Nowadays, as oil industry gradually moves towards deep sea fields with water depth more than 1000 meters, they are subjected to several threats which can cause failure of the pipeline, of which the accidentally-dropped objects have become the leading external risk factor for subsea developments. In this thesis, a sample field layout introduced in Det Norske Veritas (DNV) guide rules is selected as the study case with 100 m water depth. Six different groups of dropped objects are used in this paper. The conditional hit probability for long/flat shaped objects will be calculated with the methods from both DNV rules and an in-house tool Dropped Objects Simulator (DROBS). The difference between the results will be discussed. Meanwhile, the sensitivity analysis on mass, collision area , the volume, added mass coefficient and drag coefficient of the objects are calculated.

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Background The shipbuilding trends have changed from being single purpose ships only to using modular and flexible parts or systems to carry out multiple missions with as few ships as possible to minimize the ecological and economic impact. A flotilla can become smaller by having multiple ships capable of carrying out various missions instead of single-purpose ships. Objectives The objectives throughout the thesis are to provide an insight into how the trends today are affecting the market of surface ships and to study how a reconfigurable floor can be combined with a sliding bulkhead to be implemented into the cargo space. The developed concept needs to meet the regulations set by DNV-GL, which are an international classification society that is experts in risk management and quality assurance. This master’s thesis focuses on how to implement modularity and flexibility in payload arrangement for surface ships. Method The work process is based on the methodology design thinking’s four phases, which are initiation, inspiration, ideation, and implementation. Throughout the project, a trendwatching was conducted to determine the most impactful trends on the naval market. Using semi-structured interviews, techwatching and brainstorming iterations, a requirements list was defined to support the concept development. The concepts were weighed against each other, and the highest scoring was developed into a parametric CAD model. The model was later compared to the DNV-GL regulations to see whether the developed concept affects existing systems such as HVAC. Results Some of the top trends that have been affecting the naval market lately is modularity, flexibility, and unmanned surface vessels. The developed concept was a combination of a pallet loading floor and cargo floor rollers for reconfigurable floors and garage door-inspired bulkhead. The concept was visualized in Autodesk Inventor Professional 2020 to be further analyzed and display how the concept operates, its functions and how the system compares to DNV-GL regulations. Conclusions The top trends affecting the naval market are modularity, flexibility, and unmanned surface vessels to mention a few. Some of the regulations from DNV-GL that need to be considered when implementing a modular and flexible payload arrangement are fire protection and tightness requirements. However, the regulations can be stricter or changed depending on the role, design, and placement of the payload arrangement.

Med fremveksten av oljeutvinning til havs ble det behov for nye metoder for å lete etter olje, i tillegg til å hente den opp. Mobile plattformer ble til i tiden rundt 1950 som et resultat av oljeindustriens vekst, og klasseselskapene gikk aktivt inn for å involvere seg i klassifisering av disse plattformene. Etter kort tid kom problemstillingen om hva en mobil plattform var – et skip eller noe annet? Det norske Veritas involverte seg i den begynnende olje- og gassutvinningen i Nordsjøen ganske tidlig. For selskapet var offshoreindustri et skritt vekk fra det tradisjonelle klassearbeidet. Likevel åpnet industrien flere dører for klasseselskapet, samtidig som det bød på nye utfordringer. Mobile plattformer var noe nytt, men hadde samtidig en forankring i det maritime miljøet. Det norske Veritas prøvde slik å utnytte sin egen lange erfaring fra skip, ved å overføre den til et eget regelverk og en egen klasse for mobile plattformer. Selskapet kjempet slik for å få en kontrollordning på mobile plattformer basert på samme ordning som for skip. Sjøfartsdirektoratet hadde et langt og nært samarbeid med Det norske Veritas. Med opprettelsen av Oljedirektoratet ble klasseselskapet en årsak til uenighet innad i direktoratene, og da spesielt omkring arbeidet med mobile plattformer - en uenighet som ville følge alle aktørene gjennom hele perioden. Spørsmålet om hva en mobil plattform skulle defineres som var også medvirkende. Oppgaven avslutter med rammeavtalen mellom Det norske Veritas og Oljedirektoratet i 1977.

