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MCS Layout

The MCS layout begins with a single line defining the incident wave heading at which the RAOs are being defined. This is followed by a block of three lines specifying the incident wave frequency and the relevant RAO amplitudes and phases for this heading and wave frequency, as shown below. Note that entries shown below in italics should be replaced with their actual numeric values in the RAO file.

HEADING=Wave Heading

Wave Frequency

Heave RAO, Surge RAO, Sway RAO, Yaw RAO, Roll RAO, Pitch RAO

Heave Phase, Surge Phase, Sway Phase, Yaw Phase, Roll Phase, Pitch Phase

The block of three lines specifying the incident wave frequency, RAOs and phases are repeated as often as necessary until the RAOs are defined over the required range of wave frequencies. To define RAOs at more incident wave headings, you simply repeat the HEADING= line for the new wave heading, and the RAO data for this wave heading is specified as before. If RAOs are being defined for more than one incident wave heading, then they must also be defined for more than one frequency at each wave heading, and the number of frequencies at which the RAOs are defined is the same for each heading. If the RAOs are independent of the incident wave heading, then the HEADING= line should be omitted.