A procedure to generate design load-time histories for fatigue strength assessment of offshore structures

被引：7

作者：

Li, Shanshan ^{[1
]}

Dong, Yan ^{[1
]}

Guedes Soares, C. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Lisbon, Ctr Marine Technol & Ocean Engn CENTEC, Inst Super Tecn, Lisbon, Portugal

来源：

OCEAN ENGINEERING | 2020年 / 213卷

关键词：

Storm model; Variable storm duration; Seasonal wave data; Fatigue crack propagation; Offshore structures; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; CRACK-GROWTH; BIVARIATE DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM SEQUENCE; PROPAGATION; PREDICTION; HINDCAST; MODEL;

D O I：

10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.107707

中图分类号：

U6 [水路运输]; P75 [海洋工程];

学科分类号：

0814 ; 081505 ; 0824 ; 082401 ;

摘要：

This paper presents general procedures to generate loading histories for fatigue strength assessment of offshore structures based on a storm model and seasonal wave data. Using hindcast wave data of 11 years at one point in the North Atlantic Ocean, the relations among the storm duration, storm crest and the number of levels in a storm are formulated and the statistics of storm duration are obtained. One year, including four seasons is chosen as the reference period of the loading history. Based on the generated loading histories, fatigue crack propagation analyses are performed on a tubular T-joint using a fatigue crack growth model considering the load interaction and R-ratio effect. The crack size uncertainty caused by randomly generated loading histories is investigated. The proposed procedures can lead to a good agreement with the observed significant wave height distribution. The generated loading histories result in median crack growth curves, comparing with those from measured wave data. The crack size is subjected to considerable uncertainty after a period of crack propagation. Ignoring the load interaction effect leads to faster crack growth, which may be the most convenient way to achieve a conservative fatigue crack propagation analysis using only one generated load history.

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