The development of steam turbines is continuously moving forward and the aim is oftento develop configurations with higher power output. Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB is currently in the beginning of a development project which replaces a single turbine with two interconnected turbines with higher pressure and temperature of the steam than before. To ensure reliable quality and hold down costs is it an advantage to do most of the assembly before delivery to site.This thesis work at Linköping University has been written in collaboration with Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB, Finspång. The objective of this work is to investigate the possibility to mount two turbines and a gearbox on a turbine frame. Theframe will be used both for transportation and during operation.The thesis considerate analyses of the turbine layout and critical parameters that may affect a turbine frame. In addition was a frame concept developed and evaluated with respect to solid mechanics and alignment of the shaft arrangement.Our conclusion is that there are good possibilities to install the equipment on a frame and achieve demands due to solid mechanics and alignment of the shaft arrangement.We recommend Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB to carry on with the project and do further investigations of the natural frequency of the frame concept, compare financial advantages and disadvantages together with possibilities for transportation.

Naturally, maritime training simulators at all events are valuable instructional and pedagogical tools. Through the history, the maritime simulation was utilized to train prospective maritime apprentices in whom it has filled the gap left by the acute shortage of opportunities for jobs onboard vessels around the globe. However, professional seafarers are the axis of success and competitiveness in the field of maritime training. They are the ones that, who are well trained and have the responsibilities of their work and the surrounding environment. In order to achieve the success along with effective training skills, both maritime companies and seafarers should implement a management of safety onboard ships, which only can be executed through the effective usage of the Bridge Resource Management (BRM) and righteous maritime simulation training. Qualitative upgrading of the maritime training process at higher education levels depends predominantly on the instructive value of the instructors' educational software and the content of these programs which contains advanced and intelligent scenarios that benefit positively in providing effective training in order to, transfer and implement their gained skills from virtual reality to the actual environment with minimal risks and additionally to avoid the unforeseen occurrences at sea. The outcomes of the evaluation have shown the instructional suitability of the maritime educational scheme and significant capabilities, it provides, as well as the domains and frameworks for its instructional development. The above facts are substantial in the refinement and improvement of the current maritime education and growth of the apprentices' capabilities and the professionalism of their skills, along with the farthest purpose of creating more educated marine navigators in the worldwide merchant fleet. This research proposes and demonstrates in details the purpose of the maritime simulation training complexes, the elements that if provided, will lead to an effective maritime simulation training, types of maritime simulation, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), its tools and its power for the effectiveness of the maritime simulation training through different conventions & codes and the future for the maritime simulation training, in order to emphasize and accentuate the interplay between instructors and apprentices in an integrated maritime simulation complex on which a serious maritime event is taking place. The distillation of this thesis draws an attention to the effectiveness of the partnership between maritime apprentices and their instructors across a maritime simulation training complex scheme during a virtual maritime scenario event in an advanced facilities located in the state of Florida, which is armed with modern technology, provides both added stimulation for the apprentice himself and elevates the simulator a degree toward a vessel for practical training and/or sailing.

Dropped object are defined as any object that fall under its own weight from a previously static position or fell due to an applied force from equipment or a moving object. It is among the top ten causes of injuries and fatality in oil and gas industry. To solve this problem, several in-house tools and guidelines is developed over time to assess the risk of dropped objects on the sub-sea structures. This thesis focuses on compiling and comparing those methods in hope to improve the recommended practices available in the market. A simple modification is done on the in-house tools to better predict the landing point distribution of the dropped cylindrical objects on the seabed by imposing the random three-dimensional rotation around the water depth axis. This tool is then used to compare the result of annual hit frequency using the recommended practice and further compared with the available experimental data.

