Hydrodynamic Coupling Coefficients |
 
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Hydrodynamic Coupling Coefficients |
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The layout of the added mass coupling terms is shown below and this can be repeated as often as necessary to define the coupling over a sufficiently large range of frequencies:
FREQ= Frequency
where:
•Frequency is the frequency value in Hz, to which the coefficients relate
•A11 is the surge coupling between the floating bodies at the relevant frequency
•A22 is the sway coupling between the floating bodies at the relevant frequency
•A33 is the heave coupling between the floating bodies at the relevant frequency
•A44 is the roll coupling between the floating bodies at the relevant frequency
•A55 is the pitch coupling between the floating bodies at the relevant frequency
•A66 is the yaw coupling between the floating bodies at the relevant frequency
and the remaining terms represent the added mass coupling terms between various degrees of freedom at the relevant frequency. The first subscript denotes that the coupling influence is of the first floating body on the second, and vice versa for the second subscript.
The layout of the radiation damping terms is shown below and this can be repeated as often as necessary to define the coupling over a sufficiently large range of frequencies:
FREQ= Frequency
where:
•Frequency is the frequency value in Hz, to which the coefficients relate
•C11 is the surge coupling between the floating bodies at the relevant frequency
•C22 is the sway coupling between the floating bodies at the relevant frequency
•C33 is the heave coupling between the floating bodies at the relevant frequency
•C44 is the roll coupling between the floating bodies at the relevant frequency
•C55 is the pitch coupling between the floating bodies at the relevant frequency
•C66 is the yaw coupling between the floating bodies at the relevant frequency
and the remaining terms represent the added mass coupling terms between various degrees of freedom at the relevant frequency. The first subscript denotes that the coupling influence is of the first floating body on the second, and vice versa for the second subscript.
•*HYDRODYNAMIC COUPLING is used to define hydrodynamic coupling between adjacent floating bodies.