• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.115-122
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to optimize the design of the jack-up platform for 5MW offshore wind turbine system. Considering all the environmental loads such as currents, waves, winds and so on, the members of structures have been designed and optimized based on the AISC and API-RP-2A to be within the allowable stress even in the most critical and severe condition. In addition to the above strength check of structural members, the joint punching shear check and the hydrostatic collapse check are also performed where they are required for the design. The design life of the jack-up platform is 50 years for the static strength check and the fatigue design life is 100 years including to the DFF(Design Fatigue Factor) of 2.0 to have enough stability and workability for the design optimization.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2013

The safety and stability of 5MW class offshore wind turbine Jack-up platform was investigated through ocean basin experiment. For simulating the environmental condition of yellow sea in the South Korea, diverse waves, winds and currents were performed based on Froude's number. Regular wave and irregular wave based on Froude's number were applied to the wind turbine structure. In experiments, the height and period of regular wave type were scaled down as the 1:50 ratio of real wave condition. Irregular wave type was simulated with TMA(Texel Storm, Marsen and Arsloe)spectrum. The vertical reaction force, resonance period and wave pressure applied to multi-supporters of wind offshore structure were measured experimentally. Finally, the results showed that the capsizing situation of the offshore structure was generated by the severe environmental condition.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.263-278
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• 2014

The spudcan requires the suitable design considering the soil, platform, and environmental conditions. Its shape needs to be designed to secure sufficient reaction of soil so that it can prevent overturning accidents. Its shape also has to minimize the installation and extraction time. Even in the same soil condition, the reaction of soil may be different depending on the shape of spud can, mainly the slope of top and bottom plates. Therefore, in this study, the relation between the slope of plates and the reaction of soil with and without water jetting is analyzed to better understand their interactions and correlations. For the investigation, a wind turbine installation jack-up rig (WTIJ) is selected as the target platform and the Gulf of Mexico is considered as the target site. A multi layered (sand overlying two clays) soil profile is applied as the assumed soil condition and the soil-structure interaction (SSI) analysis is performed by using ANSYS to analyze the effect of the slope change of the bottom plate and water jetting on the reaction of soil. This kind of investigation and simulation is needed to develop optimal and smart spudcan with water-jetting control in the future.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.1-19
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• 2015

The water jetting system for a jack-up spudcan requires the suitable design considering the platform/spudcan particulars, environments, and soil conditions, either the surficial clay or surficial sand. The usage of water jetting depends critically on soil conditions. The water jetting is usually used for the smooth and fast extraction of the spudcan in the surficial clay condition. It is also required for inserting spudcan up to the required depth in the surficial sand condition, which is investigated in this paper. Especially, it should be very careful to use the water jetting during an installation of spudcan in the surficial sand condition, because there is a risk of overturning accident related to the punch-through. Therefore, in this study, the effect of water jetting flow rate and time on the change of soil properties and penetration resistance is analyzed to better understand their interactions and correlations when inserting the spudcan with water jetting in surficial sand condition. For the investigation, a wind turbine installation jack-up rig (WTIJ) is selected as the target platform and the multi layered soil (surficial sand overlaying clays) is considered as the soil condition. The environmental loading and soil-structure interaction (SSI) analysis are performed by using CHARM3D and ANSYS. This kind of investigation and simulation is needed to decide the proper water jetting flow rate and time of spudcan for the given design condition.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권8호
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• pp.821-827
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• 2015

This study concentrates on a wave energy converter with floaters that extracts the ocean's energy by moving up and down with the wave motion. The floater is connected to an arm structure, including a hydraulic cylinder that drives a hydraulic generator. This study focuses on a structural analysis of the floater unit, including arm and cylinder components, platform and jack-up system, along with spud columns. Previous studies have been conducted for miniature models for experimentation, but this study focuses on the full-scale model structural analysis. Static structural analysis is conducted using fine numerical grids. Due to the complexity of the whole model, it is analyzed in separate pieces. The floater unit, with arm and cylinder, are combined into one system. The platform is analyzed separately as a single system. There are four jack-up systems for each spud column; only one jack-up system is analyzed, as uniform loads are assumed on each system. There are several load cases for each system, all of which are analyzed thoroughly for stress (von Mises, shear, and normal) and deformation. Acceptable results were obtained for most of the components; unsafe components were redesigned.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.337-342
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• 2016

스퍼드캔(spudcan)은 잭업리그(jack-up rig)의 다리 하단에 장착되며, 해저면에 구조물을 안정적으로 지지하여 구조물의 전복사고를 방지하기 위한 장치이다. 표층이 모래 층일 때는 침투(penetration) 시에 스퍼드캔을 안정적으로 삽입하기 위해서, 그리고 점토 층일 때는 회수(extraction) 시에 원활하게 뽑아 올리기 위해서 스퍼드캔에는 물 분사장치가 장착되어 있다. 본 연구에서는 물 분사장치를 위한 배관라인용 홀의 형상을 최적화하기 위해 크게 타원형과 원형 두 가지 형상을 설정하였다. 해석을 위해 대상 Site 는 멕시코만(Gulf of Mexico)로 선정하였고 대상 플랫폼은 해상풍력발전기설치선(WTIV)을 선택하였다. 상용프로그램인 ANSYS Workbench 를 사용하여 최적설계를 진행하였다. 본 연구결과는 다양한 해양구조물의 홀 형상설계에 적용될 수 있다.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.107-120
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• 2017