<p><p>The thesis project is accomplished during winter and spring 2008 at Karlstad University at the faculty of technology and science. The tutor at Karlstad University is Nils Hallbäck and the examiner is Hans Johansson. Rolls-Royce at Kristinehamn in Sweden is the initiator for the project. The thesis project title is design of the blade bolt joint on Kamewa CPP. CPP stands for controllable pitch propeller. The study include two main aspects which are to analyze if the blade bolt joint which is used today can be applied on a larger propeller and if there are better solutions or other possibilities to join the blade to the hub. First the classification rules of some institutes were studied to find out which limitations there are. Bolted joint has to exceed a minimum bending strength and the bolts have to be made out of steel and their strength has to be at least 10.9. Today Rolls-Royce use ten bolts per propeller, five on each side of the blade. To analyze the strength of the blade bolt joint connection a FEM and an analytic analyze were made and the results compared with each other. Two cases were examined, one for drift and two when hitting an iceberg. The results were similar to each other for FEM and the analytic analyze. At drift all bolts were under the tensile strength of 750 MPa but when using ice loads some bolts started to deform. A new concept for the bolt connection was tested. Again the stress in the bolts stayed under the tensile strength at drift but deformed when applying ice loads. A difference between analytical and FEM analysis was that the stress difference between the bolts were minor in the FEM method. Another concept was only studied with FEM and it had a geometric locking devise combined with the same blade bolt connection as Rolls-Royce use today. At drift the locking devise didn’t support the connection much but when applying ice loads less bolts started to deform and less material in the bolts reached the tensile limit. All three concepts showed stress concentrations at the first two or three threads. The differences between the three concepts weren’t that large and to get better results other possibilities have to be considered. It is important to know how much torque has to be applied on the screw to get the right amount of pretension. Three aspects to consider are to apply the torque without getting any torsion in the screw, to lower the moment with the right coating or lubricant and to avoid the stress concentrations at the threads. Superbolts and clampnuts are two possibilities to avoid torsion in the screws. By using screw thread inserts or tension optimized threads the stress in the thread gets optimized and a coating or lubricant with a low friction coefficient will lower the torque. Three possible solutions are suggested.</p></p> / <p><p>Examensarbetet har utförts på fakulteten för teknik och naturvetenskap under vintern och våren 2008 och är en kurs på 22,5 hp med kurskoden MSGC 17. Handledare på Karlstads universitet är Nils Hallbäck och examinator är Hans Johansson. Rolls-Royce i Kristinehamn är uppdragsgivaren till examensarbetet. Uppgiften är att dimensionera ett bladförband till en stor Kamewa Ulstein CP-propeller. Frågeställningen som ska besvaras är om det går att använda dagens förband och undersöka om det finns bättre alternativ eller andra lösningar på problemet. Det finns inga ritningar på den storleken av propellrar som förbandet ska göras till. Därför måste man skala upp mått från mindre propellrar. Propellerdiameter är 7,7 meter och bladet med fot väger 10 ton efter skalningen. Förbandet ska klara av DNVs (Det Norske Veritas) klassificeringskrav för böjmotstånd och förbandet dimensioneras därefter. För dagens förband behövs det mycket stora skruvar för att klara klassificeringskravet. En analytisk och en FEM-analys genomfördes för att det inte finns något material att jämföra med. Krafter som måste betraktas är centrifugalkraften, tyngdkraften, framdrivningskraften från vattnet samt en isbelastning vid kollision med ett isberg. Framdrivningskraften varierar med 20 % när propellern passerar skrovet. Resultaten från analyserna gav att dagens förband klarar belastningarna vid drift, dock att