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Dynamic response characteristics of an innovative turretless low motion FPSO hull in central GoM ultra-deep waters

  • Zou, Jun
    • Ocean Systems Engineering
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.173-223
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    • 2022
  • In oil and gas industry, FPSO concept is the most popular hull form and ship shaped hull form dominants the FPSO market. Only a non-ship-shaped hull in operations with minor market shares is the cylindrical FPSO hull with medium to small storage capability. To add contracting options and competitions to reduce field development costs, an innovative turretless low motion hull, eco-FPSO, with 1MM bbls oil storage capacity and suitable for installing topsides modulars and equipping with regular SCRs, was first introduced in Zou (2020a). Dynamic characteristic responses of the eco-FPSO compared to the traditional SS-FPSO hull and DD-Semi platform are presented and discussed in this paper, suitability and feasibility of the proposed hull have been demonstrated and validated through extensive analyses in 10-yrp, 100-yrp and 1,000-yrp hurricanes in ultra-deepwater central GoM.

Effect of corrosion on the ultimate strength of double hull oil tankers - Part II: hull girders

  • Kim, Do Kyun;Park, Dae Kyeom;Park, Dong Hee;Kim, Han Byul;Kim, Bong Ju;Seo, Jung Kwan;Paik, Jeom Kee
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.42 no.4
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    • pp.531-549
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    • 2012
  • Numerous oil tanker losses have been reported and one of the possible causes of such casualties is caused by the structural failure of aging ship hulls in rough weather. In aging ships, corrosion and fatigue cracks are the two most important factors affecting structural safety and integrity. This research is about effect on hull girder ultimate strength behavior of double hull oil tanker according to corrosion after Part I: stiffened panel. Based on corrosion data of Part I (time-dependent corrosion wastage model and CSR corrosion model), when progressing corrosion of fourtypes of double hull oil tankers (VLCC, Suezmax, Aframax, and Panamax), the ultimate strength behavior of hull girder is compared and analyzed. In case of the ultimate strength behavior of hull girder, when occurring corrosion, the result under vertical and horizontal bending moment is analyzed. The effect of time-dependent corrosion wastage on the ultimate hull girder strength as well as the area, section modulus, and moment of inertia are also studied. The result of this research will be useful data to evaluate ultimate hull girder strength of corroded double hull oil tanker.

A Study on the Bow Hull Form Design of Full Ship Considering the Nonlinear Waves (비선형파를 고려한 비대선의 선수선형설계에 관한 연구)

  • Yu, Jin-Won;Lee, Young-Gill;Choi, Si-Young;Choi, Young-Chan;Jeong, Kwang-Leol;Ha, Yoon-Jin
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.47 no.5
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    • pp.671-679
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    • 2010
  • This paper introduces a new hull form design method for the bow of a full ship, by actively applying the relation between the fore-body hull form and its wave resistance characteristics. For the hull form design, the Series 60($C_B=0.8$) hull is chosen as the parent ship, and Kracht's charts are used to determine the parameters of the bulbous bow in the early stages of hull form design. Several hull forms have been tested in order to obtain enough hull form variations with various bow shapes and design parameters in the search of the best design. In order to investigate the resistance characteristics of the designed hull forms, numerical simulations with corresponding model tests have been rigorously performed. For the numerical simulations, the Marker-density method is employed to track the nonlinear phenomena of the free surface(program IUBW). Model tests have also been performed to achieve an improved research performance using the designed hulls. Both numerical and experimental results show that the wave resistance of the hull forms can be effectively diminished if the bows are designed using the method introduced in this research. It is also expected that this research can facilitate better productivity in hull form design, especially at the preliminary design stage of a full ship type vessel.