Spud-can is used for fixing jack-up rig on seabed. It needs to be inserted up to the required depth during the installation process to secure enough soil reaction and prevent overturning accidents. On the other hand, it should be extracted from seabed soils as fast as possible during the extraction process to minimize the corresponding operational cost. To achieve such goals, spud-can may be equipped with water-jetting system including monitoring and control. To develop such a smart spud-can, a reliable numerical simulation tool is essential and it has also to be validated against physical model tests. In this regard, authors developed a numerical simulation tool by using a commercial program ANSYS with extended Drucker-Prager (EDP) formula. Authors also conducted small-scale (1/100) physical model tests for verification and calibration purpose. By using the numerical model, a systematic parametric study is conducted both for sand and K(kaolin)-clay with varying important soil parameters and the best estimated soil properties of the physical test are deduced. Then, by using the selected soil properties, the numerical and experimental results for a sand/K-clay multi-layer case are cross-checked to show reasonably good agreement. The validated numerical model will be useful in the next-stage study which includes controllable water-jetting.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.353-363
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• 2019

This paper presents a comprehensive simulation and assessment of gas dispersion above sea from a subsea release using a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) approach. A 3D CFD model is established to evaluate the behavior of flammable gas above sea, and a jack-up drilling platform is included to illustrate the effect of flammable gas cloud on surface vessels. The simulations include a matrix of scenarios for different surface release rates, distances between surface gas pool and offshore platform, and wind speeds. Based on the established model, the development process of flammable gas cloud above sea is predicted, and the dangerous area generated on offshore platform is assessed. Additionally, the effect of some critical factors on flammable gas dispersion behavior is analyzed. The simulations produce some useful outputs including the detailed parameters of flammable gas cloud and the dangerous area on offshore platform, which are expected to give an educational reference for conducting a prior risk assessment and contingency planning.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.196-203
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• 2017

In general, the installation of offshore wind turbine have been carried out by a jack-up barge or wind turbine installation vessel. In case of using jack-up barge, an additional barge is required to transport offshore wind turbines. During the transportation, barge is affected by environmental conditions such as wave, wind etc. So, it is important to secure the static and dynamic stability of the barge. In this study, fundamental research was performed to evaluate the stability of barge due to use the guide frame. The analysis for static stability of barge was performed under the two loading conditions with or without wave and those results were evaluated according to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries rules. Also motion analysis was performed under the ITTC wave spectrum using buoy data and evaluated based on NORDFORSK guideline by using commercial software Maxsurf Motions.

• 천문학논총
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.31-40
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• 2019

보루각루를 발전시킨 흠경각루는 세종이 계획하고 장영실이 제작했다. 1438년에 완성한 흠경각루는 수격식 혼의와 혼상의 동력 발생 방식(Lee & Kim, 2012; Mihn et al., 2016)을 채택하였을 뿐만 아니라, 보루각루에서 검증된 구슬 신호 방식과 방목장치를 개량한 걸턱 신호를 활용한 것으로 추론된다. 비록 흠경각루의 내부 구조에 대한 자세한 기술은 없지만, 가산의 상층, 중층, 하층에서 시각에 따라 운행되는 시보시스템 모델을 구체적으로 제시하였다. 본 연구의 흠경각루 모델은 수차의 회전 동력이 기륜 주축에 연결된 세 기륜(4신기륜, 시보기륜, 12신기륜)의 회전력을 기반으로 각종 인형들을 작동시키는 메커니즘으로 구현하였다. 흠경각루 시보시스템 모델을 통한 작동구조와 주요 특징을 정리하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 4신기륜은 걸턱과 지레를 이용해 4신옥녀의 종을 치고, 4신이 90℃씩 회전하도록 구성했다. 둘째, 시보기륜에서 주전의 역할과 기능을 갖도록 12시진·5경·5점의 걸턱, 밀쇠, 구슬키잡이를 설치해 구슬신호를 발생시키고, 구슬신호 분배기를 통해 경점시간을 알렸다. 셋째, 12신기륜에서 걸턱, 마중쇠, 저울쇠 등을 설치해 12신옥녀와 12신의 작동을 제어했다. 보루각루를 더욱 발전시킨 흠경각루에서는 걸턱, 지레, 주전, 구슬 신호 등을 적용하여 이슬람의 기술요소를 다양한 방식으로 확장하여 적용했다. 이러한 전통은 17세기 조선의 혼천시계 제작 방법에서도 그대로 계승되었다.