bultarna börjar deformeras vid belastning med iskraften. I den analytiska analysen antar man att alla delar (bladfot, fläns och nav) är stela och inte deformeras. Dessutom tar man inte hänsyn till böjpåkänningarna som uppstår i skruvarna. Detta tas med i FEM-analysen samt att man räknar med olinjära materialsamband. Därför uppstår det stora spänningsskillnader, upp till 210 MPa, i bultarna vid FEM-analysen vilket inte sker vid de analytiska beräkningarna. Ett antal koncept genererades och två av dessa analyserades närmare. Båda koncepten är optimerade för centrifugalkraften eftersom den utgör den största belastningen under drift om man bortser ifrån förspänningen. Koncept 1 är ett förband som består av 16 bultar per propeller med tre olika storlekar. Enligt FEM analysen fås en jämnare spänningsfördelning över skruvarna än med dagens förband, medan den analytiska metoden ger ungefär samma fördelning som vid dagens förband. Alla skruvar håller sig under sträckgränsen vid drift. Vid isbelastningen uppnås sträckgränsen i många av de mindre skruvarna och skruvarna börjar deformeras plastiskt. I detta avseende stämmer den analytiska lösningen och FEM-analysen överens. Skillnaden är att den analytiska beräkningen visar större spänningsvariation bland skruvarna dvs. att den största och minsta spänningen hos bultarna är högre än vid FEM-beräkningarna. Det andra konceptet som analyserades närmare består av en formlåsning som sitter under bladet tillsammans med samma skruvar som används vid dagens förband. Vid drift märks knappt någon skillnad. Vid isbelastningen så tar formlåsningen dock upp mer spänning och avlastar skruvarna. Färre skruvar deformeras plastiskt. Det finns möjligheter att använda sig av redan befintliga lösningar som Superbolts, clampnuts och andra verktyg. Det som är avgörande för förbandets funktion är ett korrekt åtdragningsmoment. Positivt är att samtidigt kunna förspänna skruvarna utan torsion. En lösning är att ytbehandla skruvarna med en beläggning med känd friktionskoefficient.</p><p>Tre lösningsförslag har tagits fram som ger ett bättre resultat än dagens förband.</p></p>

The thesis project is accomplished during winter and spring 2008 at Karlstad University at the faculty of technology and science. The tutor at Karlstad University is Nils Hallbäck and the examiner is Hans Johansson. Rolls-Royce at Kristinehamn in Sweden is the initiator for the project. The thesis project title is design of the blade bolt joint on Kamewa CPP. CPP stands for controllable pitch propeller. The study include two main aspects which are to analyze if the blade bolt joint which is used today can be applied on a larger propeller and if there are better solutions or other possibilities to join the blade to the hub. First the classification rules of some institutes were studied to find out which limitations there are. Bolted joint has to exceed a minimum bending strength and the bolts have to be made out of steel and their strength has to be at least 10.9. Today Rolls-Royce use ten bolts per propeller, five on each side of the blade. To analyze the strength of the blade bolt joint connection a FEM and an analytic analyze were made and the results compared with each other. Two cases were examined, one for drift and two when hitting an iceberg. The results were similar to each other for FEM and the analytic analyze. At drift all bolts were under the tensile strength of 750 MPa but when using ice loads some bolts started to deform. A new concept for the bolt connection was tested. Again the stress in the bolts stayed under the tensile strength at drift but deformed when applying ice loads. A difference between analytical and FEM analysis was that the stress difference between the bolts were minor in the FEM method. Another concept was only studied with FEM and it had a geometric locking devise combined with the same blade bolt connection as Rolls-Royce use today. At drift the locking devise didn’t support the connection much but when applying ice loads less bolts started to deform and less material in the bolts reached the tensile limit. All three concepts showed stress concentrations at the first two or three threads. The differences between the three