The mooring and riser system is the most critical part of an ofshore oil terminal.Traditionally,these two parts are designed separately without considering the nonlinear interaction between them.Thus,the present paper...
supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2006AA09A109-3);the Important National Science&Technology Specific Projects(Grant No.2008ZX05026-06-02)
A new full time-domain nonlinear coupled method has been established and then applied to predict the responses of a Truss Spar in irregular wave. For the coupled analysis, a second-order time-domain approach is develo...
supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(863 Program,Grant Nos.2006AA09A103 and 2006AA09A104)
The coupled hull, mooring and riser analysis techniques in time domain are widely recognized as the unique approach to predict the accurate global motions. However, these complex issues have not been perfectly solved ...