Operational Performance of Structures and Ships in Waves. CMO Projectcode 88 B.2.20

摘要

The use of information on the motion characteristics of ocean going structures is often hampered by the fact that these figures are relatively abstract by nature; they give no immediate appreciation of the performance of the structure in a given offshore environment. The above problem has led to an effort for the development of a mathematical model. The current report covers the results of the first one-year stage of the project; it describes: existing operability models; means to arrive at an appropriate climate description; elements in the description of the behavior of structures in waves; criteria for the behavior of structures in WAVES; a detailed description of an operability model. In addition two examples are worked out in detail to get a feeling for typical results and test cases for the software to be developed in the second one-year phase of the project.