concepts weren’t that large and to get better results other possibilities have to be considered. It is important to know how much torque has to be applied on the screw to get the right amount of pretension. Three aspects to consider are to apply the torque without getting any torsion in the screw, to lower the moment with the right coating or lubricant and to avoid the stress concentrations at the threads. Superbolts and clampnuts are two possibilities to avoid torsion in the screws. By using screw thread inserts or tension optimized threads the stress in the thread gets optimized and a coating or lubricant with a low friction coefficient will lower the torque. Three possible solutions are suggested. / Examensarbetet har utförts på fakulteten för teknik och naturvetenskap under vintern och våren 2008 och är en kurs på 22,5 hp med kurskoden MSGC 17. Handledare på Karlstads universitet är Nils Hallbäck och examinator är Hans Johansson. Rolls-Royce i Kristinehamn är uppdragsgivaren till examensarbetet. Uppgiften är att dimensionera ett bladförband till en stor Kamewa Ulstein CP-propeller. Frågeställningen som ska besvaras är om det går att använda dagens förband och undersöka om det finns bättre alternativ eller andra lösningar på problemet. Det finns inga ritningar på den storleken av propellrar som förbandet ska göras till. Därför måste man skala upp mått från mindre propellrar. Propellerdiameter är 7,7 meter och bladet med fot väger 10 ton efter skalningen. Förbandet ska klara av DNVs (Det Norske Veritas) klassificeringskrav för böjmotstånd och förbandet dimensioneras därefter. För dagens förband behövs det mycket stora skruvar för att klara klassificeringskravet. En analytisk och en FEM-analys genomfördes för att det inte finns något material att jämföra med. Krafter som måste betraktas är centrifugalkraften, tyngdkraften, framdrivningskraften från vattnet samt en isbelastning vid kollision med ett isberg. Framdrivningskraften varierar med 20 % när propellern passerar skrovet. Resultaten från analyserna gav att dagens förband klarar belastningarna vid drift, dock att bultarna börjar deformeras vid belastning med iskraften. I den analytiska analysen antar man att alla delar (bladfot, fläns och nav) är stela och inte deformeras. Dessutom tar man inte hänsyn till böjpåkänningarna som uppstår i skruvarna. Detta tas med i FEM-analysen samt att man räknar med olinjära materialsamband. Därför uppstår det stora spänningsskillnader, upp till 210 MPa, i bultarna vid FEM-analysen vilket inte sker vid de analytiska beräkningarna. Ett antal koncept genererades och två av dessa analyserades närmare. Båda koncepten är optimerade för centrifugalkraften eftersom den utgör den största belastningen under drift om man bortser ifrån förspänningen. Koncept 1 är ett förband som består av 16 bultar per propeller med tre olika storlekar. Enligt FEM analysen fås en jämnare spänningsfördelning över skruvarna än med dagens förband, medan den analytiska metoden ger ungefär samma fördelning som vid dagens förband. Alla skruvar håller sig under sträckgränsen vid drift. Vid isbelastningen uppnås sträckgränsen i många av de mindre skruvarna och skruvarna börjar deformeras plastiskt. I detta avseende stämmer den analytiska lösningen och FEM-analysen överens. Skillnaden är att den analytiska beräkningen visar större spänningsvariation bland skruvarna dvs. att den största och minsta spänningen hos bultarna är högre än vid FEM-beräkningarna. Det andra konceptet som analyserades närmare består av en formlåsning som sitter under bladet tillsammans med samma skruvar som används vid dagens förband. Vid drift märks knappt någon skillnad. Vid isbelastningen så tar formlåsningen dock upp mer spänning och avlastar skruvarna. Färre skruvar deformeras plastiskt. Det finns möjligheter att använda sig av redan befintliga lösningar som Superbolts, clampnuts och andra verktyg. Det som är avgörande för förbandets funktion är ett korrekt åtdragningsmoment. Positivt är att samtidigt kunna förspänna skruvarna utan torsion. En lösning är att ytbehandla skruvarna med en beläggning med känd friktionskoefficient. Tre lösningsförslag har tagits fram som ger ett bättre resultat än dagens förband.