Hill Instability Analysis Of Tlp Tether Subjected To Combined Platform Surge And Heave Motions

This paper presents the Hill instability analysis of Tension Leg Platform (TLP) tether it, deep sea. The 2-D nonlinear beam model which is Undergoing Coupled axial and transverse vibrations, is applied. The governing equations are reduced to nonlinear Hill equation by use of the Galerkin's method and the modes superposition principle. The Hill instability charted Lip to large parameters is obtained. An important parameter M is defined and can he expressed as the functions of tether length, the platform surge and heave motion amplitudes. Some example studies are performed for various environmental conditions. The results demonstrate that the nonlinear coupling between the axial and transverse vibrations has a significant effect on the response of structure.. It needs to be considered for the accurate dynamic analysis of long TLP tether subjected to the combined platform surge and heave motions.

Da universidade surge a cidade, da cidade as escolas: a UFRRJ e a educação pública municipal de Seropédica.

A tese tem como propósito analisar a conexão que se estabelece entre a Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) e a educação de Seropédica. Tal universidade foi construída em uma região quase desabitada, próxima à cidade do Rio de Janeiro e sua instalação provocou a ocupação paulatina da região até vir a se constituir em um município autônomo. O trabalho estrutura-se em quatro capítulos. Inicialmente, examina-se o território de Seropédica, recuperando o processo de povoamento ao longo dos séculos, desde as primeiras ocupações indígenas, a chegada dos portugueses, e já no século XIX, a atividade de produção da seda, que dá nome ao município, até a instalação da instituição universitária. No segundo capítulo examina-se a história da universidade no Brasil, destacando o seu tardio aparecimento, focalizando a UFRRJ, desde a Escola de Agronomia e Medicina Veterinária, a ESAMV, até chegar à estrutura atual e sua relação com a educação de Seropédica. A análise do sistema de ensino municipal, apresentada no terceiro capítulo, evidencia o processo de expansão da rede escolar desde os tempos de distrito de Itaguaí até a emancipação, examinando o processo de transferência de uma rede à outra, a fundação de novas escolas e a integração dessas à comunidade em que se encontra inserida. Por fim, a tese em seu último capítulo, analisa as escolas surgidas diretamente a partir da presença da universidade na região, em especial, a criação do Centro de Atendimento Integral à Criança (CAIC) Paulo Dacorso Filho.

Simulating a typhoon storm surge in the East Sea of China using a coupled model

A coupled numerical model with a 2' x 2' resolution grid has been developed and used to simulate five typical typhoon storm surges (5612, 7413, 7910, 8114, and 9711) in the East Sea of China. Three main driving forces have been considered in this coupled model: wave radiation stress, combined wave-current bottom shear stress and wave-state-dependent surface wind stress. This model has then been compared with in situ measurements of the storm set-up. The effect of different driving force components on the total storm surge has also been investigated. This study has found that the coupled model with high resolution is capable of simulating the five typical typhoons better than the uncoupled models, and that the wave-dependent surface wind stress plays an important role in typhoon storm surge-wave coupling in this area and can increase the storm set-up by 1 m. The study of the five typhoon cases has shown that the general coupling effects could increase storm set-up by 20-32%. Thus, it is suggested that to predict typhoon storm surges in the East Sea of China, a storm surge-wave coupled model be adopted. (C) 2008 National Natural Science Foundation of China and Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier Limited and Science in China Press. All rights reserved.

An analysis of the recent severe storm surge disaster events in China

The economic loss caused by the storm surge disasters is much higher than that caused by any other marine disaster in China, the loss from the severe storm surge disaster being the highest. Statistics show that there were 62 typhoon landings over the east-southeast coast of China since 1990, three of which, occurring in 1992, 1994 and 1997, respectively, caused the most severe damage. The direct economic losses due to these events are 9.3, 17.0 and 30 billion yuan (RMB, or about 1.7, 2.6 and 3.8 billion USD, respectively), which is much greater than the loss of 5.5 billion yuan (RMB) on an average every year during the 1989-1991 period. This paper makes a comparative analysis of the damage caused by the three events and presents an overview of progress of precautions against storm surge disaster in China. The suggested counter measures to mitigate the loss from the severe storm surge disasters in China is as follows: (1) Raise the whole society awareness of precaution against severe storm surge disaster; (2) Work out a new plan for building sea walls; (3) Improve and perfect the available warning and disaster relief command system; (4) Develop the insurance service in order to promptly mitigate the loss caused by severe storm surge disaster event.