Liu Chao-Fan Zhang Shun Zheng Yuan-Zhou : Research of The Structure and Function of Ordinary Landing Craft
Liu Chao-Fan Zhang Shun Zheng Yuan-Zhou : Research of The Structure and Function of Ordinary Landing Craft
Liu Chao-Fan Zhang Shun Zheng Yuan-Zhou : Research of The Structure and Function of Ordinary Landing Craft
期 7th International Conference on Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (ICEESD 2018)
Key words: Landing craft; Analogy method. Facility planning and design method; Design
calculation method; Software application method; Simulation experiment
Abstract: Rich in natural resources, the south China sea area islands is various, but the area is not
large, dense distribution is normal landing craft in the process of using the shortfalls, stability, speed
and endurance greatly affects the work efficiency of the construction of the south China sea, thus
put forward a feasible multifunctional landing craft appear very important. The “new
multifunctional crawler type high-efficiency hydrofoil landing craft” proposed by this research
project has great improvement in structure and function. This paper by looking at the data uses
analogy method to avoid the defect of other devices or equipment, then through facilities planning
and design method for “multifunctional crawl type high-efficiency hydrofoil landing craft” to carry
on the reasonable structure design and reasonable configuration, and then through the design
calculation method combining the calculation formula of design structure and related
implementation maximum design optimization in theory, then through software application method
of graphic design and analysis, finally through the simulation experiment to test design, and aims at
the problems of feedback and optimization. The research team of this paper has strong theoretical
and practical value to solve the current limitation of the sea performance and land travel of ordinary
landing craft.
Introduction
The sea is the natural link between countries' trade and cultural exchanges. Under the
background of China becoming the world's second largest economy and the global political and
economic landscape is interconnected,in September and October 2013,the chairman of China Xi
Jinping has successively proposed a major initiative to jointly build One Belt And One Road,during
his visit to central Asia and southeast Asia, and it is highly concerned by the international
community. Strategic partners of “21st century maritime silk road” ,connect the market chains of
major economic sectors such as ASEAN, South Asia, north Africa and Europe. Because ASEAN is
located at the crossroads of the maritime silk road and is a must, it is the first development goal of
the "21st century maritime silk road" strategy which making the south China sea an important
development goal for China[1].
During the construction of the south China sea, the search and rescue of accidents and casualties
is often dependent on helicopters for small matter transportation between islands and islands land. It
is also likely that more convenient vehicle will be required in that exploration of the unknown island,
land forms and nearby sea areas. An unknown danger may result if only ordinary ships or
helicopters are dispatched ,and it is difficult to treat when there are accidental casualties. At this
time, it is very important to improve the construction efficiency of the south China sea with good
performance and convenient and convenient sea transportation.
“High speed, smooth” is the most promising maritime transport tool or military transport
platform in the 21st century, it is a development trend of the present high performance ship to
“hybridize” different types of high-performance ships to form a new composite ship with a view to
achieving better performance. The average landing craft is unsatisfactory in terms of stability, speed
and endurance. The air cushion landing craft is more expensive than the ordinary landing craft,
although both speed and endurance are improved. In recent years, domestic and foreign scholars and
the relevant departments for ability evaluation made a lot of research, and achieved some results. In
the late 1950s, our country started the application of air cushion technology research and
development of the national organization strength. More than 40 units began to theory research and
model test, beginning in 1982, air cushion vehicle into the practical phase in our country[2]. In
foreign countries, the first country to develop hovercraft was Britain. As early as the mid-19th
century, Cockerel established the theory of air cushion. He found that if air was used as a “cushion”
between ships and water, it could reduce the drag significantly, thus increasing the speed of the ship.
In 1959, the first British hovercraft SRNI crossed the English channel successfully; In October 1977,
the U.S. naval coastal systems research center in Florida built two 160t-class air cushion vehicles,
JEFF(A) and JEFF(B); In 1970, Russia's first generation of called “Carrie” the medium-sized
hovercraft[3].It can be seen that relevant experts and maritime units have some research on landing
craft, but there is no mature solution for the high cost of hovercraft. According to structure and
function of the landing craft problem, this paper through the analogy access various other normal
landing craft, avoiding the defects of other devices or equipment, through the facilities planning and
design method for “multifunctional crawler type high-efficiency hydrofoil landing craft ”to carry on
the reasonable structure design and reasonable configuration, and then the design calculation
method combining the calculation formula of design structure and related implementation maximum
design optimization in theory, then through software application method of graphic design and
analysis, finally through the simulation experiment to test design, and aims at the problems of
feedback and optimization. Designed in this paper, based on the normal landing craft and equipment
structure transform, effectively solve the current normal landing craft performance facing the sea
and land traffic restrictions, has a good practicability.
