skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Study of the tank systems of 125,000 cu m MRV type LNG carrier (loads and stress analysis)

Abstract

Theoretical and experimental analyses of ship motion, wave load, and stress induced in the hull and tank system of a 125,000-m/sup 3/ Moss-Rosenberg Verft A/S (MRV) LNG carrier found that the roll-damping coefficient of a moving ship is 4-5 times greater than that of a ship at rest. MHI improved the methods of calculating rolling motion by accounting for the effect of the liquid motion in the tank. The results of bench tests using a 2.7-ft diam spherical tank permitted estimating the hydrodynamic pressure acting on the tank shell, the liquid velocity, and the dynamic force on the pipe tower. MHI found close agreement between its computer calculations and the results of structural tests on a 13.8-ft long hull model. Three-dimensional stress analysis determined the boundary-force distribution for the hold (including the tank cover). The axisymmetrical computer program CYLAN and the equator-zooming technique accurately estimated the tank-system induced stress. The results of these analyses indicate that the MRV tank design is safe and strong.

Authors:
; ; ; ; ;
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Japan
OSTI Identifier:
5511092
Resource Type:
Conference
Journal Name:
Gastech Proc.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1; Conference: Gastech 81, 8. international LNG/LPG conference and exhibition, Hamburg, West Germany, 20-23 Oct 1981
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
03 NATURAL GAS; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; TRANSPORT; TANKER SHIPS; TANKS; DESIGN; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRESSES; CONTAINERS; ENERGY SOURCES; FLUIDS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL GAS; FUELS; GAS FUELS; GASES; LIQUEFIED GASES; NATURAL GAS; SHIPS; 032000* - Natural Gas- Transport, Handling, & Storage

Citation Formats

Nagomoto, R, Ushijima, M, Sakai, D, Hagiwara, K, Takahashi, T, and Kuramoto, Y. Study of the tank systems of 125,000 cu m MRV type LNG carrier (loads and stress analysis). United States: N. p., 1981. Web.
Nagomoto, R, Ushijima, M, Sakai, D, Hagiwara, K, Takahashi, T, & Kuramoto, Y. Study of the tank systems of 125,000 cu m MRV type LNG carrier (loads and stress analysis). United States.
Nagomoto, R, Ushijima, M, Sakai, D, Hagiwara, K, Takahashi, T, and Kuramoto, Y. 1981. "Study of the tank systems of 125,000 cu m MRV type LNG carrier (loads and stress analysis)". United States.
@article{osti_5511092,
title = {Study of the tank systems of 125,000 cu m MRV type LNG carrier (loads and stress analysis)},
author = {Nagomoto, R and Ushijima, M and Sakai, D and Hagiwara, K and Takahashi, T and Kuramoto, Y},
abstractNote = {Theoretical and experimental analyses of ship motion, wave load, and stress induced in the hull and tank system of a 125,000-m/sup 3/ Moss-Rosenberg Verft A/S (MRV) LNG carrier found that the roll-damping coefficient of a moving ship is 4-5 times greater than that of a ship at rest. MHI improved the methods of calculating rolling motion by accounting for the effect of the liquid motion in the tank. The results of bench tests using a 2.7-ft diam spherical tank permitted estimating the hydrodynamic pressure acting on the tank shell, the liquid velocity, and the dynamic force on the pipe tower. MHI found close agreement between its computer calculations and the results of structural tests on a 13.8-ft long hull model. Three-dimensional stress analysis determined the boundary-force distribution for the hold (including the tank cover). The axisymmetrical computer program CYLAN and the equator-zooming technique accurately estimated the tank-system induced stress. The results of these analyses indicate that the MRV tank design is safe and strong.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5511092}, journal = {Gastech Proc.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 1,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981}
}

Conference:
Other availability
Please see Document Availability for additional information on obtaining the full-text document. Library patrons may search WorldCat to identify libraries that hold this conference proceeding.

Save / Share: