supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51239008 and 51279130)
This paper presents a study on the motion response of a tension-leg platform(TLP) under first-and second-order wave forces, including the mean-drift force, difference and sum-frequency forces. The second-order wave fo...
financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51279130)
We present a study of the nonlinear coupling internal resonance for the heave roll and pitch performance of a spar platform under the wave and vortex-induced loads when the ratio of the frequencies of heave, roll and ...
financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51239008 and 51279130)
The dynamic analysis of a Tension Leg Platform (TLP) in random wave is investigated by considering the set-down of a floating body. The nonlinear restoring stiffness is derived with the set-down motion of a floating...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51279130)
Many studies have been done on the heave-pitch unstable coupling response for a spar platform by a 2-DOF model.In fact,in addition to the heave and pitch which are in one plane,the nonlinear unstable motion will also ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51239008, 51279130, 51079097);Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51021004)
Parametric instability of a riser is caused by fluctuation of its tension in time due to the heave motion of floating platform. Many studies have tackled the problem of parametric instability of a riser with constant ...