Performance of solid material diverter subject to impact collision with respect to angle variation

Sustainable Hydrokinetic Renewal Energy Power Generation System (SHRE) is an energy harvesting system that operates in the river of Sarawak and subjected to impact of floating debris. In order to resist the impacts from floating debris, the Solid Material Diverter (SOLMAD) is proposed for the protec...

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Main Author:	Tuan Lah, Tengku Firdaus
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General)
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spelling	my-utm-ep.790742018-09-27T06:07:18Z Performance of solid material diverter subject to impact collision with respect to angle variation 2017-11 Tuan Lah, Tengku Firdaus TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Sustainable Hydrokinetic Renewal Energy Power Generation System (SHRE) is an energy harvesting system that operates in the river of Sarawak and subjected to impact of floating debris. In order to resist the impacts from floating debris, the Solid Material Diverter (SOLMAD) is proposed for the protection of SHRE system. Floating debris in the river, normally timber logs, could damage the SOLMAD and misalign the turbine orientation, which in return could reduce the lifespan and efficiency of the hydrokinetic turbine to harness energy. This research aims to model SOLMAD of various angles that are subjected to impact loading induced by floating debris. Five angle variations, namely 15°, 30°, 45°, 60°, and 75° were taken into consideration for analysis and design of the SOLMAD. The size of timber logs, river profile, and flow velocity were obtained from site sampling data collection at the Balleh River, Sarawak. The mass from the recorded sampling of floating debris and velocity of the river were then converted into equivalent impact forces on the SOLMAD structure using the Work-Energy method. Scaled down models were investigated experimentally in the laboratory to investigate their stability and validate the theoretical impact forces calculated using the Work-Energy method. A total of five models were developed with 3-dimensional line elements using the STAAD.Pro software. The models were analysed under the most critical load cases using the calculated equivalent impact forces to obtain the internal forces and displacements. The models were then designed with optimised steel section using Eurocode 3. The study showed that structural orientation of 15° and 30° performed better in terms of stability and float ability on the water compared to the other angle orientations. From the structural design standpoint, by using Eurocode 3, angle section of 100 mm x 100 mm x 12 mm and 150 mm x 150 mm x 12 mm were adopted as the most optimum sections to design the SOLMAD. Based on the overall performance of structural stability in water and structure self-weight, the selection of 30° model was proposed as the SOLMAD structure. 2017-11 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/79074/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/79074/1/TengkuFirdausTuanMFKA2017.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:109591 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering
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spellingShingle	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General) Tuan Lah, Tengku Firdaus Performance of solid material diverter subject to impact collision with respect to angle variation
description	Sustainable Hydrokinetic Renewal Energy Power Generation System (SHRE) is an energy harvesting system that operates in the river of Sarawak and subjected to impact of floating debris. In order to resist the impacts from floating debris, the Solid Material Diverter (SOLMAD) is proposed for the protection of SHRE system. Floating debris in the river, normally timber logs, could damage the SOLMAD and misalign the turbine orientation, which in return could reduce the lifespan and efficiency of the hydrokinetic turbine to harness energy. This research aims to model SOLMAD of various angles that are subjected to impact loading induced by floating debris. Five angle variations, namely 15°, 30°, 45°, 60°, and 75° were taken into consideration for analysis and design of the SOLMAD. The size of timber logs, river profile, and flow velocity were obtained from site sampling data collection at the Balleh River, Sarawak. The mass from the recorded sampling of floating debris and velocity of the river were then converted into equivalent impact forces on the SOLMAD structure using the Work-Energy method. Scaled down models were investigated experimentally in the laboratory to investigate their stability and validate the theoretical impact forces calculated using the Work-Energy method. A total of five models were developed with 3-dimensional line elements using the STAAD.Pro software. The models were analysed under the most critical load cases using the calculated equivalent impact forces to obtain the internal forces and displacements. The models were then designed with optimised steel section using Eurocode 3. The study showed that structural orientation of 15° and 30° performed better in terms of stability and float ability on the water compared to the other angle orientations. From the structural design standpoint, by using Eurocode 3, angle section of 100 mm x 100 mm x 12 mm and 150 mm x 150 mm x 12 mm were adopted as the most optimum sections to design the SOLMAD. Based on the overall performance of structural stability in water and structure self-weight, the selection of 30° model was proposed as the SOLMAD structure.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Tuan Lah, Tengku Firdaus
author_facet	Tuan Lah, Tengku Firdaus
author_sort	Tuan Lah, Tengku Firdaus
title	Performance of solid material diverter subject to impact collision with respect to angle variation
title_short	Performance of solid material diverter subject to impact collision with respect to angle variation
title_full	Performance of solid material diverter subject to impact collision with respect to angle variation
title_fullStr	Performance of solid material diverter subject to impact collision with respect to angle variation
title_full_unstemmed	Performance of solid material diverter subject to impact collision with respect to angle variation
title_sort	performance of solid material diverter subject to impact collision with respect to angle variation
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering
granting_department	Faculty of Civil Engineering
publishDate	2017
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/79074/1/TengkuFirdausTuanMFKA2017.pdf
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Performance of solid material diverter subject to impact collision with respect to angle variation

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