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Structural Design and Response in Collision and Grounding

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Table 6 lists the bow <strong>and</strong> struck ship model casesconsidered <strong>in</strong> the SIMCOL bow model development.Four rigid bow tests were run to validate SIMCOLcalculations. These are labeled R-1 through R-4 <strong>in</strong> Table6. Ten conventional FEA bow analyses were run tovalidate the simpler <strong>in</strong>tersection bow model results. Theseare labeled C-1 through C-10 <strong>in</strong> Table 6. Two types of<strong>in</strong>tersection model analyses were accomplished. Tests I-1through I-4 use closed-form equations from Pedersen[34], Amdahl [35], <strong>and</strong> Yang <strong>and</strong> Caldwell [36]. Tests I-5 through I-16 use <strong>in</strong>tersection elements applied <strong>in</strong>LSDYNA simulations.Simplified LSDYNA <strong>in</strong>tersection-element bowmodels were developed to <strong>in</strong>crease the speed ofLSDYNA f<strong>in</strong>ite element solutions used <strong>in</strong> SIMCOLcollision model validation. In these models, only<strong>in</strong>tersections of sides, decks, longitud<strong>in</strong>al bulkheads <strong>and</strong>girders were <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the model with longitud<strong>in</strong>alstiffener area smeared <strong>in</strong>to plate thickness based onplastic bend<strong>in</strong>g moment. Intersection elements aremodeled as truss elements <strong>in</strong> LSDYNA with materialproperties replaced by properties derived for crushed L, T<strong>and</strong> cruciform sections as illustrated <strong>in</strong> Figure 29 [35].Transverse frames were modeled as normal trusselements. Nodes were only allowed a s<strong>in</strong>gle degree offreedom <strong>in</strong> the strik<strong>in</strong>g ship longitud<strong>in</strong>al direction. The150kdwt bulk carrier bow is shown <strong>in</strong> Figure 30 [34].Figure 31 shows the <strong>in</strong>tersection model for this bow (I-8).Figure 32 shows the conventional f<strong>in</strong>e-mesh FEM for thisbow with beam <strong>and</strong> panel elements (C-5). Figure 33shows a comparison of the force-<strong>in</strong>dentation plots for the<strong>in</strong>tersection <strong>and</strong> conventional models (I-8 <strong>and</strong> C-2). Theresults compare very well. Similar results were obta<strong>in</strong>edfor the other test cases. It is concluded that the bow<strong>in</strong>tersection model is sufficient for LSDYNA collisionsimulations. Work is cont<strong>in</strong>u<strong>in</strong>g to apply these results tothe development of a SIMCOL bow model.Forecastle Deck, 26.0m abl.Tank Top, 20.0 m abl.<strong>Collision</strong> Bhd.Tl =15.96mDeck (not W.T.), 7.6mabl.LoadedFigure 30 - 150kdwt Bulk Carrier Bow [34]Figure 31 - Bulk Carrier Intersection Element Model [30]Figure 29 - Intersection element Model [35]Figure 32 - Bulk Carrier Conventional FE Bow17

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