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paper design the multifunctional landing craft adopts the structure of a catamaran. Many of the
advantages of high-speed catamaran are good for landing craft, such as :(1) low resistance when
high speed sailing. (2) excellent initial stability. (3) good maneuverability and maneuverability. (4)
good anti-sinking ability. (5) a good living environment and the spacious deck area (6) Good living
environment and spacious deck area. (7) When loading and unloading cargo, it is not necessary to
carry out the loading and unloading strictly according to the stowage schedule. (8) compared with
the same displacement mono-hull ship, it is shallow draft and it is more suitable for sailing in
shallow water [5].
"Multifunctional crawler type high-efficiency hydrofoil landing craft" that this article mentioned
is equipped with a retractable water wing on the basis of the catamaran.,It enables the normal
landing craft to maintain the excellent performance of the catamaran, with the rapidity of the
hydrofoil. And it designed a buoyant tank. And after landing, it uses the crawler as the driving
system on the shore.as shown in figure 1:
La ------ The length of the aft peak of the amphibious craft,the unit is m,and La = 0.08LW 1 ;
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L p ------ The length of the cabin of the amphibious craft,the unit is m,LP = ROW + 2.8 ,ROW is
The total length of the amphibious boat is based on the following formula:
Loa = 1.06 Lwl
The number of rows in the captain's direction is 4, Row = 4 ,the length of the cabin of the
amphibious landing craft is:
LP = Row + 2.8 = 4 + 2.8 = 6.8
The calculation formula of 6.8m, 0.08 and 0.10 was taken into the waterline length of the landing
craft:
Lw1 = La + LP + L f = 0.08Lw1 + 6.8 + 0.10Lw1
The solution can be obtained: Lw1 = 8.29m , So the landing boat length is 8.29m.
Calculate the total length of amphibious landing craft:
Loa = 1.06 Lw1 = 1.06 × 8.29 = 8.79
formula:
B = Col × 0.5 + 1.8 = 7 × 0.5 + 1.8 = 5.3m
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below.
FIG. 4 cabin layout
As the hull and a series of transmission devices consume a portion of the power, there is a
question of efficiency; Propulsion power coefficient is landing craft effective Pe and Ps , the ratio
Ps = Pe ÷ P.C
ηg
where: ------ Efficiency of gearbox. ηs ------ Efficiency of shafting
From the selection of diesel engine, can know the host of the power is 3900 kw, we use two hosts
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to drive the boat, total power is 7800 kw, by calculating the coefficient of the advance, advance
coefficient is 0.52, so the effective power should be calculated according to the following formula:
2 × 3900 kw × 0.52 = 4056 kw
By design, the total resistance of the landing craft is about 225KN, and the maximum speed can
be reached:
4056 kw ÷ 225 = 18.02 m / s = 35.04 kn
It is important to note that the resistance characteristics of catamaran is a body wave between the
interference with each other. When in a strong interference resistance of catamaran is less than the
sum of two separate pieces of body resistance[6].
The analysis of the host and selection
The power system of this landing craft mainly refers to the engine that drives the power machine
when it is in the water, and the motor that drives the crawler on land. Modem landing craft host type
has a lot of, compared to several other kinds of diesel engine power plant, has good mobility, small
size, high reliability, long service life, convenient maintenance, the characteristics of the
economy[7],It is more suitable for our amphibious landing craft. Therefore, the power system of this
landing craft chooses two diesel engines as the main engine.
The landing craft to hydrofoil, its higher requirements for quickening the landing craft, etc. After
referring to a variety of civil and military hosts, we decided to choose the 20V 4000M93L Marine
high speed diesel engine produced by German MTU company. On the one hand, it is widely used in
government ships, military vessels and luxury yachts; On the other hand .The machine is a
high-speed diesel engine with direct injection, water cooling, high pressure charging and irreversible
four-stroke. High pressure common rail fuel injection system, three layers of wall exhaust pipe,
sequential supercharging technology and shunt type cooling system design and other new
technology such as its application on MTU4000 Marine high-speed diesel engine, it is a typical
representative of Marine high-speed diesel engine.
Model selection of propulsion systems
The existing landing craft mainly USES three propulsion modes: tire propulsion, propeller
propulsion and water jet propulsion. After comparison, considering the water jet propulsion with
superior control performance and dynamic performance, stable operation and is not easy to damage,
water jet propulsion ship, tonnage to the large-scale development and widely applicable form, the
dominant position in the field of high speed high performance ship propulsion constantly
consolidate and prospect of good advantages such as low speed transmission to extension[8],The
landing craft was propelled by a water jet.
