海上浮式核电平台地震响应分区分析方法
PARTITIONED ANALYSIS METHOD FOR SEISMIC RESPONSE OF OFFSHORE FLOATING NUCLEAR POWER PLATFORM
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摘要: 海上浮式核电平台正成为我国解决远海平台或岛礁能源供应问题的重要举措, 其地震安全性问题一直存疑. 文章发展了一套地震作用下海床-海水-浮式结构相互作用的分区混合分析方法, 将海床-海水-浮式结构体系进行分区, 海床和海水区域采用集中质量显式有限元结合透射人工边界进行分析, 浮式结构区域采用模态叠加方法求解, 海水和浮式结构间的声固耦合通过迭代算法实现, 通过一简单算例对该方法进行了验证. 以一驳船形式的浮式核电平台模型为例, 分析了其在SV波斜入射时的地震反应, 以及斜入射角度(10°, 20°和30°)对其地震反应的影响. 结果表明, 传统的关于浮式结构不需要考虑抗震的观点是基于SV波垂直入射假定的, 在SV波斜入射时, 浮式核电平台会产生水平和竖向地震反应, 主要由纵摇和垂荡模态控制; 随着入射角度的增大, 浮式核电平台中安全壳和附属结构的水平向和竖向的位移、加速度都呈现增大的趋势; 反应以竖向为主, 但在部分频率范围内附属结构水平方向加速度反应谱幅值超过竖直方向的加速度反应谱幅值, 建议浮式核电结构及设备应考虑抗震设计.Abstract: The offshore floating nuclear power platform has emerged as a significant undertaking for China to resolve the energy requirements of remote island or sea-based sites. However, the legitimacy of its seismic safety remains uncertain. A partitioned hybrid analysis method for the interaction between the seabed, seawater, and floating structure under seismic action is developed in this study. The seabed and seawater regions are analyzed using lumped mass-explicit finite elements coupled with transmitting artificial boundaries while the floating structure region is solved using the mode-superposition method. The acoustic-structure coupling between the seawater and the floating structure is implemented through an iterative algorithm. Parallel computation is carried out, and the methodology is verified through a straightforward example. An analysis of the seismic response of a nuclear power platform, represented as a floating barge, to obliquely incident SV waves is performed, and the effects of incident angles of 10°, 20° and 30° on the seismic response are examined for illustration. The results indicate that the conventional view, which suggests that floating structures do not need to consider seismic resistance, is based on the assumption of vertical SV wave incidence. However, when SV waves strike the floating nuclear power platform obliquely, both horizontal and vertical seismic responses are generated, which are dominated by longitudinal rocking and vertical oscillation modes. There is a noticeable trend of increased horizontal and vertical displacements and accelerations in both the containment and appurtenant structures of the floating nuclear power platform with the increasing angle of incidence. The majority of responses occur in the vertical direction, but certain frequency ranges show a higher acceleration response spectrum amplitude in the horizontal direction of the subsidiary structure compared to the vertical direction. This highlights the need to consider seismic design for both the structure and equipment of the offshore floating nuclear power plants.