-array dynamic power cable of floating offshore wind turbine causes tremendous fatigue damages on the cable. As the subsea power cable consists of the helical structures with various components unlike a mooring line and a steel pipe riser, the fatigue analysis of the cables should be performed using special procedures that consider stick/slip phenomenon. This phenomenon occurs between inner helically wound components when they are tensioned or compressed by environmental loads and the floater motions. In particular, Vortex-induced vibration (VIV) can be generated by currents and have significant impacts on the fatigue life of the cable. In this study, the procedure for VIV fatigue analysis of the dynamic power cable has been established. Additionally, the respective roles of programs employed and required inputs and outputs are explained in detail. Demonstrations of case studies are provided under severely sheared currents to investigate the influences on amplitude variations of dynamic power cables caused by the excitation of high mode numbers. Finally, sensitivity studies have been performed to compare dynamic cable design parameters, specifically, structural damping ratio, higher order harmonics, and lift coefficients tables. In the future, one of the fundamental assumptions to assess the VIV response will be examined in detail, namely a narrow-banded Gaussian process derived from the VIV amplitudes. Although this approach is consistent with current industry standards, the level of consistency and the potential errors between the Gaussian process and the fatigue damage generated from deterministic time-domain results are to be confirmed to verify VIV fatigue analysis procedure for slender marine structures.