The Antioxidant Activities of the Korean Variety Mung Bean Hull Extracts as Dependent on the Different Extraction Methods (국내산 품종의 녹두껍질 추출물의 산화방지활성에 미치는 추출방법의 영향)

  • No, Jun Hee;Kim, Hyang Sook;Lee, Kyong Ae;Shin, Malshick
    • Korean journal of food and cookery science
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    • v.28 no.5
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    • pp.605-612
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    • 2012
  • In comparison of the antioxidant activities by the different extraction methods of the domestic mung bean varieties, 'Geumsung', 'Dahyeon', 'Sohyeon', and 'Eohul', were soaked and dehulled, with the extracts obtained by using 80% ethanol at room temperature or heated. The mung bean hull was freeze-dried, ground, and passed through 100 mesh sieve. The moisture content of the hull powder ranged from 1.70 to 3.15%. The total dietary fiber content ranged from 84.42 to 88.47%, with the Sohyeon hull showing the highest value. The L value of Geumsung hull (62.93) was the highest, and the a value of Sohyeon hull (-1.69) was the lowest (p<0.05). The color difference was the highest in Dahyeon hull (42.52) and lowest in Geumsung hull (38.52). The Eohul hull's chlorophyll a and b contents were the highest with the 80% ethanol extract by heating (10.55 and 6.12 ${\mu}g/mL$, respectively), but the Sohyeon hull showed the highest in 80% ethanol extract at room temperature (7.63 and 3.93 ${\mu}g/mL$, respectively). The total phenolic and total flavonoid contents of the ethanol extracts were significantly different between the varieties regardless of the extraction temperature. The hull extract from the heating extraction was higher in Eohul than in other varieties, and was the lowest in the Dahyeon variety. The extract from Sohyeon hull at room temperature showed the highest contents of total phenolic and flavonoid contents. In the mung bean hull extract by heating, DPPH and ABTs radical scavenging activity ranged from 13.49-16.75% and 22.93-39.42% respectively and those at room temperature ranged from 39.86-41.88% and 49.71-70.92%. The reducing powers of extracts by heating ranged from 7.29 to 9.36 mg BHT/g hull, and at room temperature, they ranged from 19.90 to 20.97 mg BHT/g hull. Our results indicate that different extraction methods influenced antioxidant activities in the domestic mung bean varieties.

Hydrodynamic optimization of twin-skeg LNG ships by CFD and model testing

  • Kim, Keunjae;Tillig, Fabian;Bathfield, Nicolas;Liljenberg, Hans
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.392-405
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    • 2014
  • SSPA experiences a growing interest in twin skeg ships as one attractive green ship solution. The twin skeg concept is well proven with obvious advantages for the design of ships with full hull forms, restricted draft or highly loaded propellers. SSPA has conducted extensive hull optimizations studies of LNG ships of different size based on an extensive hull data base with over 7,000 models tested, including over 400 twin skeg hull forms. Main hull dimensions and different hull concepts such as twin skeg and single screw were of main interest in the studies. In the present paper, one twin skeg and one single screw 170 K LNG ship were designed for optimally selected main dimension parameters. The twin skeg hull was further optimized and evaluated using SHIPFLOW FRIENDSHIP design package by performing parameter variation in order to modify the shape and positions of the skegs. The finally optimized models were then built and tested in order to confirm the lower power demand of twin skeg designed compaed with the signle screw design. This paper is a full description of one of the design developments of a LNG twin skeg hull, from early dimensional parameter study, through design optimization phase towards the confirmation by model tests.

A Study on Improvement in the Resistance Performance of Planing hulls by Hull Shape Optimization (고속활주선의 선형 최적화를 통한 저항성능 개선에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Sunbum
    • Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.83-90
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    • 2018
  • This paper describes the method of hull shape optimization to improve the resistance performance of planing hulls when a reference hull shape and its principal dimensions are given. First, the planing hull of precedent research is adopted as the reference hull and an optimization problem is formulated by defining hull shape parameters. The search space of this research is discretized for computing cost and DPSO(Discrete binary version of Particle Swarm Optimization) method is used to solve the optimization problem. As the result of optimization, the decrease of resistance is confirmed from the comparison between the reference hull's and the modified hull's planing performance from computational results.

