• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.299-314
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• 2015

Submersed rock-berm structures are frequently used for protection of underwater lifelines such as pipelines and power cables. During the service life, the rock-berm structure can experience several accidental loads such as anchor collision. The consequences can be severe with a certain level of frequency; hence, the structural responses should be carefully understood for implementing a proper structural health monitoring method. However, no study has been made to quantify the structural responses because it is hard to deal with the individual behavior of each rock. Therefore, this study presents a collision analysis of the submersed rock-berm structure using a finite element software package by facilitating the smoothed-particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method. The analysis results were compared with those obtained from the Lagrange method. Moreover, two types of anchors (stock anchor and stockless anchor), three collision points and two different drop velocities (terminal velocity of each anchor and 5 m/s) were selected to investigate the changes in the responses. Finally, the effect of these parameters (analysis method, anchor type, collision point and drop velocity) on the analysis results was studied. Accordingly, the effectiveness of the SPH method is verified, a safe rock-berm height (over 1 m) is proposed, and a gauge point (0.5 m above the seabed) is suggested for a structural health monitoring implementation.

• 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2014

암석과 같은 입자들로 구성된 구조체의 거동을 일반적인 요소망을 이용한 유한요소해석으로 구현하기 어렵다. 이는 입자로 구성된 구조체의 거동 해석시 입자간의 상호작용을 무시할 수 없기 때문이다. 본 연구에서는 입자로 구성된 구조체(rock-berm)의 분할에 Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) 기법을 이용하여 충돌해석을 수행하고 이를 기존의 Lagrange 기법을 사용한 해석결과와 비교하여 SPH 기법의 적용 가능성을 알아보았다. 결과적으로 SPH 기법이 입자로 구성된 구조체의 충돌해석에 사실적인 모사가 가능한 것으로 파악되었다.