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Corrosion damage is a vital factor that causes strength weakening or even failure of offshore derrick. To study the influence of local corrosion on the derrick, a regular spherical pitting model was adopted to analyze the evolution mode of pitting corrosion damage and the corresponding pitting corrosion damage models with different morphology. The connection technique for the across-scale interface was discussed, a method for constructing multi-scale models of derrick with pitting corrosion damage was proposed. The pitting damage simulation and ultimate bearing capacity analysis are carried out for an offshore derrick in service. The results show that the interaction between meso-scale pitting corrosion damage and macro-scale structure can be effectively considered, the stress distribution of the pitting corrosion damage and its effect on stress concentration coefficient can be obtained, and the influence of local random pitting distribution location, style, and density on the ultimate bearing capacity can be determined. In addition, the ultimate bearing capacity can be predicted. It provides a new idea for bearing capacity prediction and safety assessment of large steel frame structures in service with local damage. Full article

To investigate the influencing factors on the operation of an offshore wind turbine installation ship, a neural network, as a machine-learning method, is built to predict and analyze the motion response of a floating derrick in the process of a lifting operation under an external environmental load. The numerical method for the double floating body, from the software SESAM/SIMA, is validated against the experiments. The numerical method is used to establish the floating derrick-lifting impeller model to obtain the motions of the ship and impeller and the coupling effect. Based on the numerical results, the BP neural network model is built to predict the ship’s operation. The results show that the BP neural network model for the floating derrick and impeller motion prediction is very feasible. Combined with the Rules for Lifting Appliances of Ships and Offshore Installations and the Noble Denton Guidelines for Marine Lifting Operations, the operation of the floating crane system can be determined based on the environmental parameters. Full article

In an offshore operational environment, complex loads such as the hook load, stand load and wind load play a crucial role in the structural strength and reliability of the offshore derrick. Previous studies have mainly focused on the effect of a specific load on the strength of the derrick by using commercial software. Therefore, the influencing mechanism of each complex load on the strength and reliability of the offshore derrick is urgently necessary to explore. Not only is the strength numerical model of the JJ315/45-K typical derrick established and conducted via APDL (ANSYS Parametric Design Language), but also the stress–strength reliability simulation is explored and plotted using Python code and APDL. Furthermore, the influence and contribution of each load to the strength and reliability is determined. With the increase in hook load, the positions of maximum reliability risk appear in section II-1. With the increase in stand load or back wind load, the positions of maximum reliability risk appear in the bottom section. In addition, with the decrease in the columns’ height, the stress proportion of the hook load decreases by 73.5%, the stress proportion of the stand load increases by 22.6%, and the stress proportion of the back wind load changes slightly. When the wind speed is less than 20 m/s, the hook load mainly affects the minimum reliability index of the derrick. Moreover, when the wind speed is more than 20 m/s, the back wind load mainly affects the minimum reliability index of the derrick. This study provides a thorough explanation of the strength distribution law and the reliability of derricks under complex loads. Full article

The marine derrick sometimes operates under extreme weather conditions, especially wind; therefore, the buckling analysis of the components in the derrick is one of the critical contents of engineering safety research. This paper aimed to study the local stability of marine derrick and propose an analytical method for geometrically nonlinear problems. The rod in the derrick is simplified as a compression rod with simply supported ends, which is subjected to transverse uniform load. Considering the second-order effect, the differential equations were used to establish the deflection, rotation angle, and bending moment equations of the derrick rod under the lateral uniform load. This method was defined as a geometrically nonlinear analytical method. Moreover, the deflection deformation and stability of the derrick members were analyzed, and the practical calculation formula was obtained. The Ansys analysis results were compared with the calculation results in this paper. Full article