Mathematical model of water jet propulsion system.
Water jet propulsion unit
By using the following formula to calculate the basic properties of the water spray system, such
as thrust, shaft power, torque, torque, etc.:
TB = (1 − t B ) ⋅ ρ ⋅ QB ⋅ VB ⋅ (k ⋅ cos ϕ − α )
PB = γ ⋅ QB ⋅ H / η0
M B = PB / N B
η PT = η PC ⋅η0
k = V j / VS
Considering that the thrust of the sprinkler system is compatible with the total resistance of the
landing craft, After our calculation, the total resistance is about 160KN, and the thrust of the
sprinkler system should be no less than 160KN when running at the rated power of the landing craft.
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According to the main engine power and transmission efficiency, the shaft power is 2028kW.
Piping system
The basic parameters of the pipeline system are: the system efficiency of the lift, the water jet
propulsion system, the pipe loss coefficient of the water jet propulsion system, etc.
Reducing pipe loss is the key to improve water efficiency. In the design, the pipe should be short
and the elbow is small, and the pipe resistance can be increased by avoiding vacuole on the inlet side.
Pipeline loss can be determined by pipeline experiment or subsection calculation. The water pump
efficiency of the landing craft was 0.90 and the shaft system efficiency was 0.97.
In view of the above results, in reference to the various types of hydraulic system after we
analyzed, finally selected for the research and development of Chinese shipping and Marine
engineering design and research institute of MARIC - HL series mixed flow hydraulic propeller,The
technical specifications for this series of water jet are between 50kW - 6000kW (host input power),
and we choose the 2240kW type of water jet propeller. It applies to ships mounted on 25kn to 55kn.
Optimization design of traditional system
Because we designed by amphibious landing craft have the double function of road and land
surface, so the corresponding transmission mechanism consists of two sets: the water sailing drive,
power for the hydraulic propeller; The land transmission system is the driving force for the crawler.
We have consulted a number of information and related products designed a set of transmission
mechanism, as shown in figure 6:
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R f ⋅ d t = S1 ⋅ v02 ⋅ dt
solution:
R f = S1 ⋅ v02
Analysis of Feasibility
Economic performance analysis
Analysis of Economic Performance of Ship Hydrofoil
When ship is at foil borne,The great part of the hull weight is supported by the lift of the
hydrofoil,The remaining small part is supported by the buoyancy of the four pontoons,landing craft
drastically reduced draught. Due to reduced draught,Wet area is also reduced, frictional resistance is
reduced, shape resistance and wave-making resistance are also greatly reduced, making the total
resistance reduced. The resistance of the landing craft is only about half that of a gliding boat or a
high-speed catamaran with the same tonnage and the same speed, that is, it can obtain a higher speed
with less power and greatly improve the economy. The economic speed of the landing craft range
approximately 55-75km/h, and the speed of the ultra-high-speed hydrofoils is approximately
100km/h (54kn). The maximum cruise speed we designed is 30kn. In addition, the disturbance of the
wave to the landing craft is relatively small. The correctly designed self-stable hydrofoil system has
a suitable motion response in the wind and waves. Compared with a gliding boat, a catamaran, or a
hovercraft with the same scale and the same speed, its pitching, rolling and heave motion are all
smaller [9].
Compared to the traditional landing craft, our landing craft designed can perform amphibious
operations at high speeds, which greatly improves the economy and efficiency of landing craft’s
overall navigation. Through the mutual cooperation of the hydrofoil mechanism and the hull track
structure, the landing craft quickly completes the transition of the navigation state between the
shallow sea and the land, which greatly reduces the energy consumption and increases the economic
efficiency of the ship. The social benefit is huge and the economic prospect is considerable.
Analysis of Economic Performance of Ships Crawler
Compared to the traditional landing craft, the excess transmission part of the traditional landing
craft will be subject to greater resistance due to water surface impact during navigation, which will
increase fuel consumption accordingly. By installing a buoyancy tank on the crawler’s front and
back, the crawler will reduce the resistance and provide a part of buoyancy for the landing craft. As
a result, the whole energy consumption of the landing craft will be partially reduced.
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During land travel, landing craft can smoothly, quickly and safely pass through a variety of
complex road conditions through the use of track which is more economical and efficient. Due to the
larger grounding area, the tank's ability to pass through the soft and muddy road surface is increased,
and the amount of sinking is reduced, making it possible for the landing craft to complete the
beach-climbing process with low energy consumption and high stability, and to keep going.
In summary, the track plays a different role in the switching of multiple working states of the hull,
so that each working state is organically integrated, and the overall efficiency and speed of the
landing craft will be greatly improved.
