Flexcom includes a fully integrated floating body analysis capability in both the time and frequency domain. This is a considerably more powerful facility than that of the CALM buoy or moored vessel described in the preceding sections. Floating body analysis is applicable to both the time and frequency domain (both the CALM buoy and moored vessel facilities are restricted to the time domain). First and second order forces can be applied to the floating body (loading on the CALM buoy is restricted to first order, while only low frequency drift forces may be applied to the moored vessel). Refer to Coupled Analysis for a discussion of the underlying theory.