The Study on Radioactivity Reduction of Spent PWR Cladding Hull (경수로사용후핵연료 폐피복관의 방사능 저감방안)

  • 정인하;김종호;박창제;정양홍;송기찬;이정원;박장진;양명승
    • Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.381-387
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    • 2003
  • Hull arising from the spent PWR fuel elements is classified as a high-level radioactive waste. This report describes the radio-chemical characteristics of the hull -from PWR spent fuel of 32, 000MWd/tU burn-up and 15 years cooling, discharged from Gori Unit I cycled 4 -7-by examination and literature survey. On the basis of the results, a method of degradation to middle and low-level radio active waste was proposed by dry process such as laser or plasma technique with removing the nuclides deposited on the surface of the hull.

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Visualization of Unstable Vortical Structure in a Propeller Wake Affected by Simulated Hull Wake (재현된 반류의 영향을 받는 프로펠러 후류 내 불안정한 날개끝 보오텍스 구조에 대한 정량적 가시화)

  • Kim, Kyung-Youl;Paik, Bu-Geun;Ahn, Jong-Woo
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.45 no.6
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    • pp.620-630
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    • 2008
  • The characteristics of complicated propeller wake influenced by hull wake are investigated by using a two-frame PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry) technique. As the propeller is significantly affected by the hull wake in a real marine vessel, the measurements of propeller wake under the hull wake would be certainly necessary for more reliable validation and the prediction of numerical simulation with wake modeling. Velocity field measurements have been conducted in a medium-size cavitation tunnel with a hull wake. Generally, the hull wake generated by the boundary layer of ship's hull produces the different loading distribution on the propeller blade in both upper and lower propeller planes. The difference of the propeller wake behaviors caused by the hull wake is discussed in terms of axial velocity, vorticity and turbulence kinetic energy distribution in the present study.

A Study on the Bow Wave Characteristics for the Resistance-Minimized Hull Form of Small Fishing Boat (저항최소화 소형 어선선형의 선수파 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Yu, Jin-Won;Lee, Young-Gill
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.45 no.2
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    • pp.124-131
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    • 2008
  • This paper presents the analysis of resistance performance and bow waves for the resistance-minimized hull form of small fishing boat by using numerical simulations and model tests. The resistance-minimized hull form is developed from an original hull form which is selected from existing small fisher boats in our country. In order to estimate the resistance performance for the original and the developed hull form, several numerical simulations and model tests are carried out. Marker and Cell(MAC) method and Marker-Density method are adopted to simulate the free-surface bow waves around advancing hull surface. The results of numerical simulations are compared with the model tests in towing tank. The results show that the resistance performance of the resistance-minimized hull form is improved than that of the original hull form. The results of this study will be a good guide to the hull form development of small fishing boats in future.

Development of an Optimal Hull Form with Minimum Resistance in Still Water

  • Choi Hee-Jong;Kim Mun-Chan;Chun Ho-Hwan
    • Journal of Ship and Ocean Technology
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.1-13
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    • 2005
  • A design procedure for a ship with minimum total resistance has been developed using a numerical optimization method called SQP (Sequential Quadratic Programming) to search for optimized hull form and CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamics) technique. The friction resistance is estimated using the ITTC 1957 model-ship correlation line formula and the wave making resistance is evaluated using a potential-flow panel method based on Rankine sources with nonlinear free surface boundary conditions. The geometry of hull surface is represented and modified using B-spline surface patches during the optimization process. Using the Series 60 hull ($C_B$ =0.60) as a base hull, the optimization procedure is applied to obtain an optimal hull that produces the minimum total resistance for the given constraints. To verify the validity of the result, the original model and the optimized model obtained by the optimization process have been built and tested in a towing tank. It is shown that the optimal hull obtained around $13\%$ reduction in the total resistance and around $40\%$ reduction in the residual resistance at a speed tested compared with that of the original one, demonstrating that the present optimization tool can be effectively used for efficient hull form designs.