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5.2 Boundary conditions
All degrees of freedom in model were taken in site of attachment vessels with a ship decks area marked in blue (Figure 3).
Figure 3 Location of fixed support on model - blue color (Source: authors)
5.3 Material properties
As indicated above, the selected material of the outer and the
inner shell is stainless steel AISI 304. For longitudinal support
and knobs was selected plastic material polycarbonate for the
good ratio between strength and insulating properties. The
material properties for the assessment of the strength properties
are given in Table 1.
Material
Young´s modulus
[GPa]
Poisson´s ratio
AISI 304
200
0,29
Polycarbonate
2,21
0,37
Table 1 Material properties (Source: GIIGNL)
The material properties are dependent on the operating
temperature. As mentioned above, the temperature of LNG is
about -160° C and temperature of environment was considered
20° C. The necessary properties such as yield strength and
ultimate strength for both materials in given temperatures are
indicated in Table 2.
Material
Temperature
[°C]
Yield
Strength
[MPa]
Tensile
Strength
[MPa]
AISI 304
20°C
205
515
-160°C
380
1470
Polycarbonate
20°C
70
Table 2 Tensile properties at varying temperatures (Source:
GIIGNL)
5.3.1 FEM mesh
Mesh of elements was created on the geometric model for the
purpose of calculation, using FEM. The outer and inner shells
were meshed by shell-elements for the remaining items in the
assembly (plastic supports longitudinal and knobs, stand under
the tank) were used volume elements.
For three loading states half symmetry was used. Model consist
of 1 939 766 elements. In this case, it was necessary to calculate
the whole model, and the number of elements increased to 3 914
394 from which were created 6 363 429 equations in the
computational model (Figure 4 and Figure 5).
In Figure 4 and Figure 5 it is possible see the created FEM mesh
for LNG tank. Figure 4 shows the outer shell with the supports
and Figure 5 shows the inner shell with plastic longitudinal
supports and knobs.
Figure 4 Mesh of outer shell of LNG vessel volume 348,5 m
3
(Source: authors)
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