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An application of network modeling method to scientific research and demonstration platform—Connector load analysis

  • Special Column on the Progress in the Verification of Key Technologies for Floating Structures Near Islands and Reefs-First Part (Guest Editors You-Sheng Wu, Jun Ding)
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A new approach referred as “the network modeling method” was developed by the authors to analyze the behaviors of marine structures. In this paper the method is briefly described and applied to predict the loads acting on the connectors between the two modules of the Scientific Research and Demonstration Platform (SRDP), which was deployed in a complicated wave environment near islands and reefs in South China Sea. Based on this method, the response amplitude operators (RAOs) of the connector loads of the SRDP in regular waves, and the time variations of the connector loads of the SRDP in an on-site measured random sea state are predicted and presented. The significant stresses at 20 spots of the local connection structure induced by the connector loads in the sea state are further calculated. The comparisons between the predicted and the on-site measured stresses confirm that the network modeling method is feasible to some extent and especially useful for design of the connectors’ arrangement, estimation of the connector loads and the related structural safety of a multi-module floating structure in early design stage.

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This work was supported by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (Grant No. [2016]22), the Ministry of Science and Technology (Grant No. 2013CB36100).

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  1. College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China

    Rui Ding, Du-lei Yan, Hai-cheng Zhang, Qi-jia Shi, Jia-le Zhang & Dao-lin Xu

  2. China Ship Scientific Research Center, Wuxi, 214082, China

    Ye Lu, Chao Tian, Xin-yun Ni & You-sheng Wu

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Rui Ding (1990-), Female, Ph. D. Candidate, E-mail: dingr07@hnu.edu.cn

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Ding, R., Yan, Dl., Zhang, Hc. et al. An application of network modeling method to scientific research and demonstration platform—Connector load analysis. J Hydrodyn 33, 33–42 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42241-021-0011-2

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