Coupled Analysis of Multi-body Motions in Offshore Connecting Process

摘要

The coupled dynamic responses of two pontoons while connecting with each other in irregular waves are calculated by means of 3D potential flow theory. The computation is used to find the optimal status for connecting at certain sea state. On the basis of the relative motion of two pontoons in irregular waves,visual FORTRAN programming language,as well as open graphics library (OpenGL),is used to develop a set of virtual reality system,which is fully interactive and with realistic effect. The transfinite interpolation scheme is applied for the mesh generating of the wave surface,and the wave motion is simulated by surface elevation,which is calculated by 3D potential flow theory.