简介：今年9月，波罗的海干散货指数（BDI）持续走高、涨势惊人，该指数9月25日报收2127点，相比年初涨幅接近200％，创下自2010年10月以来近33个月新高。素来被认为是航运市场“晴雨表”的干散货指数高涨，给市场资金提供了信心支撑，航运股出现久违的攀升。然而，“无风不起浪”，如此急促的涨势仅仅靠季节性惯性增长是不足以完成的，那么还有什么隐形的推手从中发力呢？波罗的海指数还会持续飙升吗？

简介：Theobjectiveofthisworkistoanalysefatiguereliabilityofdeckstructuressubjectedtocorrelatedcrackgrowth.Thestressintensityfactorsofthecorrelatedcracksareobtainedbyfiniteelementanalysisandbasedonwhichthegeometrycorrectionfunctionsarederived.TheMonteCarlosimulationsareappliedtopredictthestatisticaldescriptorsofcorrelatedcracksbasedontheParis-Erdoganequation.Aprobabilisticmodelofcrackgrowthasafunctionoftimeisusedtoanalysethefatiguereliabilityofdeckstructuresaccountingforthecrackpropagationcorrelation.Adeckstructureismodelledasaseriessystemofstiffenedpanels,whereastiffenedpanelisregardedasaparallelsystemcomposedofplatesandarelongitudinal.Ithasbeenproventhatthemethoddevelopedherecanbeconvenientlyappliedtoperformthefatiguereliabilityassessmentofstructuressubjectedtocorrelatedcrackgrowth.

简介：Inthepresentwork,computationalsimulationswasmadeusingANSYSCFXtopredicttheimprovementsinfilmcoolingperformancewithdualtrench.Dual-trenchconfigurationconsistsoftwotrenchestogether,onewidertrenchandtheotherisnarrowtrenchthatextrudedfromthewiderone.Severalblowingratiosintherange(0.5:5)wereinvestigated.Thepitch-to-diameterratioof2.775isused.Byusingthedualtrenchconfiguration,thecoolantjetimpactedthetrenchwalltwotimesallowingincreasingthespreadingofcoolantlaterallyinthetrench,reducingjetvelocityandjetcompletelycoveredonthesurface.Theresultsindicatethatthisconfigurationincreasedadiabaticeffectivenessasblowingratioincreased.Thespatiallyaveragedadiabaticeffectivenessreached57.6%foratM=2.Noobservedfilmblow-offatallblowingratios.Theadiabaticfilmeffectivenessofdualtrenchcaseoutperformedthenarrowtrenchcase,laidbackfan-shapedhole,fan-shapedholeandcylinderholeatdifferentblowingratios.

简介：文章阐明了PBL教学法在“船舶强度与结构设计”课程教学中的应用，介绍了其具体实施步骤。实施效果显示，该方法取得了良好的教学效果，具有一定的参考意义。

简介：<正>Glasgow,UK18th-20thAugust2014AbouttheconferenceTheconferencewillbringtogetherresearchers,practitionerstoaddressthesafetyandreliabilityissuesasapplicabletodifferentstagesintheanalysis,designconstructionandin-servicelifeofmarinestructuressuchasship,offshore,submergedstructuresandtherenewableenergystructures.Thiswillinvolveadvancedanalysisbothforstrengthandloadmodelinordertoestablishsafetylevelbothfordeterministicmodel(WSDmethod)andforreliabilitybaseddesign(LRFDmethod).Oneoftheaimsofthedesignshouldbetoachieveadequatebutnotexcessivelevelofsafetywhichcanbesatisfiedthroughreliabilitybasedmethodandthistakesintoaccountuncertaintiesofdesignvariables.CurrentmoderncodesaretryingtoprovidedesignproceduresonLRFDformatalthoughnoexplicitreliabilityanalysisisdonetoarrivethesepartialsafetyfactors.Thisconferencewilldealwithalltheseissuesandseehowthesetechniquesareappliedtovarioustypesofmarinestructures.Glasgow,thevenueforthisconferenceisacitywhichhaslotofattractions.TheworldfamousLoch-LomondisonlyfewmilesawayandEdinburghis50minutesjourneybytrain.Thecitywillalsohostthe2014CommonwealthGames.