It is well known that no criterion about seismic design for risers is available, and relevant research has not been reported. A comprehensive study of riser dynamics during earthquakes is performed in this paper. A dy...It is well known that no criterion about seismic design for risers is available, and relevant research has not been reported. A comprehensive study of riser dynamics during earthquakes is performed in this paper. A dynamic model for seismic analysis of risers is developed in accordance with the working environment of the risers and the influence of inertia force of the pipelines. The dynamic equations for the developed model are derived and resolved on the basis of the energy theory of beams. Numerical simulation for an engineering project in the Bohai Oil Field, China shows that the fundamental frequency of the riser plays the major role in the seismic responses, and for platforms in shallow water in Bohai Bay, the risers demonstrate a much lower stress response due to prominent differences between the riser frequency and the earthquake wave frequency. The presented model and its corresponding method for seismic analysis are practical and important for riser design resistant to earthquake waves.展开更多
In engineering practice simplified methods are essential to the seismic design of embedded earth retaining walls,as fullydynamic numerical analyses are costly,time-consuming and require specific expertise.Recently dev...In engineering practice simplified methods are essential to the seismic design of embedded earth retaining walls,as fullydynamic numerical analyses are costly,time-consuming and require specific expertise.Recently developed pseudostatic methods provide earth stresses and internal forces,even in those cases in which the strength of the soil surrounding the structure is not entirely mobilised.Semiempirical correlations or Newmark sliding block method provide an estimate of earthquake-induced permanent displacements.However,the use of these methods is hindered by uncertainties in the evaluation of a few input parameters,affecting the reliability of the methods.This study uses 1 D site response analyses and 2 D fully-dynamic finite element analyses to show that simplified methods can provide a reasonable estimate of the maximum bending moment and permanent displacements for stiff cantilever walls embedded in uniform sand,providing that a few input parameters are evaluated through semiempirical correlations and a simple 1 D site response analysis.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (granted number 50979113)funded by the National 863 Program of China (granted number 2006AA09A105)
文摘It is well known that no criterion about seismic design for risers is available, and relevant research has not been reported. A comprehensive study of riser dynamics during earthquakes is performed in this paper. A dynamic model for seismic analysis of risers is developed in accordance with the working environment of the risers and the influence of inertia force of the pipelines. The dynamic equations for the developed model are derived and resolved on the basis of the energy theory of beams. Numerical simulation for an engineering project in the Bohai Oil Field, China shows that the fundamental frequency of the riser plays the major role in the seismic responses, and for platforms in shallow water in Bohai Bay, the risers demonstrate a much lower stress response due to prominent differences between the riser frequency and the earthquake wave frequency. The presented model and its corresponding method for seismic analysis are practical and important for riser design resistant to earthquake waves.
文摘In engineering practice simplified methods are essential to the seismic design of embedded earth retaining walls,as fullydynamic numerical analyses are costly,time-consuming and require specific expertise.Recently developed pseudostatic methods provide earth stresses and internal forces,even in those cases in which the strength of the soil surrounding the structure is not entirely mobilised.Semiempirical correlations or Newmark sliding block method provide an estimate of earthquake-induced permanent displacements.However,the use of these methods is hindered by uncertainties in the evaluation of a few input parameters,affecting the reliability of the methods.This study uses 1 D site response analyses and 2 D fully-dynamic finite element analyses to show that simplified methods can provide a reasonable estimate of the maximum bending moment and permanent displacements for stiff cantilever walls embedded in uniform sand,providing that a few input parameters are evaluated through semiempirical correlations and a simple 1 D site response analysis.
