OC4 P1 LC0.0 Mass comparisons |
 
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OC4 P1 LC0.0 Mass comparisons |
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Broadly speaking, very close good agreement is demonstrated between all the software tools. Popko et al. (2012) mention that some minor discrepancies are expected for various reasons, including:
•Differences in RNA masses caused by discretisation of the blade and its mass integration
•Differences in tower masses caused by stepped versus conical elements
•Differences in jacket mass caused by slightly different modelling of the structure across diverse tools
•Differences in hydrodynamic added mass, water mass in free-flooded legs and marine growth caused by discretisation of the threshold regions at critical depths
The Flexcom model shows very close correlation with the other software tools for all the component mass terms.
