Investigation of green water in FPSO by a particle-based numerical offshore tank

The green water is a highly non linear hydrodynamic phenomenon that occurs when the wave height exceeds the freeboard of the floating structures in harsh environments, and may compromise the operation and security of the on deck equipment. In the present study, in order to assess the effects of the green water phenomenon in FPSO and FLNG systems, the Moving Particle Semi-implicit (MPS) method, which is a fully lagrangian particle-method for incompressible flow, is adopted to model the complex fluid structure interaction problem. This article is focused on the recent developments of the MPS based simulation system of Numerical Offshore Tank (TPN-USP) and its application to the real scale offshore engineering problem. Results of large scale simulations using distributed memory architecture for models from 30 million to 100 million particles are presented

ATLANTIC EPIPHYTES: a data set of vascular and non-vascular epiphyte plants and lichens from the Atlantic Forest

Epiphytes are hyper-diverse and one of the frequently undervalued life forms in plant surveys and biodiversity inventories. Epiphytes of the Atlantic Forest, one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world, have high endemism and radiated recently in the Pliocene. We aimed to (1) compile an extensive Atlantic Forest data set on vascular, non-vascular plants (including hemiepiphytes), and lichen epiphyte species occurrence and abundance; (2) describe the epiphyte distribution in the Atlantic Forest, in order to indicate future sampling efforts. Our work presents the first epiphyte data set with information on abundance and occurrence of epiphyte phorophyte species. All data compiled here come from three main sources provided by the authors: published sources (comprising peer-reviewed articles, books, and theses), unpublished data, and herbarium data. We compiled a data set composed of 2,095 species, from 89,270 holo/hemiepiphyte records, in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, recorded from 1824 to early 2018. Most of the records were from qualitative data (occurrence only, 88%), well distributed throughout the Atlantic Forest. For quantitative records, the most common sampling method was individual trees (71%), followed by plot sampling (19%), and transect sampling (10%). Angiosperms (81%) were the most frequently registered group, and Bromeliaceae and Orchidaceae were the families with the greatest number of records (27,272 and 21,945, respectively). Ferns and Lycophytes presented fewer records than Angiosperms, and Polypodiaceae were the most recorded family, and more concentrated in the Southern and Southeastern regions. Data on non-vascular plants and lichens were scarce, with a few disjunct records concentrated in the Northeastern region of the Atlantic Forest. For all non-vascular plant records, Lejeuneaceae, a family of liverworts, was the most recorded family. We hope that our effort to organize scattered epiphyte data help advance the knowledge of epiphyte ecology, as well as our understanding of macroecological and biogeographical patterns in the Atlantic Forest. No copyright restrictions are associated with the data set. Please cite this Ecology Data Paper if the data are used in publication and teaching events. © 2019 The Authors. Ecology © 2019 The Ecological Society of Americ

Implementation of framework for hybrid parallel computing of the Moving Particle Semi-Implicit Method for incompressible fluids modeling.

O Tanque de Provas Numérico (TPN) é um laboratório pioneiro em hidrodinâmica aplicada e fruto de uma colaboração entre a indústria brasileira de petróleo (PETROBRAS S.A.) e as principais instituições de pesquisa do país. Seu principal objetivo é atuar como parceiro da indústria offshore e de petróleo, colaborando para a obtenção da autossuficiência da produção nacional de petróleo como uma poderosa ferramenta para projeto e análise de sistemas flutuantes de produção de óleo e gás. O coração do TPN é um cluster de computadores SMP que é hoje um dos maiores agrupamentos do Brasil para fins de pesquisa. Um dos focos de atenção do TPN é a aplicação do Moving Particles Semi-implicit Method (MPS) na exploração de soluções para muitos problemas de Engenharia. Por trabalhar sem a necessidade do uso de malhas (método tradicional Euleriano), o método tem diversas aplicações na simulação de corpos flutuantes e na hidrodinâmica aplicada, sendo atualmente utilizado para realização de estudos sobre a influência do movimento de ondas em navios; simulações de fenômenos que envolvem fragmentações; superfícies livres; grandes deformações; dinâmica de fluidos em condições extremas, como é o caso em processos prospecção do petróleo onde muitas vezes é difícil e economicamente inviável fazer ensaios físicos. Devido ao grande número de partículas utilizadas na simulação de sistemas complexos pelo método MPS, é necessário aproveitar de forma eficiente os recursos computacionais disponíveis para a análise de modelos com o refinamento adequado às aplicações práticas. Com tera-FLOPS disponíveis na rede cluster do TPN para modelagem computacional, há uma grande necessidade de uma solução computacional paralela altamente escalonável que, além disto, seja fácil de manutenção e extensibilidade. Dentro desta linha de pesquisa, foi desenvolvida uma solução com essas características através do emprego de modernas técnicas de engenharia de software.The Numerical Offshore Tank (TPN) is a pioneer laboratory in applied hydrodynamics and result of collaboration between the Brazilian oil (Petrobras SA) and the major research institutions in the country. Its main purpose is to act as a partner of industry and offshore oil, contributing to the achievement of self-sufficiency of domestic oil production as a powerful tool for design and analysis of floating production systems for oil and gas. The heart of TPN is a cluster of SMP computers that is now one of the largest groupings of Brazil for research purposes. One focus of attention of TPN is the application of Moving Particles Semi-implicit Method (MPS) in exploring solutions to many engineering problems. By working without the use of mesh (Eulerian traditional method), the method has several applications in the simulation of floating bodies and applied hydrodynamics, currently being used for studies on the influence of the movement of ships in waves; simulations of phenomena involving fragmentation; free surfaces, large deformations; fluid dynamics in extreme conditions, as is the case in processes where petroleum exploration is often difficult and uneconomical to do physical tests. Due to the high number of particles used in the simulation of complex systems by the MPS method, it is necessary to efficiently take advantage of the computational resources available for the analysis of models with the refinement suitable for practical applications. With tera-FLOPS available in the TPN network cluster for computational modeling, there is a great need for a parallel highly scalable solution which, moreover, must be easy maintenance and extensibility. Within this line of research, we developed a solution with these characteristics through the use of modern software engineering techniques

Investigation of green water in FPSO by a particle-based numerical offshore tank

The green water is a highly non linear hydrodynamic phenomenon that occurs when the wave height exceeds the freeboard of the floating structures in harsh environments, and may compromise the operation and security of the on deck equipment. In the present study, in order to assess the effects of the green water phenomenon in FPSO and FLNG systems, the Moving Particle Semi-implicit (MPS) method, which is a fully lagrangian particle-method for incompressible flow, is adopted to model the complex fluid structure interaction problem. This article is focused on the recent developments of the MPS based simulation system of Numerical Offshore Tank (TPN-USP) and its application to the real scale offshore engineering problem. Results of large scale simulations using distributed memory architecture for models from 30 million to 100 million particles are presented