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Vessel – Connected, Normal Operating and Disconnected Modes

The drill ship for these models is defined with its reference point over the origin and 100 ft above the MWL. The first order vessel motions are defined by the specification of an RAO file. The analysis surge and pitch RAOs are plotted in the figure below.

Surge and Pitch RAOs