Hongri Zhu, Shunying Ji^*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.132, No.1, pp. 5-21, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.019991

Abstract Moored structures are suitable for operations in ice-covered regions owing to their security and efficiency. This paper aims to present a new method for simulating the ice load and mooring force on the moored structure during ice-structure interaction with a spherical Discrete Element Method (DEM). In this method, the level ice and mooring lines consist of bonded sphere elements arranged in different patterns. The level ice model has been widely validated in simulation of the ice load of fixed structures. In the mooring line simulation, a string of spherical elements was jointed with the parallel bond model to simulate the… More >

M.A.L. Martins¹, E.N. Lages¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.102, No.6, pp. 449-474, 2014, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2014.102.449

Abstract Embedded anchors have been widely used in offshore operations, and they are known to be effective and economical solutions to anchoring problems. Aiming at contributing to the definition and understanding of the embedded mooring line behavior, this paper expands the formulation adopted at DNV Recommended Practices, for two-dimensional modeling of the interaction between the seabed and the anchor line, to three-dimensional analysis. The formulation here presented, within an elegant differential geometry approach, can now model even out of plane lines. A reference problem is then defined and solved using the obtained governing equations. Corresponding equations are implemented and solved numerically… More >