Feasibility of safety
Hull restoring moment
Ship get heeling angle θ with the restoring moment produced by hull, the shape restoring
moment of the hull:
M S = ( disp + f x ) ⋅ Z m ⋅ sin θ
where: disp ---- Constant of Amphibious landing craft hull displacement at foil borne,united t;
Therefore, after the ship produces heeling angle θ , the restoring moment generated by the hull
is:
M h = M s − ( weight + I d ) ⋅ Z g ⋅ sin θ
I d ------weight of track,united t ;
Z g ------ height from the actual center of gravity to the assumed center of gravity of the
lift. All heeling moments acting on the ship are assumed to be based on the center of gravity pointed
S ( IE , the intersection of the baseline, the ship's cross section and the mid-longitudinal section).
Hydrofoil lift calculation
1
hydrofoil lift L = ⋅ ρ ⋅ v 2 ⋅ s ⋅ c ⋅ CL 。
2
where: C L is constant of hydrofoil lift, v is ship speed,taking the landing boat's maximum
speed v = 25m / s , s and c are the expanded length of the hydrofoil and the length of the chord,
taking s = 3.72 , c = 0.78 ,taking ρ water density.
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∂CL
kϕ ⋅
⋅ (α + α 0 − ∆α 0 − ϕ cos β )
C = ∂α
The hydrofoil lift coefficient can be calculated as follows: L
∂C k h
1 + L ⋅ ϕ ⋅ (1 + τ ) ⋅ ξ ( )
∂α πλ λ
∂CL ∂CL
Where: ------ lift coefficient derivative to angle of attack,taking = 5.5 ;
∂α ∂α
0.6
kϕ = 1 − (0.5 + t ) exp[−2h ] ------ influence of the free liquid derivative to the lift system,where,
f ------ zero lift angle, f = f / c is the relative degree of curvature of the hydrofoil according to
t 1
∆α 0 = ( − 1) ------ variation of airfoil zero lift angle caused by free liquid surface;
2 kϕ
ϕ ------the pitch angle (trimming is positive);
τ = 0.09 λ − 0.04 ------ correct coefficient of influence of hydrofoil shape on slant angle and
induced drag ξ (h / λ ) ------ hydrofoil soak depth and the influence of the wingspan on the slope of
the flow field,when
0.16
0.02 < h / λ <1.0H, ξ (h / λ ) =0.85+
h /λ
Hydrofoil-generated restoring moment
In order to improve the accuracy of the calculation, the hydrofoil is sliced in the direction of the
length of the protuberance, and the restoring moment generated by each slice is calculated, and then
integrated along the direction of the extension to obtain the restoring moment of the entire
hydrofoil.。
After ships get heeling angle θ,The lift of a slice ds at one side of the hydrofoil
1
dLI = ⋅ ρ ⋅ v 2 ⋅ ds ⋅ c ⋅ dCLi
2
The restoring moment produced by the slice DS is:
1
dLI = ⋅ ρ ⋅ v 2 ⋅ ds ⋅ c ⋅ dCLi
2
The restoring moment produced by the slice ds is:
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dM FI = dLI ⋅ armI
where: armI is the vertical distance assuming that the point of gravity S is away from the slice
ds lift action line, that is, the lift arm of the slice ds .
After the ship gets heeling angle θ, the restoring moment generated by the water immersed
portion on the left side of the hydrofoil is:
s
M FI = − ∫ dM FI
0
Similarly, the restoring moment generated by the water immersed part of the other side of the
hydrofoil is:
s
M Fr = − ∫ dM Fr
0
From this, it can be seen that after the ship gets heeling angle θ, the restoring moment produced
by the hydrofoil is:
M F = M FI + M Fr
Conclusion
Through the structural and functional improvements made to the defects of ordinary landing
craft’s equipment or devices, the operational efficiency of the landing craft has been improved, and
the efficiency of construction operations in the South China Sea has been greatly improved. In view
of the structural and functional transformation to ordinary landing craft, this article firstly uses the
analogy method to avoid the defects of other devices or equipment by referring to the data. Secondly,
through the facility planning and design method, we can do reasonable structure design and rational
configuration to the “multifunctional crawler type high-efficiency hydrofoil landing craft”, and then
use calculation method designed combined with structure designed and related calculation formulas
to achieve the theoretical maximum design optimization, and then use the software application
method for graphic design and analysis, and finally through the simulation test method to test the
design works, and Problems arise to feedback and optimize. The results of feasibility analysis show
that the model can effectively avoid the deficiencies of ordinary landing craft equipment and has
good practicality. The model constructed by the project has implications for other similar ability
evaluation problems.
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